Example sentences of "[adv] for just a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | High living standards had encouraged migration to these republics from other parts of the USSR , and this became one of the issues most central to the development of a powerful and widely supported nationalist movement in the late 1980s , particularly since the Baltic nations were relatively few in number and tended to have low birth and high divorce rates ( in Latvia , where golden and silver wedding anniversaries had formerly been celebrated , there were ceremonies in the 1980s for couples that had been together for just a few years ) . |
2 | A pond that is iced over for just a few days will come to no harm , but in a prolonged freeze , the fish may suffer unless you take precautions . |
3 | Instead of being admitted for the night , she 'll be here for just a few hours . |
4 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
5 | He 'd first appeared a few months earlier for just a few minutes . |