Example sentences of "[conj] only a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern harbourside developments are increasingly popular.At Admiral 's Quay in Falmouth , part of the old waterfront , six flats and four houses in Phase I are new and only a minute 's walk from the town . |
| 2 | It was clean , relatively well-furnished , and only a minute from the Gare du Nord , although the purple palm tree wallpaper took some getting used to . |
| 3 | Only ten per cent of the items in the Hatfields store were made from the tropical hard wood and only a minute proportion of those goods were made from solid mahogany . |
| 4 | Since there are few books indexed under " swords " , the " history of swords " searcher may well be prepared to look through them all ; there are thousands of books under " history " , and only a minute proportion will contain anything of relevance to this searcher . |
| 5 | Benefits were low because only a minute proportion of copulations result in a reared cub in the next generation ( Journal of Zoology , vol 177 , p 463 ) . |
| 6 | After only a minute or so he got up and said , without looking at me , ‘ All right . |
| 7 | After only a minute of play or painting or whatever he should have been doing , he would leave his place , then snatch toys , kick children , overturn furniture and try to run out of the nursery . |
| 8 | After only a minute he looked up , frowning . |