Example sentences of "[verb] to only a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere . |
| 2 | Prior to the 1960s , Soviet economic relations with Latin America were highly sporadic , unstable and confined to only a few countries , principally Argentina and Uruguay . |
| 3 | But although the educational services were supplied to only a few inmates , several of these were undertaking advanced work : three had completed BAs over the past few years , another an MA , and nine were embarking upon university degrees by correspondence . |
| 4 | The American delegation had submitted ‘ a long list of trading firms , educational institutions , research institutions , local and provincial organizations , each amounting to only a few people , and even street neighbour groups , and is insisting on consultations with them ’ . |
| 5 | The loch is very weedy and fishing restricted to only a few clear patches ; but there are some super trout to be had , deep bodied and golden in colour . |
| 6 | This is in contrast to most potential anti-viral agents , whose action is usually restricted to only a few of the many different types of viral agents that cause disease . |
| 7 | In this paper they made the remarkable prediction that radiation ( in the form of photons ) from the very hot early stages of the universe should still be around today , but with its temperature reduced to only a few degrees above absolute zero ( - 2730 ° C ) . |
| 8 | The ancient conception has enormous ethical and intellectual scope but applies to only a few people ; the modern conception concerns a limited number of protective arrangements which concern every member of society . |
| 9 | When Malcolm James 's book Born of the Desert — the reminiscences of a doctor with the 1st S.A.S. in the Western Desert — appeared in 1945 , a reviewer wrote : ‘ All men have conscience , but it is given to only a few to have the selflessness to stride out into battle and , by themselves undertaking the combat that has to be done by someone , to satisfy its insistence … ’ |
| 10 | Different centres of excellence will usually offer courses in their own specialism ; you may find you have to work away from home on secondment if your first choice is limited to only a few specialist centres . |
| 11 | In its first annual report , it pointed to the difficulties in some areas particularly in the south-east and the west midlands where the available land was limited to only a few years ' supply . |
| 12 | In particular , multilists provide rapid access when the file has many different descriptors that apply to only a few records , as in this case each chain will be short . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , extensive filming of craftspeople at work in the visitor centre was cut to only a few short extracts , plus an interview with Chairman and Chief Executive Kneale Ashwell , because of intensive coverage of the disastrous Windsor Castle fire . |
| 14 | When the weather is showery , there is always a grave risk of the cloud base lowering to only a few hundred feet , and this can happen within minutes of the rain starting to fall . |
| 15 | The early response has not been enthusiastic , though aides insisted yesterday that for many households the new tax bills would amount to only a few dollars a month . |
| 16 | The three VAX servers are said to be able to cope with 1,000 transactions an hour , though so far they have been tested to only a few percent of their capacity . |
| 17 | There are undoubtedly great advantages to the student if a staff member transmits his ideas and experience to only a few individuals at a time in a tutorial session . |
| 18 | The report runs to only a few lines and Treby C.J. of the Common Pleas is reported as holding that ‘ when money is paid in pursuance of a void authority , etc. indebitatus assumpsit lies for it . ’ |