Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] only a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 2 | Entrances should be preceded by only a few frames of ‘ dead ’ action , and exits should be equally neat . |
| 3 | The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice . |
| 4 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 5 | This process , which can take several decades in open country , may be contrived in only a few years in a garden by reversing the natural scheme of things . |
| 6 | The future socialist society , he explained , would be one in which state planning would be retained in only a few essential sectors , but which would otherwise rely upon market forces . |