Example sentences of "and have only [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The search for appropriate bodies through which business interests could be represented was not an easy one and has only been achieved either by completely bypassing existing councils or by involving councillors as well as officers in developing new arrangements in a context of financial pressure and legal constraints .
2 It is a very attractive feature and has only been known to dry up once in the summer of 1826 .
3 What my Commander-in-Chief had to say to me is something that I will treasure for the rest of my days — and has only been shared with one other .
4 The events that he suggested ( his theory fell out of favour in the Twenties , and has only been revived since the study of palaeomagnetism indicated the strong likelihood that the continents had drifted , and in continuous directions at regular velocities ) were supposed to have started to take place 600 million years ago .
5 One thing was clear : he had certainly meant to kill him , and had only been stopped by the officer 's determined and intelligent fighting .
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