Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] just [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High living standards had encouraged migration to these republics from other parts of the USSR , and this became one of the issues most central to the development of a powerful and widely supported nationalist movement in the late 1980s , particularly since the Baltic nations were relatively few in number and tended to have low birth and high divorce rates ( in Latvia , where golden and silver wedding anniversaries had formerly been celebrated , there were ceremonies in the 1980s for couples that had been together for just a few years ) . |
| 2 | Behind the retina is a cascade of other cells , neurones , which are all physiologically of just a few types . |
| 3 | ‘ It may be impossible for him to get home in just a few months . ’ |
| 4 | The following list of types of secondary schools includes some that no longer exist and others that now exist only in very small numbers , often in just a few LEAs . |
| 5 | Instead of being admitted for the night , she 'll be here for just a few hours . |
| 6 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
| 7 | He 'd first appeared a few months earlier for just a few minutes . |
| 8 | Sometimes within just a few minutes of the arrival of leaf-eating creatures , the tannin content is up to levels which make not only the leaves under attack , but all the other leaves of the tree toxic or at least unpalatable . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's wrong , Dana ? ’ she asked , feeling as if she had run a mile instead of just a few feet . |