Example sentences of "only [vb -s] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Unlike many other contracts , the courts have not exercised a strong influence over the framework of this relationship and the common law only imposes a few terms upon leasehold parties .
2	Typically , the net contains many nodes , but each node only has a few inputs : N is quite small .
3	Even if you make a complete mess of it , the model only has a few inches to fall .
4	She says she had no idea that there was a REAL Paradise in Gloucestershire , even though she only lives a few miles away .
5	‘ It only takes a few minutes , ’ said one .
6	It only takes a few minutes to write yet receiving a letter out of the blue can mean such a lot to somebody .
7	The whole process only takes a few minutes , although to the distraught owners it can seem like hours .
8	The island of Porto Santo has a regular air link with Madeira by a small Air Portugal plane which only takes a few minutes .
9	Once you know the volume and page of your statute in the main work ( or in the Continuation Volumes ) , it only takes a few minutes to find the annotations in the Cumulative Supplement and Current Statutes Service .
10	But although it only takes a few minutes , life without thick glasses has a cost .
11	It only takes a few minutes .
12	It only takes a few minutes .
13	It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover .
14	It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover .
15	Still , it only takes a few bars of Kondrashin ( the work 's first interpreter ) to feel what the music is really driving at — this is part of a two-disc set with the first three symphonies on Le Chant du Monde .
16	What 's more , it only takes a few weeks for the real rewards to start appearing .
17	For the angler who only makes a few sorties a year it makes sense to buy hooks in smaller units like packets of ten .

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