Example sentences of "[prep] only a few [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | They are one of only a few companies to offer stair carpeting in a choice of stocked ranges . |
2 | GEOGRAPHY is taught to Standard Grade , Higher Grade and Certificate of Sixth Year Studies levels and we are one of only a few schools to offer GEOLOGY Higher Grade . |
3 | I told him and we reached the CHAB studios with only a few moments to settle Mr Murray before the microphone and be ready for the red light signifying we were ‘ on the air ’ . |
4 | The bride 's mother takes her seat last of all with only a few minutes to spare . |
5 | By the time I got back home that seven pounds felt like seventy and I shall never forget , when I was about eight years old , with only a few yards to go , I dropped the precious parcel . |
6 | Prepared in only a few weeks to satisfy an urgent need for cash on the part of Steinitz , who is building an auction house complex at Saint Ouen in the suburbs of Paris , the auction did have a catalogue covering 352 major items but without printed estimates . |