Example sentences of "[noun sg] has 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 | The museum part has only cost FFr150 million and the rest was for the library ’ . |
| 3 | In general , accounting and economic literature has only begun to do this relatively recently . |
| 4 | The upheaval in British banking has only started . |
| 5 | 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 " . |
| 6 | While different interpretations may be offered of these low correlations , the fact remains that the ITPA has only limited empirical support for its validity . |
| 7 | Either will do , but the present confusion has only added to uncertainty in the financial markets . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | To date , the Board has had three meetings , while the Committee has only met once , so that it is still too early to be sure how it will operate . |
| 10 | A Mr. Gary Indiana , for example , suggests that ‘ Ray himself chose a career in art , pestering Wegman whenever the latter tried to work , running in front of the camera at every opportunity , and ultimately getting his idea across to his owner ’ , and adds that ‘ Wegman 's work has only approached real genius in collaboration with Man Ray ’ . |
| 11 | But the cat has only had one main task throughout its long history of domestication and that is vermin-killing . |
| 12 | And Charles 's stubborn attitude has only made matters worse . |
| 13 | ‘ The county council has only limited insurance for its schools simply because of the enormous premiums which would be required to provide comprehensive cover , ’ he said . |
| 14 | In actual fact , the County Council has only provided the Heyford site to date . |
| 15 | The classic case is steel , where sterling 's fall has only compensated for the 20% fall in steel prices so far this year . |
| 16 | There are many mixed marriages , and war has only strengthened friendships . |
| 17 | The ‘ doubling time ’ , defined as the taken for the number of theses per year to double , is somewhere between 12 and 15 years , so that within the 24 years covered by the present study , the population has only doubled once . |
| 18 | This is not necessarily as great as the increase in the liabilities of the target company related to the breach of warranty , particularly if the purchaser has only paid a nominal price for the shares in the first place . |
| 19 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 20 | The desire to understand the development of early Anglo-Saxon society as a specific contribution to the more general study of past human behaviour has only emerged in recent years . |
| 21 | Sent in to suppress separatism , its behaviour has only fostered the movement . |
| 22 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 23 | Parity has only priced the entry-level . |
| 24 | The share price has only gone down because the market is generally down . |
| 25 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 26 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 27 | Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ . |
| 28 | So in some areas the Commission has only issued a recommendation or communication , which are merely persuasive and have no legal effect , such as in the area of social protection , child care , minimum income and persons living in frontier regions . |
| 29 | Because some months have got thirty one days in other months have got thirty days in and one month has only got twenty eight days in and twenty nine in a leap year . |
| 30 | The economic downturn has only intensified the self-rejuvenating qualities of élites and multiplied the ways in which others are shut out . |