Example sentences of "[noun sg] have only [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the story has only just begun . |
| 2 | Terry Goldsmith has only ever watched the Gold Cup race run on television . |
| 3 | For both occupational strata female employees earn about 60 per cent of the wages of their male counterparts , and this discrimination against and exploitation of women 's labour has only marginally decreased through legislation such as the Equal Pay Act of 1970 . |
| 4 | The computer industry has only recently realised that , on the whole , ordinary people do not like computers and are only comfortable using them when they do not know they are doing so . |
| 5 | The role played by law in structuring and regulating relations between government and industry has only recently attracted the attention of academics working in the field of policy analysis . |
| 6 | But as this noble institution has only ever rewarded women writers for being ladylike — Oldie pin-ups , maybe — or for assuming the pompous , androgynous mantle of — God help us — George Eliot , her exclusion can be read as a back-handed compliment . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | BSL research has only just begun and a great deal more will emerge in the coming years . |
| 9 | I relate this because some ten years after the conflict , that is to say when the wounds of bereavement had only superficially healed , my father was called into Mr John Silvers 's study to be told that this very same personage — I will call him simply ‘ the General ’ — was due to visit for a number of days to attend a house party , during which my father 's employer hoped to lay the foundations of a lucrative business transaction . |
| 10 | At eighteen his apprenticeship in rhetorical violence and grievous bodily harm had only just begun . |
| 11 | Although the PM had only recently arrived in Downing Street , she had already boned up on its history and as she led us round she spoke of Pitt and Walpole , Disraeli and Gladstone , and of their connection with this tapestry or picture or that room . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 16 | ALTHOUGH already well established in the area of downhole data acquisition in the UK , the Group has only recently formed a company to penetrate this market directly in the United States . |
| 17 | Anthea has only just stepped into Yvette 's shoes but has already made pals with the other presenters and , course , Bonnie the dog . |
| 18 | This process has only just begun and is likely to continue until the middle of this decade . |
| 19 | The designer 's job had only just begun , he said . |
| 20 | He nodded , relieved that they had left her alone although he knew this business had only just started . |
| 21 | I could see that the picture had only just started . |
| 22 | She and her husband have only recently moved into their marital home and their first child is due at Christmas , but they do n't even know where they 'll be living this time next week . |
| 23 | But the railway station has only tardily gained recognition for its contribution both to the railway system in particular and to culture and society in general . |
| 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 | Its internal political development has only just begun . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Higher education had only just resumed with some semblance of normality after the disruption of the previous decade . |
| 28 | Soon my working day was over , but the night had only just begun , the streets and piazzas just beginning to hum with life . |
| 29 | His passion has only just stopped short of writing a structural critique of the civil engineering faults at Valhalla . |
| 30 | The mainland economy has only recently opened up with the growth of tourism : nor has it opened up to women and men ( or indeed Black and white workers ) in an exactly similar way . |