Example sentences of "have only a few " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Many have only a few hours to spare , but they enjoy helping in this way . |
2 | The colonies vary widely in shape : some are shrub-like , with numerous slender branches , others have only a few , or even a single branch . |
3 | Permeable areas usually have only a few streams , but they flow with little variation throughout the year and rarely flood . |
4 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
5 | Today most ports have only a few fishing boats but large fleets still work from three of the ports . |
6 | AVCs are a very efficient way of saving , especially if you have only a few years to go before you retire . |
7 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |
8 | What kept insects extremely small over millions of years of evolution , and why have only a few mammals ever approached the size of dinosaurs ? |
9 | It may be all very well when you have a goal in sight and you have only a few weeks to get through . |
10 | It 's sometimes limited if the winds are strong and we have only a few experienced sailors on holiday . |
11 | I have only a few weeks to live . ’ |
12 | I have only a few doses of the drug left . |
13 | Occasionally some specimens do not have such a dense covering of spinelets and the interradial areas have only a few scattered spinelets with a greater number on the radial shields . |
14 | I know that I have only a few hours left to live , but I can feel my loved ones near me , and I welcome death . |
15 | No , I will not ; I have only a few minutes left . |
16 | The life-shortening effect in LAWER is claimed to be ‘ smaller than that in euthanasia because the patients usually have only a few hours or days to live ’ . |
17 | ‘ That is not easy because we have only a few days together after being split for 10 months . |
18 | Although Serb lines are within range of Bosnian artillery on nearby Igman mountain , the Bosnians have only a few tanks and not much ammunition . |