Example sentences of "[adj] have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course the Scandinavians have been skiing for about 4,500 years , but they used it as a means of travelling across country , not as an activity in itself , that has only happened in the last hundred years . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ This has only confirmed that Tony 's show was very popular , ’ said a spokeswoman last night . |
| 4 | But this has only happened since we got the national agreement . |
| 5 | This had only added to Brian 's sense of guilt , as if he had been prying , probing into something personal that was not his business . |
| 6 | Although it did not rule out a return to multiparty politics per se , the PNDC argued that in the past this had only bred " hatred , division and bloodshed " . |
| 7 | Of the protocol violators , those seven patients who missed out a cystoscopy and then had recurrences , six have only had occasional recurrences during the remainder of their follow up , and one required chemotherapy four years from diagnosis , when he developed multiple superficial recurrences . |
| 8 | However , the majority of these had only finished the first level of secondary education — the fifth and sixth years following four years of primary school . |
| 9 | The three have only taken up American pool , which uses larger pockets and larger balls than the British version , a matter of eight months ago . |
| 10 | There are abundant examples of good new uses for churches and many of these have only emerged in the final stages of battles over individual churches . |
| 11 | Could it now transpire , wondrously , that his private entreaty to the Godfather of All had only begun to be granted ? |
| 12 | This is especially useful for those who live in cities or industrial areas where many have only come into contact with pets such as hamsters , goldfish , cats and dogs . |
| 13 | In fact , his parents had both been excruciatingly polite to her , but that had only made it even more obvious that she was n't the kind of wife they wanted for their clever , ambitious son . |
| 14 | that 's only gone for me . |
| 15 | The mud they put out now there is lucky if they put two hundred ton in and that 's only had by grab and course they 'd make a hole there , then course that fill up again . |
| 16 | It 's got four oxygen atoms and that 's only got two oxygen atoms . |
| 17 | In fact , Chubby has only appeared in TV on Opportunity Knocks , New Faces , Starburst and an episode of Play for Today . |
| 18 | A third 's only got a three in but the third is bigger . |