Example sentences of "only a [adj] places " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are only a few places where he can be , but it is n't until 0500 hours that he is found walking along Unter den Linden , the most famous and beautiful of Berlin 's pre-war streets , having apparently lost contact with his friends . |
| 2 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 3 | It is found in only a few places in the world . |
| 4 | She has worked her way slowly up the rankings until now she is only a few places behind Durie in the high sixties . |
| 5 | Only a few places , like the Pool of Virkie at the south end of Shetland , attract waders for a time on migration , and most of them move on to richer pastures for the water . |
| 6 | It is surprisingly hard to find , only a few places sell it — I presume because of quality controls — and we were unsuccessful . |
| 7 | Only a few places , such as the Bay of Naples and Capri , already established thanks to the patronage of the Russian Empress , were regarded as tolerable in the hot season . |
| 8 | And with only a few places available each year , it 's like a bottleneck near the top , and the harder it becomes . |