Example sentences of "have only [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Based in Bradford , it has only 100 members but claims to be linking up with branches throughout the country . |
| 2 | If we consider Out with respect to the conception of metaphor examined above , the desperate sputterings of the main character can be seen as active or ‘ verbal ’ in their metaphoric function : his discourse mobilizes and metaphorizes all others and has only tenuous links with any reality outside its field of operation . |
| 3 | Today 's meeting of Gloucestershire Education Committee has questioned the future of Guiting Power school again because it has only 14 pupils , not the promised school roll of 19 . |
| 4 | Currently Italy has only 3,800 MW of coal-fired power plant under construction but authorisation of a 2,560 MW coal plant at Gioia Tauro in Calabria is an indication of improved prospects while the virtual standstill of the nuclear programme could also encourage further coal-fired power generation developments . |
| 5 | The hotel has only 8 rooms , all fully air-conditioned with private bathrooms , telephone and mini-fridge . |
| 6 | There is one remarkable difference between the two texts , and that is that where the responsa version has the composite wording lego concedique volo the digesta text has only concedi volo . |
| 7 | Sheffield boats two championship matches and a Sunday game at present , but has only 499 members , while Scarborough 's membership is a disappointing 164 , although it is easily the best ground in the county for pay-at-the-gate fans . |
| 8 | Mr Taylor , who has only six cattle , was clearly delighted with his triumph and he said afterwards that his ambition was to go on to win the Aberdeen Fatstock Show at the end of this year . |
| 9 | Variable premium , the EC mechanism which encouraged expansion , some of it too indiscriminate on the breeding front , has only six months to live . |
| 10 | Food from Britain has only six representatives trying to sell British food in Spain , whereas Food from France — its French equivalent — has 60 representatives trying to sell French food in Spain . |
| 11 | Britain has only 3,000 bottle banks , that is one for every 17,000 people , compared to Holland , for example , which has one per 1,400 people . |
| 12 | Surprisingly , Sir Alec has only five words of dialogue in the entire 90-minute film , though he appears in almost every scene . |
| 13 | There are several such subgroups that one can easily explore : for example , F has only four elements and F has only two . |
| 14 | It has only four combat aircraft — armed maritime reconnaissance aircraft — and no armed helicopters . |
| 15 | A plaintiff has only four calendar months ( six if leave to serve out of the jurisdiction is required under RSC Ord 11 ) , in which to serve the writ and if he does not serve it within that period the fact that the last day is a Sunday , when it can not be served , does not come to his aid . |
| 16 | The smallest constituency in Britain has only 23,500 electors , the largest more than 100,000 . |
| 17 | Suppose I say : ( 24 ) Nigel has fourteen children I shall implicate that Nigel has only fourteen children , although it would be compatible with the truth of ( 24 ) that Nigel in fact has twenty children . |
| 18 | The effect of the maxim is to add to most utterances a pragmatic inference to the effect that the statement presented is the strongest , or most informative , that can be made in the situation ; in many cases the implicatures can be glossed by adding only to the propositional content of the sentence , e.g. " Nigel has only fourteen children " , " the flag is only white " , " Harry only got a fine " . |
| 19 | The group generated by the ‘ slice-squared ’ moves like F 2 =F 2 B 2 has only eight elements . |
| 20 | He has only eight men , and a lot of dogs . |
| 21 | She has only thirteen nipples . |
| 22 | I have just bought a SWB Petrol III although it was made in 1977 I do n't think its had a very hard life , it has only 45,000 miles on the clock and going by its condition I think that 's about right . |
| 23 | But a corporation created by or in pursuance of an Act of Parliament is subject to the rule that it has only such powers as are expressly conferred , or are necessarily or reasonably incident to the fulfilment of the purposes for which it is established . |
| 24 | This small branch — it has only 42 members — showed that something that is a little ‘ out of the ordinary ’ can prompt a very good public response to Wings Appeal . |
| 25 | Because the Josephson junction has only two terminals — going in and coming out , like a diode — it would have to form part of a more complex circuit . |
| 26 | It has only two terminals which connect to ‘ 0V ’ and ‘ OUT ’ in Fig 4 . |
| 27 | The lady does n't know the world has only two races — the intelligent and the stupid . ’ |
| 28 | The narwhal also has only two teeth , and in the male ( and occasionally the female ) one of these grows outwards to form a long , impressive , spiralling tusk . |
| 29 | What a pity the vehicle has only two wheels . |
| 30 | It has only two stars above the third magnitude , Beta or Diphda ( 2.0 ) and Alpha ( 2.5 ) ; next come Eta ( 3.4 ) and Gamma and Tau ( each 3.5 ) . |