Example sentences of "it is [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just a few years since the club — whose anthem was : ‘ We are Millwall . |
| 2 | Every time the series is shown in Nicaragua , Zimbabwe , Iceland or wherever , I 'm sent something even if it is only a few shillings . |
| 3 | From our site in Old College it is only a few minutes walk to Parliament House , where the highest criminal and civil courts in Scotland sit , and to the local Sheriff and district court . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It is only a few miles outside Tbilisi . |
| 6 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |
| 7 | Given that it is only a few months since the Secretary of State appointed him under a two-year contract , will the Leader of the House arrange for the Secretary of State to make a statement to the House next week on the matter ? |