Example sentences of "[art] more than a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | It took him no more than a few seconds of the exchange to decide which voice was Kemp 's . |
| 32 | ‘ When we sent you away , Fergus , you were a babe , no more than a few days old . ’ |
| 33 | In evolving PNP policy , therefore , officers consulted no more than a few carefully chosen heads , leaving the rest ignorant and deeply suspicious of what was going on . |
| 34 | They had travelled no more than a few hundred yards — the Kurd leading , Miss Logan bringing up the rear — and were crossing a patch of rough scree , a descent more tiring than dangerous , when Miss Fergusson fell . |
| 35 | Then I was here alone for no more than a few seconds . |
| 36 | The whole operation had taken no more than a few minutes . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | Straining the last possible revolutions from her roaring Paxman engines , the old lady of the fleet , Vigilant was first to reach Guiding Lights , but despite darkness and mist had to wait no more than a few minutes for the other cutters to join her — a feat of seamanship that later lead to great praise from their Investigation colleagues ashore . |
| 41 | He had seen her only once , and that briefly , no more than a few days , when she had come to Richard 's court on a state visit with her ancient husband ; but he had never forgotten her , and after the duke 's death , which by some dispensation of providence had taken place shortly after Henry 's coronation , he had taken advantage of every courier to France to send her devout greetings . |
| 42 | Estimates of the number of fluent speakers vary , but there may be no more than a few hundred thousand . |
| 43 | questions with a predetermined answer of no more than a few words |
| 44 | This type of constructed response item consists of a question with a predetermined answer of no more than a few words . |
| 45 | The alliance should prepare for a conventional war lasting no more than a few days . |
| 46 | You 'll find that in a simple case no more than a few minutes are required . |
| 47 | Luckily they were usually no more than a few feet deep . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | Those marks are no more than a few weeks old , that 's certain , but within that time no one knows when they were made . |
| 50 | The three of them began to creep slowly down the hill , moving from tree to tree , but no more than a few yards at a time . |