Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have only [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In general , accounting and economic literature has only begun to do this relatively recently . |
| 2 | Thenceforward it was to be taken that Parliament had only conferred the decision-making power on the basis that it was to be exercised on the correct legal basis : a misdirection in law in making the decision therefore rendered the decision ultra vires . |
| 3 | The upheaval in British banking has only started . |
| 4 | In 1801 students enrolled in schools of all kinds numbered no more than one in a thousand , and by Nicholas 's death this figure had only risen to six . |
| 5 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 6 | Nenna 's character was faulty , but she had the instinct to see what made other people unhappy , and this instinct had only failed her once , in the case of her own husband . |
| 7 | The 24 year old student had only started his university course this year . |
| 8 | In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them . |
| 9 | This situation has only evolved gradually . |
| 10 | The Scottish star had only agreed to run if selected for the 1,500m but a communication breakdown meant she was chosen for 3,000m instead . |
| 11 | The Foreign Office had only given him permission to join the Army on the understanding that he would return to Abyssinia when his leave expired . |
| 12 | In recent years , however , the Public Trustee has only had a small and declining proportion of the total work of trusteeship and executorship ( see p. 114 ) , and in 1972 a Committee of Enquiry recommended that no new work should be taken on , and that the office be wound up and merged with that of the Official Solicitor . |
| 13 | motorist admits to not seeing boy who came from opposite pavement but accepted that motorist had only limited opportunity for seeing him . |
| 14 | Even my wharped mind had only got as far as thinking . |
| 15 | Add to this the facts that each chief executive has only limited authority over many of his staff and that much of the finance of this complex body is handled by a separate company accountable to Parliament , and it might well be enough to make Lord Hanson heave or Tiny Rowland throw in the towel . |
| 16 | And Charles 's stubborn attitude has only made matters worse . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The application of all facilities under the KJHG to children of foreign nationality is explicitly legalized where previous legislation had only referred to German young people and children . |
| 19 | His total surrender had only earned her derision . |
| 20 | Either will do , but the present confusion has only added to uncertainty in the financial markets . |
| 21 | When his trial opened on May 26 he had been charged with complicity in genocide , and the presiding judge had only substituted the lesser charge of instigating murder at the moment of reaching a verdict . |
| 22 | In 1982 BBC1 's ‘ Nationwide ’ covered Gay News ' tenth birthday , but in general the sharp end of factual programming has only given space to gay issues when they impinge on heterosexual concerns . |
| 23 | The economic downturn has only intensified the self-rejuvenating qualities of élites and multiplied the ways in which others are shut out . |
| 24 | West Germany was still loathed abroad , economic reconstruction had only begun , large numbers of refugees had swollen the numbers of the unemployed , many politicians were inexperienced in office , the government lacked full sovereignty , and the division from the East had been a traumatic experience . |
| 25 | The piper that morning had only worn an ordinary shepherd 's cloak , not the short swinging cape , long white woollen socks criss-crossed by leather straps … |
| 26 | At the end of the third day their water was running short , as each man had only had two pints in his water bottle . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | More specifically , the accident resulting from the first incident had only taken place because of a concatenation of events leading to it which could not have been foreseen . |
| 29 | And although restricted by a virus , the Glaswegian-born centre-forward has only found the target twice this season . |
| 30 | Charles 's beatific smile had only faded a fraction . |