Example sentences of "[vb mod] have only " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is ironic that Kent , such a devoted follower of his master , should have only had the fifth edition , and not the ‘ most nearly perfect of all ’ on which to base his teaching . |
| 2 | These days the official recommendation is that babies should have only milk up to at least three months , preferably four , and that weaning can begin any time between four and six months . |
| 3 | The hall should have only a minimum of furniture in it , and nothing too near to the bottom of the stairs which could increase her injuries if she fell . |
| 4 | It was arranged that I should have only a very small amount of money for the next couple of weeks That was the point : to pretend to be poverty-stricken , to see how we would manage . |
| 5 | Among political theorists it is widely accepted that , to sustain a democracy , participation and active citizenship should have only a minimal role . |
| 6 | It must have only lasted a couple of minutes but believe me it felt like hours . |
| 7 | Only the original ball can be used , and must have only been touched or handled by the player throwing in . |
| 8 | But Marc 's business in the stable must have only taken a minute because he was coming in through the great oak doors even before she reached the foot of the stairs . |
| 9 | The shop , I mean there must have only been about five or six people in the shop . |
| 10 | All that work , well oh here we are , tape one and tape three so I must have only done t two tapes , not very impressive . |
| 11 | Every infantry battalion has some twenty chefs led by a Warrant Officer , Whilst a smaller training unit might have only eleven chefs , led by a Staff Sergeant . |
| 12 | Officers seemed to gain easier exemption from building regulations and from restrictions on landlordism ; their attempts to influence judges in cases in which they might have only an indirect interest were also reported , in private , by judges . |
| 13 | Aware that he might have only one chance , and uncertain whether his support was sufficiently strong to withstand accusations of breaking his word and of disloyalty , he kept his options open by writing a public letter to his constituency party association ( a traditional device for signalling dissent ) in which he was highly critical of Mrs Thatcher 's leadership style and her stance on Europe . |
| 14 | A species , as a succession of organisms produced sexually , might have only a limited total lifetime , Darwin argued ; just as a succession of apple trees propagated by grafts was supposed to last only so long before degenerating and dying as if it were merely the extension of a single limited life . |
| 15 | He pointed out that modifying the credit acquisition policies might have only a minimal effect , since most of the losses were from cases accepted some time ago . |
| 16 | However , it is by no means certain that either of the established parties would agree to change since they would be bidding away long-term electoral advantage in return for a short-term in office in a coalition government in which they might have only limited power . |
| 17 | ‘ Many of our customers could not understand why we might have only one style of nightdress or long-sleeved blouse , but it was because Laura was trying to evolve the most perfect example of that particular item and believed it was more important to have one good example of each than several skirts and dresses , ’ Moira explains . |
| 18 | You can also get the ones when , a lot of them , like some companies if they , depending how much business they 've got , some companies actually think that , they might have only got fifty pound a week , a hundred pound a week , as they have n't got young businesses , do you get me ? |
| 19 | how many clients we 've got , you know for updating , what the capacities are and plus er we do n't know erm what sort of cable we 've got in so they might have only a ten P a cable when they already have nine pairs in use |
| 20 | because they might have only a few , whereas the others have got thousands on them . |
| 21 | As they had no policy grounds for changing sides during the ballot , had they done so people could have only interpreted their action as a betrayal of tribal identity . |
| 22 | If results continue to go against him , he could have only two more shots at making the final . |
| 23 | If they could have only known what 's going on in my head . |
| 24 | Similarly , if X were doubly degenerate we could have only two vectors p satisfying Xp = 0 , but each of these would give rise to other different vectors p . |
| 25 | how he would spend a wish , if he could have only one |
| 26 | Turning slightly , he stabbed the gun barrel with its fat , cylindrical silencer into the crack between Tessa 's thighs ; she could have only moved away by uncrossing her legs . |
| 27 | The first was that natural justice could have only a limited application in the context of the wider duties or discretion imposed upon a minister ; unfortunately the courts had applied those limited notions of natural justice to other areas where the constraints were unnecessary . |
| 28 | I sought my tutor in his arid rooms , Who told me , ‘ You 'd have only got a third . ’ |
| 29 | We 'd have only been off duty together during Dave Mason 's nights on call . |
| 30 | Still , it was the sort of match that we 'd have only managed to draw last season , i.e. all over them but could n't put the ball in the onion net . |