Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] only just " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report also notes that owing to serious technical difficulties a new assembly building has only just been commissioned , which means that nuclear-warhead production has had to continue in old buildings which should have been closed down . |
| 2 | But the story has only just begun . |
| 3 | However , if a sentence has only just been heard , subjects should be able to tell the difference between that sentence and all other sentences — even sentences which mean the same . |
| 4 | Industry has only just been restored to normal after being reduced to a three-day working week . |
| 5 | Looking for a plausible mechanism is slightly easier , but the search has only just begun , and there are few clues to go on at present . |
| 6 | BSL research has only just begun and a great deal more will emerge in the coming years . |
| 7 | At eighteen his apprenticeship in rhetorical violence and grievous bodily harm had only just begun . |
| 8 | The car 's only just been serviced so I 'll take it back to the garage . |
| 9 | Saying that the Framing Opinions campaign has only just begun , English Heritage chief executive , Jennifer Page concludes that authorities and voluntary groups from national to local level must be prepared to offer help and advice to anyone wanting to alter a building . |
| 10 | The election campaign has only just got under way , and Mr Le Pen may yet reclaim the limelight . |
| 11 | The hon. Lady has only just come in . |
| 12 | Inexplicably , two compulsory first-year lectures had been scheduled for the same day and time , and the error had only just been noticed . |
| 13 | It was disappointing to discover on asking if I could have them to find that the museum had only just got round to registering what appeared to be Audubon 's proofs . |
| 14 | He died five years ago but the museum 's only just been finished on the Mall below Capitol Hill . |
| 15 | Anthea has only just stepped into Yvette 's shoes but has already made pals with the other presenters and , course , Bonnie the dog . |
| 16 | This process has only just begun and is likely to continue until the middle of this decade . |
| 17 | The designer 's job had only just begun , he said . |
| 18 | He nodded , relieved that they had left her alone although he knew this business had only just started . |
| 19 | I could see that the picture had only just started . |
| 20 | There was a smell of coffee in the air and a feeling that every room had only just been vacated by somebody . |
| 21 | Although the first British atomic bomb had only just been tested a month before at Monte Bello Island off the north-west coast of Australia , the British government , under Churchill 's leadership , decided remarkably quickly in December to follow the American lead and to build its own hydrogen bomb as soon as possible . |
| 22 | Contrary to popular belief , income tax provides only just over a quarter of all tax revenue . |
| 23 | To a casual observer , he was at peace , yet the tension in his body remained only just dormant , simmering uneasily below explosion point . |
| 24 | The Christmas Eve assault has only just come to light because the 13-year-old victim was too terrified to report it earlier . |
| 25 | But the horridly fascinating subtlety of the mite 's means of infestation has only just become clear , thanks to Dr Nigel Franks and colleagues at the University of Bath , who have been studying infested colonies in observation nests . |
| 26 | Its internal political development has only just begun . |
| 27 | I waded along to Harry who was sagging back against the corner , his head lolling only just above the surface . |
| 28 | The Philips Tomascan LX CT Scanner had only just been installed at Walton when the bombings took place . |
| 29 | It seemed to D'Arcy that his head had only just hit the cushion on the settee in Victor 's flat when he was shaken awake . |
| 30 | Higher education had only just resumed with some semblance of normality after the disruption of the previous decade . |