Example sentences of "is [adv] a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the spit at Pellestrina , which is only a few feet high , is vulnerable to being breached , the experts believe a 12km long perched beach could provide the answer . |
| 2 | When nest building , he will return to his nest with bits of weed to cement it into place , even when the diver is only a few inches away . |
| 3 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 4 | ‘ Monpazier — one of the most beautiful — is only a few kilometres away . |
| 5 | LIVER transplant girl Kelly Prosser is only a few smiles away from home , thanks to caring friends . |
| 6 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
| 7 | Oxford itself , the ‘ city of dreaming spires ’ as John Betjeman eulogised it is only a few miles away with all its many and varied attractions . |
| 8 | France has gone , and Belgium and Holland , and the German army is only a few miles away across the Channel . |
| 9 | Coed Glas is only a few miles away from Ty Mawr , the controversial children 's home which is to be closed shortly after a major inquiry . |
| 10 | When your light aircraft taxies to a standstill , the reception of the the island 's only hotel , the Bird Island Lodge , is only a few steps away . |
| 11 | Full multimedia interactivity , networked through cheap , standardised communications systems is only a few years away . |
| 12 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |
| 13 | All the assassin had to do was take the piece of thread as I did , pull it very slowly , which hardly makes a sound , and murder is only a few seconds away . |
| 14 | Dateline … swindon monday morning … six o clock … the Link Centre … for most folk the start of the working week is still a few hours away … but the Tigersharks are wide awake and raring to go … |
| 15 | In 1557 the Tiber changed its course and Ostia Antica ( as it is termed to differentiate it from the modern Lido town ) is now a few kilometres inland and not on the riverside any more . |