1 The only drawback was the doubt of her aunt Bertram's being comfortable without her.
2 Their own inclinations ascertained, there were no difficulties behind, no drawback of poverty or parent.
3 The only drawback is that there is no law, I fear, that can touch the scoundrel.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY 4 That is the only drawback which we have found to her, but we believe her to be a thoroughly good girl in every way.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 5 It seems to me to have only one drawback, Hopkins, and that is that it is intrinsically impossible.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 6 But this step too presented the same drawback of public scandal as a divorce, and what was more, a separation, quite as much as a regular divorce, flung his wife into the arms of Vronsky.
7 The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish.
8 These, however, were small drawbacks, and easily forgotten when the cloth was cleared, and the dessert put on the table; at which period of the entertainment the handy young man was discovered to be speechless.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24. MY FIRST DISSIPATION 9 It's one of the drawbacks of our line of business.
10 And he proceeded to unfold his own scheme of emancipation by means of which these drawbacks might have been avoided.
11 Well, well,' said Mr. Bumble, 'every trade has its drawbacks.
12 Without the co-operation of sisters and sweethearts the dresses were likely to be a failure; but on the other hand, this class of assistance was not without its drawbacks.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure