Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] only a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loch is very weedy and fishing restricted to only a few clear patches ; but there are some super trout to be had , deep bodied and golden in colour . |
| 2 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 3 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 4 | Perhaps efficiency has turned into dumping and state-aided advantages enjoyed by only a few industries here , but both sides should still be on the record . |
| 5 | Another company holds an annual senior managers ' conference attended by only a few select top executives at which fundamental issues are discussed . |
| 6 | The ability to treat others by means of hypnosis is an acquired skill and not a special gift possessed by only a few . |
| 7 | It has previously been shown that infiltration of lymphocytes in the submucosa occurs within only a few hours after gliadin challenge . |
| 8 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 9 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 10 | After the revival in 1688 , the Kilwinning papingo shoot continued with only a few brief interruptions through the 18th and into the 19th century . |
| 11 | When the weather is showery , there is always a grave risk of the cloud base lowering to only a few hundred feet , and this can happen within minutes of the rain starting to fall . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Cocoa cultivation spread so quickly around the world that all the crops derived from only a few wild ancestors , so that modern cultivated varieties suffer from a lack of genetic variation . |
| 14 | Are these words to use about an ally you stood shoulder to shoulder with only a few years back ? ’ |
| 15 | In this paper they made the remarkable prediction that radiation ( in the form of photons ) from the very hot early stages of the universe should still be around today , but with its temperature reduced to only a few degrees above absolute zero ( - 2730 ° C ) . |