Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] only a few " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 They had been married for only a few weeks before he had been hacked down by a sabre .
3 This feature allows the virus to persist in the environment even though its host , the insect larva , may be present for only a few weeks during the year .
4 Detailed experimental analyses of wing-movements during flight are available for only a few species and probably differ in different insects ( Weis-Fogh , 1956a , 1956b ; Jensen , 1956 ; Jensen and Weis-Fogh , 1962 ; Nachtigall , 1966 ; Neville , 1960 ; Vogel , 1966–67 ) .
5 Secondly , one might accept the view that efficiency should not be ignored in analysing the firm , without believing that monopoly issues are relevant in only a few situations .
6 However , analysis of genotype-phenotype association is possible in only a few frequent mutations ; the majority of the mutations are rare .
7 In general symptoms are mild and admission to hospital is necessary in only a few cases .
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