Example sentences of "[noun] have only just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the story has only just begun . |
| 2 | If the golden age for Byrd 's motets has only just begun to dawn , then Byrd 's songs are still in their dark ages . |
| 3 | Ms Bhutto has only just survived a vote of no confidence by the opposition , when her slim and wavering majority was cut by half , partially because of the defection of four of the tribal members to opposition benches . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Unisys Corp claims to have won some 50% of the world 's open systems transaction processing business , but still only has around 22 Tuxedo customers on its books , including the Union Bank of Switzerland , Eurodollar car rental , La Namur Assurance Co in Belgium and Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV ; NCR Corp , it estimates , has some 10 to 15 customers for Top End monitor , while Transarc Corp 's rival Encina has only just started shipping . |
| 6 | BSL research has only just begun and a great deal more will emerge in the coming years . |
| 7 | But now the meal was over , and David had only just made an appearance . |
| 8 | Then he frowned , as if her words had only just reached him . |
| 9 | At eighteen his apprenticeship in rhetorical violence and grievous bodily harm had only just begun . |
| 10 | After ten years of touring and rehearsing , the languid Scots have only just finished their third album . |
| 11 | However , IBM has only just started manufacturing OS/2 2.0 for British distribution . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The election campaign has only just got under way , and Mr Le Pen may yet reclaim the limelight . |
| 14 | The hon. Lady has only just come in . |
| 15 | His parents had only just begun to give him and his sibling the lore of their territory , telling him the names of eagles who had nested there before . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | One was the common ostrich ; the other was the smaller ‘ petise ’ version that Darwin had only just snatched from the jaws of his shipmates . |
| 18 | Anthea has only just stepped into Yvette 's shoes but has already made pals with the other presenters and , course , Bonnie the dog . |
| 19 | This process has only just begun and is likely to continue until the middle of this decade . |
| 20 | The designer 's job had only just begun , he said . |
| 21 | He nodded , relieved that they had left her alone although he knew this business had only just started . |
| 22 | Cousin and neighbour Nicholas Gutesha , said : ‘ Robert had only just decorated the house as a Christmas treat for his mum . ’ |
| 23 | I could see that the picture had only just started . |
| 24 | If the dispute had ended there , the exchange of words would have passed into football folklore as further evidence of Gallacher 's greatness , but the bad boy from Bellshill had only just begun . |
| 25 | Legislators have only just passed the 1993 budget , and they will not appreciate having to rearrange the billions in pork they packed into it . |
| 26 | The Christmas Eve assault has only just come to light because the 13-year-old victim was too terrified to report it earlier . |
| 27 | Its internal political development has only just begun . |
| 28 | What he did n't realize however , was that the real questions had only just begun . |
| 29 | The aspirations of the knightly class at its best and the sense that Christendom must go over to the offensive against Islam are nowhere more succinctly expressed than in this poem , written when the Christian reconquest of Spain was well under way , but when the crusades had only just begun , shortly before or shortly after the launching of the First Crusade . |
| 30 | 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 . |