Example sentences of "only have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The man who is looking for a breed to put shape into his lambs only has to talk to butchers who deal in this type of Texel-sired carcass and look at the successes achieved in carcass competitions . |
| 2 | Labour now not only has to embrace the new agenda of electoral reform , political decentralisation and power-sharing , and a new Britain in Europe . |
| 3 | Similar considerations show that inside the horizon a separation in radial coordinate only has become time-like . |
| 4 | To that , one only has to respond that the tax burden is greater and the economy is in worse condition than before Thatcher embarked on it . |
| 5 | One only has to compare Scotland with England to see where the real problem lay . |
| 6 | One only has to compare the uniformity of contemporary stations with the richness , profusion , and variety in British nineteenth-century stations : the classical temple of Huddersfield , the Byzantine basilica of Blackfriars , the robust Jacobean manor-house of Stoke-on-Trent , the scholarly Jacobean collegiate buildings of Shrewsbury and Carlisle , the ‘ Russian dacha ’ of Petworth , the ‘ baroque orangery ’ of Newmarket , the airy French pavilion of Slough , the medieval Gothic abbey of Battle , the Queen Anne town house of Market Harborough and Birkenhead Woodside , so much like the great hall of a medieval house that one expects rushes on the floor , minstrels in the gallery , and foaming tankards of old ale . |
| 7 | He only has to ask . |
| 8 | ‘ If he wants me , he only has to ask . |
| 9 | We 've got to recognise , if there was no following policy , any thief or drunk driver only has to put their toe down and drive away at speed , comfortable that police wo n't follow them and that is far more dangerous in the long run for the public . |
| 10 | The predictions of the effective theory of fluid mechanics are not exact — one only has to listen to the weather forecast to realize that — but they are good enough for the design of ships or oil pipelines . |
| 11 | There is a Medau Society who organise the classes and the finances so the lucky teacher only has to teach — no worries about class numbers , equipment or halls . |
| 12 | She only has to wear an outfit once for it to become an instant fashion trend . |
| 13 | Now she 's on powerful drugs to suppress the problem … and she only has to cope with a one or two fits each day . |
| 14 | In short , the older generation not only has given by its paid and unpaid labour in the past ; it continues to give as well as take in the present . |
| 15 | In this case , the syntactic/semantic component not only has to filter out many improbable word strings , but also to identify the location of possible word errors . |
| 16 | The social scientist only has to live , and perhaps work , in a mental hospital or therapeutic community to experience the need for making sense of the words and actions of some people in these settings . |
| 17 | Chris only has to go to see his wife once a week in that cottage hospital and we 're able to meet quite often now . ’ |
| 18 | Hereford and Worcester has already voted for a similar ban , Northamptonshire 's decision only has to go to the full council , and Gloucestershire votes next week . |
| 19 | The island is a microcosm of the world therefore Golding only has to describe what mankind is like anyway . |
| 20 | Golding only has to describe young people without their layer of parent 's laws , he does n't have to make up anything . |
| 21 | ‘ One only has to draw this line of argument to its logical conclusion to see the dangers of it . ’ |
| 22 | For example , in order for Ukraine to get hold of Scythian gold , the republic not only has to declare its citizens the direct descendents of the Scythians , but also to prove that the remarkable Scythian objects at present held in the Hermitage were made by natives and not by itinerant ancient Greek craftsmen . |
| 23 | If the process is running , this will set up the required logical names and symbols , and the user then only has to type the symbol , specified by USERACCESSLOGICAL , to be connected to the process ( see Section 2.4 , LIFESPAN Configuration File ) . |
| 24 | Fortunately , she has saved a large deposit to put down on a flat so she only has to borrow £45,000 . |
| 25 | One only has to see Back to the Future to realize what problems could arise . |
| 26 | There is , everybody has to acknowledge that there is a difference in the interpretation of what constitutes justice and one only has to see er , the sorts of attitude that are put across by certain judges , as to , erm , rape cases , and abuse cases , and how they , the press would have us believe , pat people over the head and tell them to go away and not do it again . |
| 27 | Unhealthy it most certainly is ( I have been prevailed upon to refrain from detailing how ) but one only has to say the magic word AIDS to realise the sad fact that the consequences of some homosexual intercourse are far from gay . |
| 28 | At the same time one only has to turn to earlier and outstanding performances by Brendel ( Philips ) and Zimerman ( DG ) to hear how true greatness is possible without resort to so much self-conscious sifting and analysis . |
| 29 | Then the promoter only has to pay the band the guaranteed fee plus costs . |
| 30 | The poverty trap exists when a low paid worker receives a pay increase , but then , as a result of the higher income level attained , not only has to pay tax , but also loses various means-tested benefits previously received . |