Example sentences of "only a few [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ How interesting that after only a few hours you know so much about me . |
| 3 | There are only a few passes which remain open all year , although many smaller routes can be traversed freely throughout the summer months . |
| 4 | If this helps only a few teachers it would still be one step towards our goal of all participants in classes joining the Society . |
| 5 | On their first meal of monarch the jays were violently sick ; but after only a few trials they had learned not to eat monarchs , though they continued to eat other , tasty food . |
| 6 | Where there were only a few birds they were carried in the guard 's van and released at the time and place stated on the label . |
| 7 | Here we can mention only a few events which led to major therapeutic developments , and pass by much else which gave the clues and spurs for progress . |
| 8 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 9 | After only a few days we were both madly in love , not just with each other , but with this beautiful island in the sun and with Crystal Springs , which we found by accident . |
| 10 | After only a few days he gave up and did his best to ignore them even though they had the one thing above all he was beginning to want : freedom . |
| 11 | Having used version 5.5 for only a few days I could never go back . |
| 12 | Because of the low incidence of blindness among school-aged children in the UK there will be only a few pupils who are totally blind . |
| 13 | I did n't have any regular bags in the years leading up to Tom Weiskopf because there were only a few tournaments I could go to . |
| 14 | The ground was soft and spongy and in only a few paces her canvas shoes were soaked . |
| 15 | Given that it is based on a model which examined variation among electoral wards within only a few regions it could be argued that it is more validly applied at a local level . |