Example sentences of "[noun sg] have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dave Bassett 's side have only had one penalty in 90 games in the last two seasons . |
| 2 | Town have only lost two at home … whatever the result tomorrow it should be a thriller |
| 3 | Another problem , and one discussed at length by Wittgenstein in BB and PI , is that definitions of the lexicographical sort have only limited relevance . |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest have only won three of their eleven League games this season four drawn four defeats and only one away win . |
| 5 | Abortive attempts in our time to shuffle off the whole experience and make light of its impact have only begun comparatively recently to attract the attention of psycho-analysts . |
| 6 | But , as in other areas of enforcement activity , the quantitative measures available in pollution control have only limited utility since , like crime rates , statistics of ‘ pollution ’ and ‘ compliance ’ reflect the behaviour of enforcement agents rather than some ‘ objective ’ measurement of the phenomena themselves ( Cicourel , 1968 ) . |
| 7 | But this is not a good enough reason to have a large military arsenal since peace-keeping forces in the past have only consisted of soldiers and personal defence weapons . |
| 8 | In being ambitious in specific spheres men in the external world have only limited pleasures whereas if one embraces the whole of nature more can be enjoyed . |
| 9 | Traditionally archives such as the PRO have only selected a small proportion of the records produced in departments for permanent preservation . |
| 10 | Most wintering reports come from the coast from Langney Point to the Midrips , particularly Rye Bay and , excepting passage birds , numbers further west have only exceeded about 10 birds in very cold weather . |
| 11 | Pleas in the press for more presidential self-control have only exacerbated an increasingly tormented Mr Cossiga , who seems to see plots on all sides . |
| 12 | Subsequent legislation and regulation have only supplemented the 1974 Act that made directors , managers and other officers liable to prosecution where they have consented to or have connived at the committing of any offence or where an offence has been caused by neglect on their part . |