Example sentences of "[noun pl] have only [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | National data on the proportion of households sharing kitchens , bathrooms , and other amenities have only been available from the census since 1951 . |
| 2 | Rektum will spend the money on reassembling their career in a less pressurised climate : up to now their recordings have only been available on bootleg cassettes , while their live performances have taken place exclusively underground . |
| 3 | This legislation had been hailed as a powerful weapon with which to seize drug barons ' fortunes but up to May last year police and Customs investigators had only been able to confiscate £11 million . |
| 4 | Bought deals have only been possible with Big Bang and the advent of large well capitalised securities firms , but the risks being taken on are extremely large . |
| 5 | For instance , the peasants of the Maramureş to whom Ceauşescu had appealed to preserve their ancient ways had only been able to do so until then because their poor hill-side farms had not yet been collectivized . |
| 6 | Until now , doctors have only been able to CONFIRM the disease after death . |
| 7 | Many of the new innovations have only been possible because of the company 's commitment to total quality management ( TQM ) . |
| 8 | But the Americans have only been able to perform this leadership role because other people are paying , without demanding control of the operation . |