Example sentences of "[prep] only a few [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close — the pupil sees the choice as between only a few alternative possibilities . |
| 2 | There was little incentive for them to be active in this regard , for only a few high-level headmen received a salary . |
| 3 | At the time of the contrasting attentions given to the ball at Lord 's in 1930 it was worth polishing it during only a few early overs . |
| 4 | As breeding birds Moorhens are common , occurring wherever there is water ; even ponds of only a few square yards frequently hold breeding pairs . |
| 5 | The new charters were likely to have been written in the royal chancery rather than by their recipients , permitting greater uniformity , a more dispositive note , and the regular appearance of only a few royal officials as witnesses . |
| 6 | Maybe the Church is n't the answer for some especially those in parishes with only a few young people , but that is why I praise the deanery day as it provides a discussion place for people of all ages , and encourages us — the Church of the future — to make the Church a more appealing and welcoming place . |
| 7 | When the house was finished , he hid himself away for months at a time , with only a few good friends and his beloved books and garden . |
| 8 | Some are simple , like ‘ patient ’ , with only a few critical attributes , whilst others such as ‘ emotion , , ‘ perception ’ and ‘ learning are complex . |
| 9 | The segregated nature of the educational system remains the same as ever , with only a few private schools taking pupils of all races . |
| 10 | Thus , when the film was resubmitted to the Board in 1973 , it was classified ‘ X ’ ( 18 ) for nationwide release , with only a few scattered councils maintaining their ban on local screenings . |
| 11 | The initial ribbon development along the Ermine Street frontages with only a few irregular side-lanes and possibly one large building ( No. 1 ) . |
| 12 | Danvers , Massachusetts-based PictureTel Corp is cutting prices on its M-8000 bridge product family : it says it will offer a fully H.320 version of its M-8000 Multipoint Bridge starting at $45,000 for the M-8600 with three ports : the M-8600 is for customers with only a few videoconferencing systems and limited requirements for linking a large number of sites on the same call ; the H.320 standards-compliant version will ship in the autumn . |
| 13 | Outside it is severe , with only a few small windows and most of those grilled . |
| 14 | with only a few little bits in it |
| 15 | Go , for example , to a meeting of the European Space Agency and the place will be crawling with European technical journalists with only a few desultory Brits , as often as not from the show-biz pages . |
| 16 | The amazing variety of metal artefacts in the ancient world was created with only a few different metals : copper , tin , lead , silver , gold , iron , arsenic and zinc . |
| 17 | He had a clear picture , for there was virtually no cloud cover , with only a few wispy strips of cirrus streaked like vapour trails against the reddish-brown groundscape . |
| 18 | Swapping to Korg 's SPC-1 sound card produced more of the same , with only a few interesting variations . |
| 19 | After the revival in 1688 , the Kilwinning papingo shoot continued with only a few brief interruptions through the 18th and into the 19th century . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It is interesting that the anion-cation charge transfer is so marked in and and that they are stable in only a few inorganic solvents — eg liquid . |
| 22 | However , analysis of genotype-phenotype association is possible in only a few frequent mutations ; the majority of the mutations are rare . |
| 23 | The future socialist society , he explained , would be one in which state planning would be retained in only a few essential sectors , but which would otherwise rely upon market forces . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He was used on only a few favoured bitches , but his influence is still undeniable , his potency incredible . |
| 26 | They were brought out on only a few special occasions and were always carefully washed and returned to their place of honour . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |