Example sentences of "have only just " in BNC.

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1 We have only just started talking with Mrs Morgan . ’
2 It is prudent to check each company 's rules before you commit yourself ‘ These contracts have only just started in Britain and so far people have treated them cautiously , ’ says Peter Hargreaves of adviser Hargreaves Lansdowne .
3 Now , although the polls have only just closed , I think that , on the basis of a sample of the replies to our invitations , we can make a projection about the number of people coming to this party and also say something about the ‘ social mix ’ .
4 ‘ We have only just finished the legal disputes , ’ he says , ‘ and we 're still fighting compensation battles .
5 Agfa 's Rodinal falls into this category , although at 100 years old it is positively ancient and not modern , but it nevertheless has many qualities that other modern developers have only just caught up with .
6 Arts groups have only just begun to take on board the fact that they have to be much more proactive if they are to tap the creativity of people who may be confined to their homes or only get out to day centres with help .
7 This special place of the Sun in the Galaxy , if confirmed , certainly alters our picture of even the recent geological history of our planet , since we have only just emerged from a spiral arm .
8 Laboratory chemists have only just begun to wake up to this change .
9 I have only just flown in from Paris and I am very tired . ’
10 A dong chop nau nau — I have only just eaten
11 Where we are going ( 1700 England ) they have only just got over periodic waves of bubonic plague .
12 However , Will Purser helped me with a few defensive sentences such as , ‘ Please talk slowly , I have only just begun to learn Burmese . ’
13 That way , you wo n't feel too badly about picking flowers that have only just opened , and the rest of your garden will be left in all its glory .
14 ‘ This will rebound on the Government and their difficulties have only just started . ’
15 Up to now all has been plain sailing but at the third row you have a straight arrow indicating to select needles again and transfer with the lace carriage and you have only just transferred stitches the other way without working two knit rows between .
16 YOU can also sue in the courts for breach of contract if your new employer breaks your terms and conditions , even if you have only just joined the firm .
17 Beleaguered chief executive Chris Hassall said : ‘ The two we talked to — Ken Benjamin and Anthony Cummins — have only just come onto the scene and they are very inexperienced in real international cricket .
18 Walker said : ‘ We have only just started .
19 If you have , or have only just removed it , you will see a double wave as the needles respond to the punchcard .
20 On this basis , we have only just begun to explore some of the social processes that are associated with teachers ' work .
21 I have only just got back .
22 Legislators have only just passed the 1993 budget , and they will not appreciate having to rearrange the billions in pork they packed into it .
23 I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP !
24 Of course , we have only just got back from our honeymoon . ’
25 I have only just understood that this logic was so .
26 Here I am , for Chrissakes , about to dine alongside two people who knew Claudia Cohn-Casson , in surroundings she knew well , in an ambience which I know ail too well , although I have only just arrived .
27 For some reason I have n't got to the bottom of yet , I have only just been informed of your arrival . ’
28 They have only just , very lately , sprung from the soil .
29 The attack happened in the early hours of Sunday morning , but details have only just been released .
30 ‘ Forgive me , ’ Legion interrupted , sincerity oozing from each of its voices , ‘ but I have only just arrived in this solar system .
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