Example sentences of "[noun pl] be only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woodcuts are only a few inches square , and defy the artists ' desire for detail and extravagance . |
| 2 | Remember that most adult gall insects are only a few millimetres long and only one or two millimetres wide . |
| 3 | A glass or plastic one measuring about 18″ × 10″ × 10″ will hold 50 or so full-grown ones : often a single nettle head collected when the caterpillars are only a few days old will contain at least that many . |
| 4 | The chicks are only a few days old , but these parents are obviously more relaxed with them than the Barnys were with any of their offspring . ( ) |
| 5 | ‘ These figures are only a few weeks old . |
| 6 | The worm-eaten stairs were only a few paces from the open door but she did n't give them a thought . |
| 7 | The curtains were only a few inches apart and he pushed them aside so that the room was suddenly filled with light . |
| 8 | Moving was no problem , as the houses were only a few streets apart . |
| 9 | The gates were only a few yards ahead and I staggered up to them and halted among my groaning comrades . |
| 10 | The deadline for the surrender of the Securitate secret police was only a few hours ago . |
| 11 | Full multimedia interactivity , networked through cheap , standardised communications systems is only a few years away . |
| 12 | Mudskippers are only a few centimetres long and you can find them in mangrove swamps and muddy estuaries in many parts of the tropics , lying on the glistening mud well beyond the lap of the waters . |
| 13 | One of my father 's laboratories was only a few miles distant . |