Example sentences of "only a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Steel shutters barricaded most of the shops and those that were open displayed only a few boxes of tired vegetables and strings of plastic toys . |
| 32 | Because it was early in the week only a few tables were taken and they were led to one where they would be least disturbed by the comings and goings from the kitchen and the noise of the other diners . |
| 33 | Many small birds have escaped with the loss of only a few feathers because of a smartly delivered peck with a sharp beak . |
| 34 | Susceptibility to the toxic effects of paracetamol taken in overdose differs between people , which may explain why some patients survive having taken large amounts of paracetamol while others die having taken only a few tablets more than the eight tablets ( 4 g ) a day recommended by the manufacturers . |
| 35 | Only a few molecules thick , how did they build in so much padding ? |
| 36 | There was a Soiree in the spring of 1887 and again in 1888 at which " only a few psalms were to be sung , thereby keeping clear of any danger that might creep into our churches by hymns or any other kind of pieces of music . " |
| 37 | There was a Soiree in the spring of 1887 and again in 1888 at which " only a few psalms were to be sung , thereby keeping clear of any danger that might creep into our churches by hymns or any other kind of pieces of music . " |
| 38 | But , wait , but the thing is yeah , there 's only a few scenes where everyone 's in it , right , and where people , everyone is in it , then obviously I 'm gon na have help from you or from Andy are n't I ? |
| 39 | Many Americans , for example , have individual septic tanks , and in only a few countries , such as England and West Germany , does sewerage dominate sanitation systems . |
| 40 | With the declaration of the Schuman Plan in May 1950 , European union was to acquire a new momentum and dimension , one that would proceed on a narrower front with the involvement of only a few countries , and in policy terms with a much more specific focus than that held by those who dreamed of European political federation . |
| 41 | In the development game , only a few countries benefited substantially from the conflict between the superpowers . |
| 42 | Prior to the 1960s , Soviet economic relations with Latin America were highly sporadic , unstable and confined to only a few countries , principally Argentina and Uruguay . |
| 43 | While only a few farmers could cope on this scale , there was a growing body of men whose individual holdings might have been small but whose collected wealth in terms of stock was vast , although sadly beyond accurate calculation by later historians . |
| 44 | LIVER transplant girl Kelly Prosser is only a few smiles away from home , thanks to caring friends . |
| 45 | Only a few professors and their favourite students seem to have read enough to be able to consider a matter of style with any data at their disposal — these and a few poets of the better sort … |
| 46 | These qualification courses form a greater proportion of the total training carried out by the libraries who listed only a few programmes for 1984/5 ( see Table 9 ) , in general tending to constitute the main type of development training for non-professionals , especially in smaller libraries . |
| 47 | A plasmid is even smaller than a virus , and it normally consists of only a few genes . |
| 48 | Many European countries worry that the countries of the former Soviet Union , from which only a few emigrants have escaped since the second world war , could revert to their 19th-century role as big exporters of people . |
| 49 | Only a few leaders like Lenin denounced the entire conflict as an imperialist war , useful only in hastening the terminal crisis of capitalism . |
| 50 | Only a few firms have won manufacturing licences because , unless the tape is of very high quality , it will produce poor pictures and damage the machines in which it is used . |
| 51 | However , not only had these been implemented by only a few firms , but the majority were also oriented towards encouraging youth employment rather than positive action to assist older workers . |
| 52 | Also , the results of many surveys in both the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that only a few firms explicitly take the rate of interest into account in deciding whether or not to carry out an investment project . |
| 53 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 54 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 55 | Every time the series is shown in Nicaragua , Zimbabwe , Iceland or wherever , I 'm sent something even if it is only a few shillings . |
| 56 | THE DISTRIBUTION of personal property gives the most comprehensive overview of the wealth of the English people in the sixteenth century , because almost everybody must have owned a certain amount of goods and chattels , and , as required , a value was assigned to ‘ every man 's substance ’ , if only a few shillings — commonly reduced to a curt ‘ nil ’ — representing the clothes on their backs and other personal effects . |
| 57 | Only a few demos have a specific product in mind — most are just like these … |
| 58 | Although Windows 3.1 came supplied with its own font manager in the shape of TrueType , only a few faces are supplied and this may be a problem for anyone running wordprocessing and desktop publishing software , particularly if the software does not supply any extra faces . |
| 59 | AS THE deadline approached for this quarter 's issue of Wood News , there was a certain amount of nervousness at John Wood House , since only a few stories had come through from our new network of Correspondents . |
| 60 | ‘ 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 ? |