Example sentences of "have only [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ultimately , however , it is easy for readers to charge that the mask was not penetrated , and therefore that we have only scratched at the surface .
2 We have only to look at the animal kingdom ; a creature in the wild will never overeat and , even if it has had to put effort into the hunting and killing of its prey , it will stop eating when it has had enough and walk away from the food .
3 You have only to look at the shape and solidness of a barbel to see where he gets his speed and power .
4 We have only to look at the string of sell-offs of assets of the former National Bus Company groups after privatisation to demonstrate conclusively that those are not far-fetched fears or exaggerated concerns .
5 The illegals have only to look at the plight of the large Korean minority — 690,000 of Japan 's 1.1 million registered foreign residents — to know they will never be accepted in this xenophobic land .
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