Example sentences of "[pron] are only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Radar and some ovens make use of microwaves , which are only a few centimetres or millimetres long . |
| 2 | The same applies to anyone , tall or short , who has been dieting for a lengthy period already , and generally to those who are only a few pounds overweight . |
| 3 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 4 | There are only a few passes which remain open all year , although many smaller routes can be traversed freely throughout the summer months . |
| 5 | Almost all the crops are cash crops and there are only a few cattle in the area . |
| 6 | ‘ There are only a few minutes left , ’ Henri warned . |
| 7 | In fact , at each stage of the criminal justice process , there are only a few cases which get both widespread and sustained coverage in both the national and local press . |
| 8 | There are only a few studies with which we can illustrate this approach . |
| 9 | There are only a few societies where all members hold the same characteristics to be applicable to everyone . |
| 10 | Thus anatomy may reflect the fact that there are only a few ways in which some engineering problem can be solved . |
| 11 | Syphilis has long been labelled ‘ the great imitator ’ and there are only a few clues to prod the examining doctor into thinking of the correct diagnosis rather than some other condition . |
| 12 | There are only a few places where he can be , but it is n't until 0500 hours that he is found walking along Unter den Linden , the most famous and beautiful of Berlin 's pre-war streets , having apparently lost contact with his friends . |
| 13 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 14 | So there are only a few foxes in the neighbourhood of the colony and they can only raid the margins of it . |
| 15 | ‘ The fact is , ’ he went on , ‘ there are only a few years remaining for your Aunt Emily and myself . |
| 16 | However , since there are only a few parties competing in the election and many different aspects of government on which they are offering a position , this can be only a very crude way to elicit people 's view of how much of any particular public good should be provided . |
| 17 | Woods seems to assume in the passage cited above that there are only a few regions where high quality accidental word matches take place . |
| 18 | At Hardington in Somerset there are only a few traces of the village , which is said to have gone by 1584 , but until recently there were very fine earthworks of a seventeenth-century garden landscape , with terraces , tree mounds , and park banks . |
| 19 | In Easton , there are only a few policewomen attached to each section . |
| 20 | Small wonder then that there are only a few candidates ! |
| 21 | Even at setts which are used regularly , the signs are not always clear if there are only a few animals present . |
| 22 | But by their very nature they are only a few lines on a piece of paper at the moment . |
| 23 | Ground-nests are so well concealed that predators can easily overlook them even when they are only a few feet away . |
| 24 | It is an inborn fear that develops when they are only a few months old , regardless of whether they have ever met an owl . |
| 25 | Even when they are only a few months old , they have claws and teeth quite long and sharp enough to damage one another . |