Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been only a few hours , but that was enough to ensure that birthdays would always fall on public holidays and the correct number of hours could therefore be spent languishing . |
| 2 | She stared out of the upstairs living-room window , at the place where his Jaguar had been only a few moments before . |
| 3 | I was a little anxious as to payment , which would have been only a few coppers except we had none . |
| 4 | There have been only a few exceptions to this general rule . |
| 5 | Individually , haplochromines are not spectacular in appearance : most are only a few centimetres long , and silvery , when they are not in their breeding colours . |
| 6 | Mudskippers are only a few centimetres long and you can find them in mangrove swamps and muddy estuaries in many parts of the tropics , lying on the glistening mud well beyond the lap of the waters . |
| 7 | Radar and some ovens make use of microwaves , which are only a few centimetres or millimetres long . |
| 8 | C. Today there are only a few cotton mills left but there are many firms making clothing and some making textile machinery . |
| 9 | There are only a few species of plants which grow floating on the water surface and are considered as useful for the heated aquarium . |
| 10 | Almost all the crops are cash crops and there are only a few cattle in the area . |
| 11 | There are only a few passes which remain open all year , although many smaller routes can be traversed freely throughout the summer months . |
| 12 | Crail 's activities declined long ago and now there are only a few shellfish boats , but its seventeenth-century Customs House is still an attractive feature of the harbour . |
| 13 | Ground-nests are so well concealed that predators can easily overlook them even when they are only a few feet away . |
| 14 | The woodcuts are only a few inches square , and defy the artists ' desire for detail and extravagance . |
| 15 | ‘ There are only a few minutes left , ’ Henri warned . |
| 16 | Nowadays it is regarded very much as a ‘ party trick ’ and there are only a few helicopter radios which feature an ‘ invert ’ switch . |
| 17 | There are only a few studies with which we can illustrate this approach . |
| 18 | These people and their children differ from the so-called mixed race children only in terms of time , and are only a few generations removed from the point at which the mixture occurred . |
| 19 | In fact , at each stage of the criminal justice process , there are only a few cases which get both widespread and sustained coverage in both the national and local press . |
| 20 | But by their very nature they are only a few lines on a piece of paper at the moment . |
| 21 | The same applies to anyone , tall or short , who has been dieting for a lengthy period already , and generally to those who are only a few pounds overweight . |
| 22 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 23 | Thus anatomy may reflect the fact that there are only a few ways in which some engineering problem can be solved . |
| 24 | In Easton , there are only a few policewomen attached to each section . |
| 25 | Small wonder then that there are only a few candidates ! |
| 26 | Syphilis has long been labelled ‘ the great imitator ’ and there are only a few clues to prod the examining doctor into thinking of the correct diagnosis rather than some other condition . |
| 27 | Even at setts which are used regularly , the signs are not always clear if there are only a few animals present . |
| 28 | A glass or plastic one measuring about 18″ × 10″ × 10″ will hold 50 or so full-grown ones : often a single nettle head collected when the caterpillars are only a few days old will contain at least that many . |
| 29 | The chicks are only a few days old , but these parents are obviously more relaxed with them than the Barnys were with any of their offspring . ( ) |
| 30 | The National Exhibition Centre and Birmingham International Airport are only a few miles away whilst the new International Convention Centre is only a short walk away . |