Example sentences of "only has [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warwick Collins points out that the keel design not only has a distinct draught advantage over a fin keel , but also claims that it helps to damp any pitching motion in a seaway . |
| 2 | During the process of learning the student is working to achieve something ; knowledge of how close her performance is approximating to the desired goal not only has a motivating effect , but if given in sufficient detail provides information which enables her to adjust her learning nearer to the goal . |
| 3 | The water treatment polymers will open up new markets for FMC , which at present only has a small business in this field based on commodity chemicals . |
| 4 | ( This word only has a weak form when used in a relative clause ; when used with a demonstrative sense it is always pronounced in its strong form . ) |
| 5 | George Mayo is sixty two , but only has a mental age of six . |
| 6 | Powell only has a remote chance of playing , for Reilly 's squad has retained its shape and strength . |
| 7 | But ‘ For A Child ’ only has a slight tempo shift , a trumpet solo and a blast of flugelhorn to give it some extra zest , and it 's simply not enough . |
| 8 | The international system not only has a major division between communist and capitalist states but also deeper cultural divisions between what are usually termed the First and Third worlds . |
| 9 | You must do this very thoroughly , as the picture will not be as tightly secured against the glass if it only has a free-standing photograph frame backing as opposed to the hardboard backing one uses for normal pictures . |
| 10 | A screen , on the other hand , not only has a specific function , but is also an integral part of the overall design , and will therefore be looked at in quite a different way . |
| 11 | But guar bread , newly created by British food chemists , not only has a high fibre content but actually has 25 per cent fewer calories per ounce . |
| 12 | The Gyle project not only has a permanent site safety supervisor , Stewart Adam , but also receives regular visits from a regional health and safety advisor . |
| 13 | At the cessation of the solo passage , if the instrument continues to play but only has a subordinate part , it is a good plan to place an asterisk at the point where the prominent passage ends . |
| 14 | Typically , the net contains many nodes , but each node only has a few inputs : N is quite small . |
| 15 | Even if you make a complete mess of it , the model only has a few inches to fall . |
| 16 | When it comes to use as a reagent , tetra only has a minor role . |
| 17 | If , however , a bond only has a short time left to maturity , it will be much more liquid : its market price will be near its face value . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , apparently she only has a short time to live ; David came back to be with her — he 's even living at Brooklands . ’ |
| 19 | As a result , the 300 volts created by the adults only has a stunning effect if the prey is very close . |
| 20 | The faith not only has an experiential reality , it has dynamic consequences as well . |
| 21 | ‘ The Marriott not only has the best service in town , but the best business facilities as well , ’ commented Travel Agent Magazine . |
| 22 | This position is echoed by Lehrer ( 1987 : 256 ) , who states that " to has no meaning of its own " , by Buyssens ( 1987 : 341 ) , who asserts that it is a " well-known fact that when the infinitive is used as the subject , the predicate , or the direct object of the sentence , it is normally preceded by a meaningless to " , and by Andersson ( 1985 : 57 ) , who distinguishes between the preposition to , which has a meaning , and the pure to infinitive marker , " which only has the syntactic function to introduce [ sic ] an infinitive " . |
| 23 | Not only has the Labour party not realised that GCSE results at 16 in Labour-controlled authorities are some of the worst , but it has learnt nothing — it still opposes standardised testing from the age of seven . |
| 24 | However , the numbers of divorces could be slightly misleading in that , not only has the general population risen in numbers , but marriage itself is more popular , as we saw earlier in this chapter . |
| 25 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that not only has the Conservative party demonstrated that it is willing to spend a greater proportion of gross national product , but , by continuing to expand our economy , we have surpassed the Labour party bid at the 1987 election — when it said that it would increase spending on the national health service by 3 per cent . |
| 26 | Not only has the British government and its agencies borrowed less in recent years than other European governments , it is also the case that , until recently , the private bond market was narrow . |
| 27 | Not only has the arid nature of the land inspired successive rulers to create the most exquisite and luxuriant ornamental gardens in their palaces and towns ; it has also spurred generations of textile artists to compensate for the harshness of their environment by weaving emblems of foliate abundance into their rugs . |