Example sentences of "[noun sg] with only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you live in a village with only a few shops , you may need to include several streets on your plan . ) |
| 2 | One moment he had been looking forward to a happy and wealthy retirement and now , minutes later , he was a condemned criminal with only a few hours left to live . |
| 3 | It 's not as though he 's a tourist with only a few hours . |
| 4 | Most of them had already breakfasted and he shared the dining-room with only a few others . |
| 5 | On an arable farm with only a few cattle kept to make manure , little provision would be made for these animals , but there would be one or more barns , stables and shelters for carts . |
| 6 | A poll showed that Mr Da Silva won it , burying the myth that as an ex-factory worker with only a few years schooling he is unqualified for the presidency . |
| 7 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 8 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 9 | One of the conditions is such that it would be advisable for solicitor shareholders ( particularly in a company with only a few shareholders ) to appoint in their will only a solicitor or solicitors as personal representative in respect of their shares . |