Example sentences of "[vb pp] by only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps efficiency has turned into dumping and state-aided advantages enjoyed by only a few industries here , but both sides should still be on the record .
2 Entrances should be preceded by only a few frames of ‘ dead ’ action , and exits should be equally neat .
3 This debate , still pursued by only a few specialists , has profound philosophical and theological implications .
4 Each cubicle was a treacherous no man 's land , now braved by only a few passengers seeking out the dozing heat of the restaurant car which , nearing the end of its journey , had little to offer .
5 In this way , Axis governments anticipated a Pacific war that had been studied by only a few individuals in the Allies ' interest .
6 However , not only had these been implemented by only a few firms , but the majority were also oriented towards encouraging youth employment rather than positive action to assist older workers .
7 The seizure of Oslo was delayed by only a few hours , just long enough for the king , his ministers and most of parliament — the collective personification of constitutional legitimacy — to evade capture .
8 And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life .
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