Example sentences of "[am/are] only [art] [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the former mill owner 's house , there are only a few other remnants , such as the remains of a mill pond , sluices and the reservoir . |
| 2 | By the time we meet Odd-Knut coming back to find us we are only a few hundred metres from the camp . |
| 3 | There are only a few thousand maleos left , most of them in the northern parts of the island . |
| 4 | There are only a few isolated examples of Jacobite riots or demonstrations in England during the 1690s , perhaps suggesting that Jacobite sentiment was not particularly widespread . |
| 5 | It is amazing what an acutely exciting feeling is engendered when you know , or anticipate , that the carp are only a few short yards from where you sit . |
| 6 | There are only a few detailed comments we wish to make : |
| 7 | There are only a few coastal areas in Britain today still frequented by this attractive member of the corvine family . |