Example sentences of "[vb -s] only [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he has only met one type of female and does n't realise that a woman can value time alone and is n't forever fretting over her partner 's choice of underwear . |
| 2 | It should also be noted that breaches tend to have a ‘ ripple effect ’ and that a practitioner who does not fully understand his obligations has only to proffer one piece of investment advice ( which may in itself be perfectly sound ) and he will almost certainly have breached several regulations in the process . |
| 3 | While different interpretations may be offered of these low correlations , the fact remains that the ITPA has only limited empirical support for its validity . |
| 4 | The diphtheria laboratory has only examined one isolate of non-toxigenic C diphtheriae var gravis isolated from blood cultures of a patient in England . |
| 5 | Until yesterday the favourite to partner McMahon had been the 22-year-old Michael Thomas of Arsenal , who has only made one appearance for England : a disappointing debut in Saudi Arabia late last year . |
| 6 | The Brasserie , which they had hoped would equal L'Auberge 's trade , has only averaged 60 covers per day , and L'Auberge itself has fallen off from 90 in 1984 to 75 in 1985 . |
| 7 | The Training Department of the Ministry of Labour has only organized three courses for women in the last decade and , as one study concludes , " there is little interest in job training schemes for women " . |
| 8 | In total , taking both seasons together , he has had 13 top-10 finishes from 27 starts and has only missed three cuts . |
| 9 | the coach to the breeders ' evening that 's what I mentioned before , we paid for the refreshments and the rent show secretary has only claimed two pounds which is a scandal really she 's probably paid twenty out , twenty pounds |
| 10 | And that bodes ill for future stability ; after all , King Hussein of Jordan has bowed to popular pressure during the past six months in opposing war and has only earned Western enmity for his democratic behaviour ! |
| 11 | Among their other talismans is a little Buddha to which the Buddhist Society of Great Britain have apparently taken exception , although the Cross of Lourdes has only attracted five letters of complaint to the magazine since it first was advertised nine months ago . |
| 12 | Johnston has only started four games this season — although he has hit the target twice . |
| 13 | This new coaching scheme has only started this season . |
| 14 | ‘ He has only had nine hurdles races and to win five in a row is obviously something special . ’ |
| 15 | One would expect there to be at least some degree of microadenoma formation but so far she has only had two areas biopsied . |
| 16 | It has meant that she has only had two training sessions in the last month , which is scarcely the preparation necessary to face her hardest opponent in the world . |
| 17 | And just to correct Lindi 's manager who intervened there , Paul Weir HAS only had six pro-fights , not eight . |
| 18 | June Bascombe , who is co-ordinating the displays has only had four items offered so far . |
| 19 | A horse who has to be lightly raced , Chatam has only had three runs this season . |
| 20 | One has only to read recent editions of Climber and Hill Walker to see evidence of atrocious behaviour by climbers and walkers : abuse , noise , breaking down fences , fouling areas with litter and excrement and climbing in areas when specifically requested to desist for good safety reasons — at Cheddar and Upper Pentrwyn . |
| 21 | Great Britain has only produced four players of that calibre in the last 25 years . |
| 22 | This involves adiabatic elimination of the polarisation ( F 00 ) , and replacing x by the " intensity " I , equal to x2 , yielding the system which has only damped oscillatory solutions ( relaxation oscillations ) . |
| 23 | So it has only got three legs ? |
| 24 | A Mr. Gary Indiana , for example , suggests that ‘ Ray himself chose a career in art , pestering Wegman whenever the latter tried to work , running in front of the camera at every opportunity , and ultimately getting his idea across to his owner ’ , and adds that ‘ Wegman 's work has only approached real genius in collaboration with Man Ray ’ . |
| 25 | Because of the fact that unit costs only raise red flags , the onus is on any analyst who is comparing statistics between authorities to explore all the possible explanations for differences before coming to conclusions . |
| 26 | The fact that paper ‘ values ’ , the quantity of paper money and near money in circulation greatly increases only masks this decline in real production . |
| 27 | A disturbance claim which includes only cost increasing effects is suspect . |
| 28 | There is no direct evidence that all people have the potential for addictive disease within them and , conversely , there is evidence that addictive disease seems only to affect particular people , albeit an enormous number . |
| 29 | ‘ When it comes to the discipline of children , modern society seems only to have two strings to its bow , ’ says Ms Jackson . |
| 30 | Their colleagues who worked hard to reduce their waiting lists only attracted more work . |