Example sentences of "have only been [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jerzy Milewski , head of the National Security Office at the Presidential Chancellery , said that the plans had only been discussion documents , but on April 13 Walesa admitted that plans existed . |
| 2 | In Ecgfrith 's case , by the same principle , if he was killed in the fifteenth year of his reign and had only been king fourteen years , he may have become king in 671 and certainly could not have done so before 21 May 670 . |
| 3 | Where once upon a time there had only been fishing boats , now bobbed the magnificent yachts of international millionaires . |
| 4 | Explaining their resignations in terms of the desire to " recover [ their ] freedom " , Wade said that he and the other PDS ministers had been excluded from government action and had only been party to decisions over " trivial " issues . |
| 5 | There was nothing so dead as an old love , and what they had shared had only been desire on his part . |
| 6 | While World Cup matters have only been part of the Board 's committee business this week , the speculation as to whether Welsh reservations would carry weight has been immense . |