only drawback
collocation in Englishmeaningsofonlyanddrawback
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only
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈəʊn.li/us/ˈoʊn.li/
used to show that there is a single one or very few of something, or that there are ...
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drawback
noun[C]
uk/ˈdrɔː.bæk/us/ˈdrɑː.bæk/
a disadvantage or the negative part of ...
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(Definition ofonlyanddrawbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theonlydrawbackin this well written paper is the lack of linguistically motivated examples.
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Theonlydrawbackto this solution is that one would usually not like to export the renamed method outside of the class.
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Theonlydrawbackto this type of analysis is that membrane proteins are poorly represented due to solubility problems occurring during the transfer between the two dimensions.
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Theonlydrawbackis that these schemes are private and, therefore, limited in their scope.
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Theonlydrawbackthroughout the whole process has been the time which has elapsed between each review.
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Mortality rates are not theonlydrawbackof the internal market.
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Theonlydrawbackis that they will not be compulsory.
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Possibly theonlydrawbackof this redeployment scheme is the wages.
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Theonlydrawbackthat women have which causes them to be different from men is their lack of physical strength.
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Theonlydrawbackwas that it was hopelessly over-optimistic to imagine that this ambitious programme could be achieved in anything like ten years.
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Theonlydrawbackis that they do become a little monotonous.
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Theonlydrawbackto this assumption is that we know from bitter experience that it does not work.
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Theonlydrawbackis that it is near their homes, and their youngsters have very little chance of employment.
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These accidents were considered to be theonlydrawback.
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Itsonlydrawbackis that the production of nuclear energy has somehow crept in.
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Theonlydrawbackwas that he gave too many, with the result that they cancelled each other out.
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The rules are not necessarily theonlydrawback.
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Theonlydrawbackin connection with the use of bitumen as against tar is that it is more expensive.
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Theonlydrawbackto the story is that there is not a word of truth in it.
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