Example sentences of "had only the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talks on the issue with the Slovak government proved inconclusive , however , with the latter estimating that " even with the best will " Austria had only the capacity to deliver a maximum of 400 MW , or about half of the unit 's output . |
| 2 | Since 1770 there was a brewer selling ale near an oak tree in the parish , but for a century he had only the company of a blacksmith and a boot and shoe maker . |
| 3 | Perks was n't anywhere on the platform , and Bobbie had only the station cat to talk to . |
| 4 | She was through all the ordeals now , and had only the journey to accomplish . |
| 5 | The public , of course , had only the word of the press to guide them , and although there was more than a germ of truth in what the tabloids reported , this was by no means the first autumn in which the Prince had spent weeks without his wife and children . |
| 6 | Those who could not feed themselves had only the option of closing their mouths against the intruding spoon . |
| 7 | The agricultural reform , on which a constitutional amendment was tabled on Nov. 7 , put an end to the land distribution programme begun after the 1910-20 revolution , allowed private companies to buy agricultural land and form associations with co-operative farmers ( ejidatarios ) , and permitted the farmers , who currently had only the use of their plots , to own and dispose of them as they wished and , with the approval of their co-operative , to form joint ventures with private investors . |
| 8 | The reason why I have thought it to be so definitely a first edition is usually only because the title verso states : ‘ First published 19XX ’ or some such wording , and there is no mention about a second or third impression , or , because there was a date on the title page and a blank on the title verso ; or the title verso had only the copyright date on it . |
| 9 | Second Division strugglers Swinton , battling for survival with crippling cash problems , had only the consolation of a 3,501 gate at their new Bury home . |