Example sentences of "have only [to-vb] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One has only to think of the variety of positions that can be taken with respect to qualitative and quantitative research . |
| 2 | One has only to think of the range of services to which an old person may or may not be entitled to see that , even if power is in general exercised responsibly , old people and their informal carers are particularly vulnerable to professional neglect , abuse of power or , more often and more excusably , to inexpert or biased assessment . |
| 3 | One has only to think of the way in which the Shah of Persia reinforced his position by claiming direct descent from the Achaemenids of the third century BC , to give depth to a genealogy that in fact started with his father — a Cossack officer — assuming the throne in 1920 when the previous dynasty collapsed ( see Avery , 1965 ) ; or the use in Britain of the ‘ historical ’ roots of the Royal Family to support such current political structures as the House of Lords . |
| 4 | One has only to think of the time it took and what was necessary to develop the now largely taken-for-granted temperature scales ; an effort involving not only technological developments , but also developments in physics , thermodynamics , mathematics , and more . |
| 5 | You have only to think of the situation in which a mother is terrified of thunder and panics whenever she hears it , rushing to close the curtains and to cower in the corner of the room . |