Example sentences of "be no more than a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those marks are no more than a few weeks old , that 's certain , but within that time no one knows when they were made . |
| 2 | Saving on housing is more than often , very unwise , when depreciated over a period of 10 years , the extra cost may be no more than a few eggs per bird extra . |
| 3 | The most recent events may be impacts which have yielded craters with bright rays ( section 6.3.5 ) which may be no more than a few tens of Ma old . |
| 4 | If the present cratering rate on Mars can be extended into the distant past then it can be shown that among the light and moderately heavily cratered regions there is a great range of ages , from regions that may be no more than a few tens of Ma old , to regions about 3000 Ma old . |
| 5 | Estimates of the number of fluent speakers vary , but there may be no more than a few hundred thousand . |
| 6 | The AX3 Microlight is powered by a 500 cc 2-stroke engine and seems to be no more than a few metal poles covered with canvass . |
| 7 | This deposit mantles the flanks of the pre-existing cone , but is no more than a few metres thick at most . |
| 8 | It may be possible to reconcile the seismic evidence with fractured rock beneath the lava , which is no more than a few kilometres thick , particularly if the first few sheets that flowed were heavily fractured and were then covered by the sheets we see today . |
| 9 | It had a resale value , even if it was no more than a few lire . |