21.   Money was the only thing that mattered to him.

22.   Nor are waste dumps the only things being shaken-up.

23.   Occasional holidays abroad were the only things that brightened up her otherwise humdrum life.

24.   On the rare occasion where we need the additional quality of typesetting the only thing we need to take are the disks.

25.   Reading that book at the last minute was the only thing that got me through the history exam.

26.   Self-interest is just too powerful, and the only thing that can contain it is competition.

27.   She was the only person who did not frighten me, the only thing I went toward without averting my eyes.

28.   The chair against the wall, which was the only thing to come close to helping him empty his mind.

29.   The next step is inevitable, and the only thing that matters now is to choose the right moment.

30.   The only other thing I remember catching was my right thumb.