Example sentences of "[pron] is only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the spit at Pellestrina , which is only a few feet high , is vulnerable to being breached , the experts believe a 12km long perched beach could provide the answer . |
| 2 | There is very easy access to the centre of Brno , by tram ( which is only a few minutes walk away ) . |
| 3 | My first efforts to find Roztoky , which is only a few miles outside Prague , were a horror story of wrong turnings , lengthy detours and rush-hour traffic . |
| 4 | She has worked her way slowly up the rankings until now she is only a few places behind Durie in the high sixties . |
| 5 | Every time the series is shown in Nicaragua , Zimbabwe , Iceland or wherever , I 'm sent something even if it is only a few shillings . |
| 6 | From our site in Old College it is only a few minutes walk to Parliament House , where the highest criminal and civil courts in Scotland sit , and to the local Sheriff and district court . |
| 7 | Oxford itself , the ‘ city of dreaming spires ’ as John Betjeman eulogised it is only a few miles away with all its many and varied attractions . |
| 8 | ‘ It is only a few miles outside Tbilisi . |
| 9 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |
| 10 | Given that it is only a few months since the Secretary of State appointed him under a two-year contract , will the Leader of the House arrange for the Secretary of State to make a statement to the House next week on the matter ? |