Example sentences of "[prep] only a [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There was nothing unpleasant in his scrutiny , no hint of lechery or desire , yet she felt deeply uncomfortable standing there before him , clad in only a few minute scraps of cloth . |
| 32 | He was used on only a few favoured bitches , but his influence is still undeniable , his potency incredible . |
| 33 | They were brought out on only a few special occasions and were always carefully washed and returned to their place of honour . |
| 34 | It is significant , however , that the feedback involved is fairly simple , and dependent on only a few physical parameters , so that the computations concerned are relatively inflexible . |
| 35 | Different centres of excellence will usually offer courses in their own specialism ; you may find you have to work away from home on secondment if your first choice is limited to only a few specialist centres . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | Unfortunately , extensive filming of craftspeople at work in the visitor centre was cut to only a few short extracts , plus an interview with Chairman and Chief Executive Kneale Ashwell , because of intensive coverage of the disastrous Windsor Castle fire . |
| 39 | There were still a great many people about in the outer ward , but once they had passed through the archway to the inner ward the night world about them was quiet , troubled by only a few echoing footsteps . |
| 40 | Drake the whitest waterfowl of the region , relieved at rest by only a few black markings , but in flight looks more pied . |
| 41 | Orwell felt that the bulk of British public opinion was behind Chamberlain 's foreign policy of ‘ non-intervention ’ , dissension being voiced by only a few thousand left-wingers , some of whom went on to fight in Spain . |
| 42 | The shock wave was delayed by only a few more seconds , and then it rolled over them like a small hurricane . |