Example sentences of "[vb -s] only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The physical nature of her work needs only dimmed lighting and a place to sit to enable the full impression to take hold . |
| 2 | In fact , Chubby has only appeared in TV on Opportunity Knocks , New Faces , Starburst and an episode of Play for Today . |
| 3 | There is provision for overtime to cope with periods of peak demand , but with demand generally static or declining during the early 1980s the need for this has only arisen during periods of particularly hot weather ( beer sales are notoriously weather sensitive ) . |
| 4 | That sum was the Bundesliga transfer record as recently as last season and has only risen to £3.3m since Mattheus Sammer left Italy for Borussia Dortmund . |
| 5 | At position M the weight of investment in security1 is zero ( i.e. ) and the investor has concentrated his investment solely in the market portfolio ( where the investor has only invested in I to the extent of the share 's capitalization compared to that of the market as a whole ) . |
| 6 | The desire to understand the development of early Anglo-Saxon society as a specific contribution to the more general study of past human behaviour has only emerged in recent years . |
| 7 | The site , near modern Kerma , has been known since the 1920s but the city underneath has only emerged over the last ten years . |
| 8 | According to Prof Friel , who left home in 1968 to work in England , self-confidence among Derry people has only emerged in the last few years . |
| 9 | ‘ Remember , Glenn has only lost twice in seven years , once to lose his title to Jeff Lampkin and the other at heavyweight to Lennox Lewis . |
| 10 | The loose grouping , which has only met on two occasions , is known unofficially as HOG , the Hilton Object Group , after its inaugural meeting at the Boston Hilton last year . |
| 11 | Perhaps he has only met one type of female and does n't realise that a woman can value time alone and is n't forever fretting over her partner 's choice of underwear . |
| 12 | To date , the Board has had three meetings , while the Committee has only met once , so that it is still too early to be sure how it will operate . |
| 13 | In fact it has only begun . |
| 14 | Research so far has only begun to offer sociological or psychological analyses which would enable us to develop typologies of carers and those cared for . |
| 15 | Still , Anixter has only begun to exploit its potential . |
| 16 | It is not something any pilot would wish to happen on take-off , when power is at full thrust and the plane has only begun to fly as it approaches the end of the runway . |
| 17 | In general , accounting and economic literature has only begun to do this relatively recently . |
| 18 | ‘ Ideal ’ family size in 1967 was about 2.4 and has only declined marginally since . |
| 19 | Yet it has only survived because Lavenham , as a town , failed . |
| 20 | Is it possible then that perhaps there were boys ' ploughing matches on all the other islands as well , and the tradition has only survived in South Ronaldsay ? |
| 21 | Another of his works is a piece on the defence of the kingdom , known today ( from its first word ) as Wyrdwriteras , which has only survived in part . |
| 22 | Since then the number of users has only increased and the market has been penetrated with new drugs . |
| 23 | Considerable investments have been made in equipment for DTP and publication graphics from 1989/90 to 1993/93 , but the staffing to take advantage of these systems has only increased by one half-post in the same time . |
| 24 | In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them . |
| 25 | Scanning teletext for the last 2 days has only revealed ‘ Gerry Francis has denied rumours he is selling Bardsley to Leeds ’ |
| 26 | He uses around 100 cubic metres per year and estimates he has only saved about £10 each year because his house has a relatively low rateable value . |
| 27 | The variety of sound produced by different species is enormous and amazing to anyone who has only heard frogs of the temperate regions . |
| 28 | Although successful , Zarei has only received sponsorship from the sports centre where he swims , and recently from the American company Alena , which provides energy bars and drinks , but it was the state of his shoes which drew attention at Gateshead . |
| 29 | The Football League , for example , has only accepted shirt advertising and fu 11 commercial sponsorship in the last few years . |
| 30 | The ex-Swansea and Wales RU star has only played 12 full games in two seasons after serious leg and shoulder injuries . |