Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] only [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competitions vary but normally last only a few minutes . |
| 2 | Permeable areas usually have only a few streams , but they flow with little variation throughout the year and rarely flood . |
| 3 | The life-shortening effect in LAWER is claimed to be ‘ smaller than that in euthanasia because the patients usually have only a few hours or days to live ’ . |
| 4 | In a field where biological material is limited , experimental cytogenetic techniques often require only a few cells . |
| 5 | What kept insects extremely small over millions of years of evolution , and why have only a few mammals ever approached the size of dinosaurs ? |