Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] only a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sheltered housing project in Thornaby has proved so popular that only a few flats are left . |
| 2 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 3 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 4 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 5 | He chose a way of loving which was so outrageous and costly that only a few friends could follow him into his dark night of the soul . |
| 6 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
| 7 | As long as only a few predators hunt in the same area , each aposematic family is likely to produce several survivors . |
| 8 | It had been so quick and thorough that only a few people now remained around it , staring glassy-eyed , and the Rante itself already seemed oddly quiet and deserted . |