Example sentences of "[prep] only a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quick action is vital , since anyone who stops breathing can usually live for only a few minutes without help . |
| 2 | These played for only a few minutes at a time . |
| 3 | The Doctor had watched the fight , without interest , for only a few minutes before setting off once again into the surrounding forest of knotted shapes . |
| 4 | The Maréchal de Cadenet , a French ambassador on a special mission who stayed in London for only a few days in 1621 , was given by James I jewellery said to be worth £2,500 , while the duke of Buckingham , the king 's favourite , presented him with ponies and four albino falcons , the latter much prized by huntsmen . |
| 5 | This feature allows the virus to persist in the environment even though its host , the insect larva , may be present for only a few weeks during the year . |
| 6 | He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose . |
| 7 | Wash the specimens gently in two changes of distilled water ( not tap water , which contains Fe and Ca ) for only a few seconds at a time — the stains are relatively soluble . |
| 8 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 9 | Here they had to part with their horses , for of course there could be accommodation for only a few animals in this castle itself . |
| 10 | When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva ! |
| 11 | Mr Kim , a former dissident who had been jailed by a military regime , was reluctant to pick a fight with the brass after only a few months in office . |
| 12 | Lurgan publican Ralph Hewitt faces an election after only a few weeks as a director of Glenavon . |
| 13 | The daily body rhythms are timed similarly in different individuals , and in the same individual on different days , with regular differences of only a few hours between the timing of , say , the body temperature rhythm in ‘ larks ’ and ‘ owls ’ , for example . |
| 14 | In fact they have to be trained — starting with distances of only a few feet from , and within sight of , the loft . |
| 15 | particles are stopped by a sheet of paper and have a range of only a few centimetres in the air . |
| 16 | Public perception of the war in Europe was of a senseless conflict fought out in the mud and filth of Flanders , with thousands killed each day for the sake of only a few yards of territory soon lost in the next offensive . |
| 17 | Its telescope will have a mirror 60 cm across , and will be cooled by liquid helium to a temperature of only a few degrees above absolute zero ; and its detectors will be sensitive to wavelengths up to a maximum of 120 micrometres . |
| 18 | As we all know , it is a matter of only a few weeks before the joyous day when the boot will be on the other foot and the right hon. Gentleman will be sitting on the Opposition Front Bench making speeches on timetable motions . |
| 19 | In the space of only a few weeks in the winter of 1862 Punch carried more than a dozen cartoons and a score of witty articles , fake court reports and novelty songs — including a seasonable Christmas Carol . |
| 20 | So too , if we consult the Report of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Constabulary , 1975 ( or almost any other year for that matter ) we find ourselves assailed within the space of only a few paragraphs with repeated references to The report was generous enough to remind us that the personal violence over which so much ink had been spilled amounted to less than 4 per cent of known serious crime . |
| 21 | A good idea can therefore be brought to a successful and polished conclusion in a very short time at the cost of only a few sheets of paper and with the minimum of effort . |
| 22 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 23 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 24 | The fact that most of the rainforest is uninhabited , with only a few pockets of indigenous communities , makes exploitation attractive . |
| 25 | An industrial salesperson who sells into one industry may deal with only a few customers in a restricted geographical area . |
| 26 | I choose patterns with only a few passes with the lace carriage because all the time this carriage is in operation no inches ( sorry centimetres ) are being added to the length of the garment . |
| 27 | The last meeting was held on Oki premises a few weeks ago with only a few friends of the family in attendance . |
| 28 | Searching a small space , with only a few entities in it , does n't ordinarily feel like a creative process . |
| 29 | The next day , although three of the team made the descent by mid-afternoon , the rest spent three or four hours walking after dark , with only a few torches between them to light the way . |
| 30 | If you are a small man , with only a few pounds of surplus weight , and are in a big hurry to lose it . |