Example sentences of "[coord] have only a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What you can be sure of , ’ said Thorfinn , eluding the question , ‘ is that the Pope and the Emperor Henry both know , and that one is dying while the other enjoys indifferent health and has only a three-year-old son to succeed him .
2 But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty .
3 The amazing naked cat — the Canadian Sphynx — lacks both guard and awn hairs and has only a soft fuzz of down hairs on its extremities .
4 South of Loch Hourn is the wilderness of Knoydart known as the Rough Bounds , a region entirely without motor roads and having only a few lonely and unfrequented tracks through the mountain fastnesses .
5 He never found work , made no male friends and had only a passing acquaintance with people in a local pub , including the 20-year-old barmaid .
6 We had never seen a soffit ventilator before , and had only a vague idea about dry-verge ridging , but the excellent catalogues and leaflets provided most of the instructions we needed .
7 BARE ROOTED : This means the trees have been pulled up by their roots and have only a small chance of survival if planted out .
8 Light chemical washes simply task the edge off the harsher colours , reproducing a degree of the tonal mellowness that comes with age , and have only a minimal effect on the integrity of the pile .
9 I am now in Capt. Friend 's office and have only a short time to write before the post leaves .
10 She was working but had only a small salary and ‘ soon found that it would be impossible to care for John 's upbringing satisfactorily .
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