Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 3 | Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might . |
| 4 | The whole complex is only a few hundred years old . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | However , the altitude range is only a few kilometres , and therefore with a few exceptions the major condensate on view may be ammonia in all regions . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The opening to the organ is only a few millimetres in diameter , and so it acts rather like a pin-hole camera , but one that focuses infra-red heat radiation instead of light . |
| 9 | The cuckoo is always a few steps in the lead , because of its extraordinary survival factors . |
| 10 | ‘ The police station is only a few minutes walk away . ’ |
| 11 | The full extent of this system is yet to be established , but the gouffre Pierre-Saint-Martin is only a few miles as the Pyrenean crow flies from the Gorges de Kakouetta and forms part of the one vast hydrological network . |
| 12 | 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 … |
| 13 | Put a scrap of newspaper on the block or box and lower the strip until the drop is only a few millimetres above the paper . |
| 14 | There is a generous provision for car and coach parking and the centre is only a few minutes walk from the train and bus stations . |
| 15 | The bipolar outflow model does however raise the question of how molecules can survive in a strong shock in a medium with the extremely high velocity of 1,000km s -1 ( for comparison , the sound velocity in interstellar space is only a few kilometres per second ) . |
| 16 | In materials composed of sand-sized particles this depth is just a few millimetres , but in clay-sized materials in which the voids are or less across it can be tens of metres . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | France has gone , and Belgium and Holland , and the German army is only a few miles away across the Channel . |
| 19 | LIVER transplant girl Kelly Prosser is only a few smiles away from home , thanks to caring friends . |
| 20 | Situated in a quiet position , this modern style pension is just a few minutes walk from the centre of Going . |
| 21 | The main problem in Preston today is the traffic , especially along the Main Street , and the church 's foundations must be suffering , as the tower is only a few feet from a sharp bend in the street . |
| 22 | Digital Equipment Corp is only a few strides behind IBM Corp in the concept of clustering workstations to create highly parallel configurations . |
| 23 | Even fewer succeed and the average level of compensation in those cases is just a few hundred pounds . |
| 24 | The building is only a few hundred yards from Blackfriars head office and many Sainsbury 's staff have become quite attached to the distinctive former cold store . |
| 25 | A lovely hotel built around its own swimming pool right on the beautiful beach , the Royal Garden Resort is just a few minutes ' trishaw ride from the town . |
| 26 | In this particular case , the porosity is present in basin plain sediments ( Clark and Tallbacka 1980 ) and therefore the potential pay is only a few metres in thickness . |
| 27 | The hotel is just a few minutes from the pleasant sandy beach and close to the bustling central market . |
| 28 | Situated on its own private beach in Mazzaro Bay , this deluxe hotel is only a few minutes walk from the cable-car to Taormina . |
| 29 | Full multimedia interactivity , networked through cheap , standardised communications systems is only a few years away . |
| 30 | Total French expenditure is only a few per cent of total US space expenditure . |