Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] only a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Round-bale silage was found on only a few farms and was not as yet widely used . |
| 32 | In its first annual report , it pointed to the difficulties in some areas particularly in the south-east and the west midlands where the available land was limited to only a few years ' supply . |
| 33 | Although the scheme was run for only a few weeks , more than 1,000 pairs of spectacles were collected from BNFL sites . |
| 34 | Are these words to use about an ally you stood shoulder to shoulder with only a few years back ? ’ |
| 35 | This process , which can take several decades in open country , may be contrived in only a few years in a garden by reversing the natural scheme of things . |
| 36 | In particular , multilists provide rapid access when the file has many different descriptors that apply to only a few records , as in this case each chain will be short . |
| 37 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 38 | Quick action is vital , since anyone who stops breathing can usually live for only a few minutes without help . |
| 39 | The early response has not been enthusiastic , though aides insisted yesterday that for many households the new tax bills would amount to only a few dollars a month . |
| 40 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 41 | That lasted for only a few moments ; it was a perfect death . |
| 42 | The Russian Federation is a new state , which has existed for only a few months . |
| 43 | The initiating processes in all these interactions are referred to as biological interface conversion processes and can be easily studied in the eye because contact lenses can be removed and analysed after only a few minutes ' wear . |
| 44 | In this way , Axis governments anticipated a Pacific war that had been studied by only a few individuals in the Allies ' interest . |
| 45 | However , not only had these been implemented by only a few firms , but the majority were also oriented towards encouraging youth employment rather than positive action to assist older workers . |
| 46 | The seizure of Oslo was delayed by only a few hours , just long enough for the king , his ministers and most of parliament — the collective personification of constitutional legitimacy — to evade capture . |
| 47 | And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life . |
| 48 | By contrast , some of the smallest features seen have lasted for only a few hours . |
| 49 | Officers expect to strike for only a few hours , and Association leaders will meet later this week to finalise the details . |
| 50 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 51 | An industrial salesperson who sells into one industry may deal with only a few customers in a restricted geographical area . |
| 52 | There are undoubtedly great advantages to the student if a staff member transmits his ideas and experience to only a few individuals at a time in a tutorial session . |
| 53 | The report runs to only a few lines and Treby C.J. of the Common Pleas is reported as holding that ‘ when money is paid in pursuance of a void authority , etc. indebitatus assumpsit lies for it . ’ |
| 54 | DOZENS more East German refugees arrived outside the West German embassy yesterday seeking asylum and passage to the West , including some who missed by only a few minutes a train that took more than 800 of their compatriots to West Germany . |