only remnant

collocation in English

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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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remnant
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/ˈrem.nənt/us
/ˈrem.nənt/
a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece ...
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(Definition ofonlyandremnantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What they think, feel and say is that they are theonlyremnantleft, and they are like the lost tribe.
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However, rights of vehicular access over common land are not theonlyremnantof feudal and manorial land law that might cause problems to ordinary people.
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The capped well casing is the well'sonlyremnant.
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It is theonlyremnantof a former and much larger water castle.
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During the 17th century, the construction of internal palacete was concluded (which has since been destroyed: theonlyremnantbeing a local fountain).
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Theonlyremnantof the plane that was found was the gas tank.
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The portico, theonlyremnantof the temple, consists of a double row of pillars, six in each row.
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The community failed to develop, and today theonlyremnantof its commercial aspirations is the cooperative store built in 1894.
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That mound has lasted until modern times, being theonlyremnantof the observatory still in place.
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Theonlyremnantof this period is a fragment of double capital, decorated in a vegetal form with crochet.
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For some, theonlyremnantis their church.
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Theonlyremnantof the zoo is the pond where a number of crocodiles remain.
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Theonlyremnantof the statue was the original right hand.
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Theonlyremnantof the town is an amphitheater, located to the west of the city's present-day location.
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The elongated building, consecrated in 1301 and realised in 1307, is theonlyremnantof this group.
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The railroad trestle is theonlyremnantof the former coal mining town.
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A 12by20 ft brick foundation, in very bad shape, at the northwest corner is theonlyremnantof what was possibly a caretaker's shed.
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A long, dilapidated chimney, standing all alone, is theonlyremnantof the bungalow now.
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The "chaudron", the plant's old cooling tower is theonlyremnantof the plant's presence.
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The barracks, as they are called, remained on the site as theonlyremnantof the fort until 1924 when an apartment building was slated to occupy the site.
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