Example sentences of "just a few [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Many of the fish caught are immature , just a few inches long .
2 The younger was nineteen or so , just a few inches taller than Melanie , with longish , bright red hair hanging over the collar of a dark blue , rather military looking jacket with shoulder flaps and brass buttons .
3 But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year .
4 The 28,000 mile race could be settled within the space of just a few hours this weekend .
5 He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country .
6 They had cost her uncle just a few cents each and were supposed to be the plates and bowls Chinese coolies ate their rice from while they sat with their rickshaws , waiting for trade , in old Pekin .
7 Most of these accidents could have been avoided by just a few minutes extra care .
8 Just a few minutes alone with him was like a tonic .
9 At just a few days old , she and Carly , who were born in Rush Green Hospital , Romford , Essex , joined at the chest and upper abdomen , sharing a liver heart cavity , were separated in seven hours of surgery .
10 The bairn started bringing his milk back up all the time when he was just a few days old .
11 The chick 's beaks are removed with a hot knife when they are just a few days old in order to prevent the savage pecking which often occurs in densely populated factory farming environments .
12 This is due to the fact that we are no longer told to add crushed rusks to our babies ' bottles at just a few weeks old .
13 The accusers said she was wrong to leave Beatrice , then just a few weeks old , behind in England .
14 When he was just a few weeks old , he was stolen from his mother and carried through the bush to the side of a main road .
15 Just a few years younger , the Pullman Astoria still looks as grand as when Churchill stayed there , though the neighbourhood has certainly lost some of its sparkle ( Upper Town , 103 Rue Royale , telephone 02/2176290 , cost 6,000 fr ) .
16 Perhaps it is n't fully appreciated how easy greenhouses are to move , especially if they are aluminium and just a few seasons old .
17 We 're almost the same age , I 'm just a few months older .
18 These too need a rich food supply to complete their development , and the newly metamorphosed toads , just a few millimetres long , are exactly the right size .
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