Example sentences of "[noun] have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | H. raised his special grievance , but his complaint published in the Sunday Express has only added to the completeness of his downfall … |
| 2 | Up to now this demarcation of activities has only come about by delegation , no control system could enforce these roles . |
| 3 | Among their other talismans is a little Buddha to which the Buddhist Society of Great Britain have apparently taken exception , although the Cross of Lourdes has only attracted five letters of complaint to the magazine since it first was advertised nine months ago . |
| 4 | The museum part has only cost FFr150 million and the rest was for the library ’ . |
| 5 | In general , accounting and economic literature has only begun to do this relatively recently . |
| 6 | The upheaval in British banking has only started . |
| 7 | But SCAD has only got funding until the summer . |
| 8 | The Training Department of the Ministry of Labour has only organized three courses for women in the last decade and , as one study concludes , " there is little interest in job training schemes for women " . |
| 9 | While different interpretations may be offered of these low correlations , the fact remains that the ITPA has only limited empirical support for its validity . |
| 10 | I have to admit that I was expecting something rather special from him , but listening to the first instalment in his survey of the sonatas has only strengthened my opinion that it seems almost impossible for one pianist to attain a consistent level of achievement in all of the sonatas . |
| 11 | Either will do , but the present confusion has only added to uncertainty in the financial markets . |
| 12 | Research has only scratched the surface of the paranormal and supernatural phenomena , so we are left with odd cases of happenings that just materialise when least expected . |
| 13 | Hitherto , the coalition had only had a one-seat majority in the Parliament as a whole and was actually in a minority in the lower house . |
| 14 | Even my wharped mind had only got as far as thinking . |
| 15 | However , reports said that NPFL fighters had only intensified their fire , and by the following day full-scale fighting was going on , with Nigerian jets , artillery and warships attacking rebel positions . |
| 16 | The murder had only occurred ten minutes before , but the old man already saw himself in the role of vital witness , and was polishing the phrases in a story which he would tell many times . |
| 17 | Portugal had only agreed to participate at the last minute , reportedly fearing that the summit would otherwise be geared to increasing the influence of Spain in the region . |
| 18 | Mr Luck said that the Mail on Sunday 's critic had only seen a rehearsal for the play . |
| 19 | ‘ I think , Miss Everett , ’ he cut in before she could tell him that Travis had only called to apologise when he 'd stopped by for his car , ‘ that it might be in your interests not to see him again . ’ |
| 20 | The report added that the study had only considered 35-64 year-olds , and that " the estimated effect would increase dramatically if older age groups were included in the analysis " . |
| 21 | This meant that actions to reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide within Brussels had only limited success in reducing smog levels and the city simply had to wait until the extensive smog bank drifted away or began to be dispersed . |
| 22 | Before this year , Carlie had only received one chance of a retainer and that was from Nicky Henderson back in 1989 . |
| 23 | Siraj-ud-Daula could not have been defeated — if that is the word for the collapse of his army — and destroyed if he had not alienated his subjects by being unreliable and vacillating , without any signs of charm or kindness to make up for it , but the decisive fact was that the British had fought him , while his subjects had only deserted him and waited to see who would win . |
| 24 | If Ken had only put his mind to it he might have in the end come up with something even better . |
| 25 | In 1801 students enrolled in schools of all kinds numbered no more than one in a thousand , and by Nicholas 's death this figure had only risen to six . |
| 26 | By the end of the year Husayn had only obtained a fraction of the funding he sought . |
| 27 | Waldheim , a former UN Secretary-General , had been banned from entering the United States , and during his term as President had only paid visits to various Islamic countries ( including Iraq and Iran — see pp. 37759 ; 38309 ) and to the Vatican . |
| 28 | Dave Bassett 's side have only had one penalty in 90 games in the last two seasons . |
| 29 | Rupert Murdoch 's only got eight of the however many channels . |
| 30 | offices as well , but erm , and I know she 's half time and some offices have only got a quarter , but as I say , she 's the busiest person I know and , and she 's |