Example sentences of "but [adv] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Swainmotes ’ were held at Weybridge in Huntingdon Forest at Midsummer , Michaelmas and Martinmas in the middle of the fifteenth century , but only a few presentments of venison trespasses by husbandmen were presented by the foresters before the verderers between 1451 and 1455 . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've put people almost everywhere , ’ she said doubtfully , ‘ but only a few actors will be at the Holiday Inn … why do n't you try there ? |
| 3 | Tomorrow morning , just the odd light shower about anywhere , but only a few spots of rain , it wo n't be long before the sun comes out yet again . |
| 4 | According to the Theory of Relativity , time passes more slowly for objects moving very swiftly ; thus a spacecraft moving at close to the speed of light would take more than 100,000 years to cross our Galaxy , as observed by the rest of us , but only a few years so far as its crew were concerned . |
| 5 | After Mary 's accession in 1553 , considerable numbers of images , vestments , chalices , and crucifixes did indeed reappear in parish churches throughout the country , but only a few years later many of them were to fall foul of renewed attacks on images at the beginning of Elizabeth 's reign . |
| 6 | Most secondary schools have now reached double figures in their stocks of micros — but only a few years ago the authors of a book ( Howe and Ross , 1981 ) could gently suggest that ‘ we can readily envisage the time when every educational institution in the country will have access to at least one microcomputer ’ . |
| 7 | But only a few centres ever opened their doors . |
| 8 | Some of the army was camped outside the walls , but only a few sentries were stirring . |
| 9 | But only a few miles farther on , the convoy was halted again . |
| 10 | Most people who abuse alcohol will develop hepatic steatosis but only a few alcoholics develop more serious forms of liver disease — hepatitis , fibrosis , and cirrhosis . |
| 11 | But only a few schools completely integrated the teaching of domestic subjects and science . |
| 12 | Moorcroft and Coleman were appointed joint professors after an interregnum of seven months , but only a few weeks later , on 4 April , Moorcroft resigned . |
| 13 | The grateful customer sent Tina a box of chocolates but only a few days earlier she had vowed not to eat any chocolates because of Lent . |
| 14 | But just a few hours later Coca-Cola issued this statement : |
| 15 | But just a few minutes later a playgroup worker found the baby lying on the tiled floor next to the pushchair . |
| 16 | But just a few minutes the vicar arrived , and despite the Church 's apology insisted the crosses would have to go . |
| 17 | It was a buffalo , one of Africa 's most unpredictable and dangerous animals , out of sight but just a few feet away from where we were standing . |
| 18 | Erm but just a few words . |
| 19 | I never got to hear Arthur Calder-Marshall talking about Patrick Hamilton , but just a few days later I was able to read Patrick Hamilton about Arthur Calder-Marshall , in a letter to Hamilton 's brother in 1951 about a radio talk Calder-Marshall had given : ‘ Arthur C-M 's description of me as he first knew me ( at the Wells Hotel , Hampstead ) makes very amusing reading . |
| 20 | At the age of 20 , Gedge was willing to placate his parents by taking on such a squalid job , but just a few years later , he was more than prepared to stand up to their well-intentioned pressure . |
| 21 | But just a few weeks ago Keith Atkinson from Malvern in Worcestershire won the right to sue Oxfordshire Health Authority . |
| 22 | Today she said : ‘ Naturally job losses tend to be highlighted but just a few weeks ago a new business opened creating 80 jobs . |
| 23 | But just a few miles away from where Jilly Cooper lives is a REAL hamlet called Paradise , and villagers there are worried that readers might think the book is based on them . |
| 24 | But just a few miles away at the Bennett House School it 's a different story . |
| 25 | At first sight the children 's sizes look rather small but they are designed to shape not only the front neck , but also a few centimetres at the back . |
| 26 | In practice legislation at Stormont , the Northern Ireland Parliament , tended to follow legislation at Westminster quite closely but often a few years behind . |
| 27 | There are no easy answers but maybe a few guidelines as to what might be happening , for Margaret , staring dry-eyed and forlorn into a new day , and for all the other people who have ever had that sort of feeling . |
| 28 | I was disappointed that Yorkshire did n't want me , but quite a few players have made good careers for themselves after slipping through their net and I am determined to become another . ’ |
| 29 | But quite a few samples are thought to have nitrogens of about 1.4% , and for that quality of sample the suggestion in the trade is that a premium of up to £20/t could be available , though this is compared with a spot feed market that has been weakening over the past week . |
| 30 | But quite a few men do and live happily ever after . |