Example sentences of "only a [num] [coord] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In chemical terms , though , the situation is much simpler , since all matter is composed of only a hundred or so elements . |
| 2 | Researchers around the world have only a dozen or so AFMs , compared with hundreds of STMs . |
| 3 | Material from a smallpox pustule is introduced into the body of the person to be protected , by a light scratch , The patient should then receive a light dose of smallpox , with only a dozen or so pox , and lifetime active immunity . |
| 4 | Cleared by the military Ohakea Control to climb into their airspace I coaxed a Grumman AA5 up to 11,000 feet , to look down into the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu , 9,175 feet high , to see steam and smoke coming from the crater within the torn and shattered peak of 6,517 foot Mount Tongariro ( whose last major eruption was only a dozen or so years back ) and to fly around the perfectly symmetrical cone of Mount Ngauruhoe . |
| 5 | It is possible to travel to almost any country within a day 's journey , yet when the mother of Jesus travelled a day 's journey to visit her cousin Elizabeth she probably managed only a dozen or so miles . |