Example sentences of "only [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 2 | Currently US proven reserves represent only eight years ' production . |
| 3 | With only 180 sheriffs ' officers throughout Scotland , Simpson acknowledges that the collection process would be thrown into chaos if the non-payers persisted with their rebellion . |
| 4 | The Sandyport project is situated on New Providence , not far from Nassau and only 10 minutes ' drive from the international airport . |
| 5 | No complaints here : the TV and shower were both in good working order ; and what an attractive , peaceful place to stay — only 45 minutes ' drive from Dieppe , and handy for visits to Rouen or Le Havre . |
| 6 | By 1988 , people were often given only six hours ' notice — sometimes less — of the imminence of their removal to new homes and the destruction of their old ones . |
| 7 | AN all-weather soccer pitch made of supertough plastic is out of action after only six months ' use . |
| 8 | The time constraints for decisions to be made are tight , as operators are required to give only six weeks ' notice of their intention to withdraw or change a service . |
| 9 | Juniors must be paid appropriately for the hours that they work : if they are getting only three hours ' rest at night they are working the equivalent of a partial shift and should be paid accordingly . |
| 10 | Hewson , a former professor of economics at the University of New South Wales , with only three years ' experience in the federal parliament , was generally considered competent but lacking in charisma . |
| 11 | Benson died after only three days ' illness 5 July 1924 at his cottage , Castle Corner , in Manorbier , Pembrokeshire . |
| 12 | One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time . |
| 13 | The Law Society and the Legal Aid Board have agreed to introduce a Scheme which is designed to ensure that only competent solicitors ' representatives advise suspects at police stations . |
| 14 | Mrs Zamzam 's land should have been only 25 minutes ' drive across the international frontier . |
| 15 | The Coco D'Or is in an excellent position at Beau Vallon , only 3 minutes ' walk from the famous Beau Vallon Beach . |
| 16 | Blakey Ridge and Hutton-le-Hole with the outdoor Ryedale Folk Museum are at the heart of the moor , and only thirty-five minutes ' drive from the farm . |
| 17 | There is a minor cill just downstream ; the headlong descent goes on with only 50 yds ' respite before the 350 yds continuous grade II rapids leading to Dulnain bridge . |
| 18 | Ideally located , it 's only ten minutes ' walk from Levante Beach and very close to a selection of cafés , shops , bars and restaurants . |
| 19 | The Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park , consisting of 1000 acres of land given over to ( amongst other things ) a working dairy farm , wildlife , a pets ' corner and an aviary for tropical birds , is only ten minutes ' drive away . |
| 20 | BRIGADIER Dougal Munro s flat in Haston Place was only ten minutes ' walk from the London headquarters of SOE in Baker Street . |
| 21 | I dismiss the popular theory that goldfish have a memory of only nine seconds ' duration . |
| 22 | With $36 million in the box-office after only five weeks ' release , and the movie yet to travel outside America , big profits are guaranteed . |
| 23 | This model also emphasises not only general practitioners ' voices but all local voices , including those of nurses , community leaders , voluntary groups , and others . |
| 24 | Children had often only one years ' schooling . |
| 25 | ‘ The hardest part of the ‘ Challenge ’ was standing at the wheel in the cockpit after only four hours ' sleep , feeling like you were being bombarded by cannons firing icy water . |
| 26 | In 1942 , 881 Aleuts had been forced to leave the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific Ocean at only two hours ' notice following a Japanese landing to the north . |
| 27 | At the time of Chamberlain 's appointment he had written to his mother : ‘ I am pretty certain that I shall be left where I am which is what I wanted , for the only promotion I should care about would be the Exchequer itself which would never be given to a minister of only two years ' experience . |
| 28 | MIDDLESBROUGH Bears , facing their first Homefire League match of the 1992 season in only two weeks ' time , need another good result against Glasgow at Cleveland Park tonight to fire them up for a long and hard campaign . |
| 29 | I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that . |
| 30 | If it had ever existed , the cosy Whitehall corridor was long gone , though Agnes sometimes wondered what it would be like to concern herself with frustrating only other countries ' spies . |