Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One only has to look at the diminishing casts in productions all over the country . |
| 2 | One only has to look at the woodcuts of Henri II 's entry into Rouen in 1550 — which Mary very probably witnessed — to get a breath-taking impression of the splendour of royal pageantry , with the king himself riding on a chariot of immense size and grandeur , accompanied by heavily caparisoned elephants . |
| 3 | To see how destructive such an inflation can be , one only has to look at the hyperinflation which occurred in Germany in 1922–23 . |
| 4 | One only has to look at the achievements of David Gower , Monica Seles , John McEnroe and Jimmy White , to mention just a few , to realise that left-handers can excel at their chosen sport . |
| 5 | One only has to look at the statistics to see how unrepresentative Xuxa 's world is . |
| 6 | One only has to look at the halving of the value of the youth training allowance and the way in which young people between the ages of 16 and 18 can no longer claim benefit , including housing benefit . |
| 7 | One only has to look at the Shropshire structure plan in which I was involved last year , and the Department of the Environment in that case had allowed the facility for new settlement without locational criteria . |
| 8 | The reader only has to glance at a good modern textbook of infant development ( say , Bremner 's Infancy ) to get the main message : very young humans are prodigiously skilled at picking up geometric and social information , and this can be seen both informally ( a neonate turning to a voice ) and in the laboratory . |
| 9 | In the future , if ever my old feelings about Mr Rochester began to return , I would only have to glance at the two pictures to see the great difference between us , and in this way common sense would destroy my foolish dreams . |
| 10 | So having looked at the relationship between business and the voluntary sector today , let's take a brief look at the future . |
| 11 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 12 | They only had to look at the floor of her cockpit to prove that . |
| 13 | Marcus did n't care what Wilson said , you only had to look at the guy . |
| 14 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 15 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |
| 16 | They only had to wince at the racket for 20 minutes or so . |
| 17 | Have you ever said , ‘ I think I was meant to be big ’ or ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2 lbs ( 0.9kg ) ’ or ‘ I ca n't diet ’ ? |
| 18 | ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’ |
| 19 | You only have to look at a prole in this book and it rolls over to have its tummy tickled . |
| 20 | ‘ You only have to look at a picture of him when he resigned and compare it with one from six months beforehand . |
| 21 | ‘ I know that , ’ Candy returned ruefully , ‘ and it 's always been the bane of my life that you can eat your way through a tuckshop without gaining a pound while I only have to look at a picture of a cream cake to make the scales groan . ’ |
| 22 | He added : ‘ You only have to look at the figures for fire deaths in hotels to see this is not a problem . |
| 23 | You only have to look at the balance sheet its treasurer John Lister will present to its annual meeting in December , a million pounds sitting on reserve . |
| 24 | - Elizabeth Rex , chairman of the Harwich Conservative Association ‘ You only have to look at the way we have annoyed the Establishment and the professions to gauge the success of our populist policies . ’ |
| 25 | If you want an illustration of that you only have to look at the words of President Reagan . |
| 26 | You only have to look at the number of visitors going to places such as Nepal er to see the increase there , to see how important this connection be . |
| 27 | You only have to look at the restaurants that are popular now — bistros , even the workman 's cafe . ’ |
| 28 | If anyone wants to judge the competence of government in industry they only have to look at the results of our nationalised companies as a guide . |
| 29 | We only have to look at the interest being shown , especially in public sector institutions , in recruiting their students from a wide social background . |
| 30 | Murder mysteries are something of a British tradition — you only have to look at the popularity of thriller novels and TV ‘ whodunits ? ’ , for example . |