Example sentences of "only a few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scientists stressed that it was little more than a laboratory curiosity , the energy coming from the fusion of only a few hydrogen atoms and ‘ was scarcely enough to register on highly sensitive measuring instruments ’ ; although the process had no immediate commercial value it suggested ‘ possible industrial uses of immeasurable importance ’ . |
| 2 | Only a few minshuku are geared to this and a Japanese breakfast of salted fish , rice and miso ( soup ) is all that is available . |
| 3 | Longhorns are the world 's oldest ‘ improved ’ breed , having been subject to the attentions of Robert Bakewell of Leicestershire more than 200 years ago , and until recently were listed with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust with only a few hobby farmer enthusiasts . |
| 4 | Lochryan shore sport poor with only a few dogfish from Old House Point and Lefnol . |
| 5 | They did so with relations outside a household ( where property was ‘ common ’ ) and within the Zuwaya tribe ; only a few Tibbu and other non-Zuwaya had partnerships with them . |
| 6 | Nowadays it is regarded very much as a ‘ party trick ’ and there are only a few helicopter radios which feature an ‘ invert ’ switch . |
| 7 | C. Today there are only a few cotton mills left but there are many firms making clothing and some making textile machinery . |
| 8 | But at the moment only a few treatment plants in Britain have the equipment to do this . |
| 9 | The scorpions show divisions only in their long tails ; and most spiders have completely lost all signs of segmentation , only a few Southeast Asian species having clearly recognisable relics of their segmented past . |
| 10 | Skip could not speak Russian and only a few crew members could speak limited English . |
| 11 | With an equal number of doctors and town watchmen in the city , about 50 , no gas and only a few oil lamps illuminating the winding streets and alleys , the dark work of the Resurrectionists went ahead almost unhindered . |
| 12 | For the first time in weeks there was no mass of English soldiery on the terrace area , nor in the other visible encampments , although the tentage was still there , only a few enemy troops remaining between castle and town . |
| 13 | A flight crossing only a few time zones |
| 14 | Today most ports have only a few fishing boats but large fleets still work from three of the ports . |
| 15 | So volcanic rocks are composed of only a few mineral groups , each group having its own characteristic atomic structure . |
| 16 | Only a few charter companies reach this , and a visit to Cod Hole on Ribbon Reef Ten is pushed heavily as a selling point of any trip . |
| 17 | It needed only a few palm trees and sand to complete the conventional picture of a desert island . |
| 18 | However , while an important proportion of agency-supplied computer staff are self-employed , only a few agency secretarial/office workers are . |
| 19 | Only a few city regions and industrial areas gained constantly throughout the period ( figure 2. 11 ) . |
| 20 | Only a few family farmers have had the opportunity , or the resources , to expand the size of the farm . |
| 21 | Regarding the type of development mentioned in ( b ) above , only a few planning authorities seem to consider odour emission to be a major factor when deciding whether or not to grant planning permission for development which would be sensitive to any existing odour emitting use . |