Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] only [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has previously been shown that infiltration of lymphocytes in the submucosa occurs within only a few hours after gliadin challenge . |
| 2 | A plasmid is even smaller than a virus , and it normally consists of only a few genes . |
| 3 | The ancient conception has enormous ethical and intellectual scope but applies to only a few people ; the modern conception concerns a limited number of protective arrangements which concern every member of society . |
| 4 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 5 | The report runs to only a few lines and Treby C.J. of the Common Pleas is reported as holding that ‘ when money is paid in pursuance of a void authority , etc. indebitatus assumpsit lies for it . ’ |