Example sentences of "who has only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nancarrow , who has only just finished a ban for venting his anger by making an obscene gesture to a referee during the British Open , was reported to the tournament director for abusing match officials , his opponent , and the court . |
| 2 | The suggestion of a silver thread among the dark men in green makes Gus appear a distinguished elder statesmen , far too distinguished-looking for a man who has only just reached 29 . |
| 3 | — Clearly the words ‘ Now I am seeing this as apex ’ can not so far mean anything to a learner who has only just met the concepts of apex , base and so on — But I do not mean this as empirical proposition . |
| 4 | We have been considering the problem for some time — — unlike the right hon. Gentleman , who has only just discovered it . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman , who has only just wandered in , should realise that I am responding to points raised earlier by his hon. Friends . |
| 6 | Townsend , who has only just returned to Premiership action for new club Aston Villa , said : ‘ It has been a slight worry but I 'm in no pain and after today 's training I know I 'll definitely play . ’ |
| 7 | While it might look a bit strange , even antiquated , to anyone who has only ever thought of guitar tuners as pocket sized oblong boxes with LEDs or a needle and a retail price of around forty quid , the Peterson 's ability to accurately tune any musical instrument is known throughout the music industry . |
| 8 | Lastly , they would remove what is undoubtedly , in the case above , the single most important feature needed to understand what is being said : the fact that these two people are involved in moving a piano and A ( a middle-aged man trying to assert his authority ) is already supporting its weight : hence , perhaps , his impatience , breathlessness , and desperate switch from ordering to pleading with B , a youth who has only reluctantly agreed to come along and help . |
| 9 | Of the seventeen pieces in this collection , which survives complete only in the second edition of 1533 , no fewer than eight — only seven in the 1533 version — are by Philippe Verdelot ( d. c. 1540 ) , a Frenchman who lived in Italy from a very early age , two ( three in the second edition ) are by an Italian , Costanzo Festa ( C. 1495–1545 ) , one is by another Festa , Sebastiano , of whom we know nothing , one by a mysterious ‘ Maistre Jan ’ or Ihan who has only recently been identified as ‘ a French-born musician active at the court of Ferrara from 1512 to about 1543 ’ , and the remainder by still more shadowy characters . |