Example sentences of "[be] only [art] few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact is , ’ he went on , ‘ there are only a few years remaining for your Aunt Emily and myself . |
| 2 | As it happens , in the early days of computers it was thought that it would be only a few years before computers would be able to understand natural language . |
| 3 | Sadly , the old bitches his mother lined up were only a few years younger than him . |
| 4 | In fact , as a result of automation and computerisation , production costs as a percentage of total cost are now considerably lower than they were only a few years ago . |
| 5 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |
| 6 | Full multimedia interactivity , networked through cheap , standardised communications systems is only a few years away . |
| 7 | It was only a few years since Schiaparelli had been a living pan-cultural matrix , a cosmopolitan crossroads of the solar system , where all the client races of Capella could co-exist in noisy harmony , or pass through , haggling , to the caravanserais of the south . |
| 8 | It was difficult to believe that she was only a few years younger than his mother ; both mentally and physically she belonged to a different generation . |
| 9 | It was only a few years ago that cheques and cash were the only means of payment available . |