Example sentences of "[noun pl] have only [adv] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Streets and squares had only just been marked out with pegs and twine amid the clutter . |
| 2 | ( It should be noted that the Phase 3 heads ' comments came from a group whose schools had only recently been brought into PNP and that expressions of dissatisfaction were also voiced at equivalent points in Phases 1 and 2 . |
| 3 | The capacity to monitor UOS pressure for prolonged periods has only recently been developed . |
| 4 | As the ubiquity of stellar coronae had only just been discovered with the Einstein Observatory , the absence of coronae for stars of this type was tantalizing , especially as they seemed to disappear rather rapidly ( on an evolutionary timescale ) . |
| 5 | At the time relations between the two countries had only just been normalized [ see p. 36631 ] after almost a decade of tension . |
| 6 | Until then these infections had only really been seen in people whose natural defences had been damaged by cancer or by drugs which suppress the immune system . |
| 7 | I understand that these applications have only just been submitted to Midlothian District Council as the local planning authority and I have to advise you that it would not be appropriate for Regional Council officials to comment publicly at this stage . |
| 8 | ‘ This we consider to be a retrograde and unnecessary step , ’ particularly since these powers had only just been vested in the NRA under the Water Act , he said . |
| 9 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
| 10 | The attack happened in the early hours of Sunday morning , but details have only just been released . |
| 11 | ‘ Because the details have only recently been finalised with Paul Lexington . ’ |
| 12 | First , he is one of a select band of Palace players ( only four in all ) to have made over a hundred consecutive appearances for the club immediately following his debut , and his run of 123 games has only ever been beaten by Johnny McNichol ( 153 ) . |
| 13 | One trick is to plaster all the shops in one particular chain with ‘ Sale ’ and ‘ Massive Discounts ’ posters while prices have only really been reduced in one branch . |
| 14 | British environmental groups had only recently been roused by appeals from Sweden and Norway . |
| 15 | It is generally the case , nevertheless , that in the 30 years since the signing of the Treaty , EC policies have only rarely been developed in a framework which explicitly evaluates the spatial impact of those policies . |