Example sentences of "last only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd expected to last only a few minutes before my first ducking but the gentle wind was perfect for getting used to the moves . |
| 2 | Heinrich and Martha walked through this world , which was fated to last only a few years before the spell was broken , like a prince and princess . |
| 3 | At first his visit was intended to last only a few days . |
| 4 | Unfortunately improvement was short-lived , lasting only a few weeks in those with more severe forms of the disease . |
| 5 | Most of the registered unemployed are unlikely to be interested in temporary jobs lasting only a few days . |
| 6 | The Soviet work described in this historic talk concentrated on high-power pinch discharges lasting only a few microseconds with currents of up to two million amps flowing between electrodes in straight tubes . |
| 7 | Strong tetanic stimulation , which evoked large NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currents , produced Ca 2+ transients lasting only a few seconds . |
| 8 | e ) Sudden changes of pressure in the ears when clearing them , either on ascent or descent , can produce in susceptible pilots a strong feeling of disorientation , usually lasting only a few seconds . |
| 9 | However , many of them show random variations in brightness lasting only a few months or , on occasion , days . |
| 10 | Since martial law was imposed , with army checkposts everywhere , and a heavy plainclothes police presence , protests last only a few moments . |
| 11 | Competitions vary but normally last only a few minutes . |
| 12 | Captain Dunbar 's been around now for over a year and most of Madeleine 's suitors last only a few months , so we think it 's serious . ’ |
| 13 | Most of these minor illnesses last only a few days or weeks : what are needed , therefore , are the measures quality of life days or quality of life weeks . |
| 14 | The DCS200 uses rechargeables , which will last only a few hours per charge . |
| 15 | This suggests that although the blast that killed them was intensely hot , it lasted only a few moments , not long enough to ignite fabrics . |
| 16 | However , in Billson v Residential Apartments Ltd [ 1991 ] 3 WLR 264 the Court of Appeal accepted peaceable re-entry had taken place although factual possession lasted only a few hours . |
| 17 | Each individual hearing lasted only a few minutes and none of the accused was allowed legal representation . |
| 18 | He was not allowed legal representation and the proceedings , held in camera , reportedly lasted only a few minutes . |
| 19 | A short downpour drenched us , but it lasted only a few minutes . |
| 20 | The drive lasted only a few minutes . |
| 21 | Whilst the earliest phase lasted only a few minutes after the training trial , and the intermediate ones declined within the hour , long-term memory seemed to build up slowly over the first hour after training , and protein synthesis inhibitors would no longer disrupt it if they were administered more than an hour after the training ( Figure 10.1 ) |
| 22 | The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note , but it lasted only a few seconds before the teasing tone was back . |
| 23 | It lasted only a few seconds , vivid enough to temporarily subdue any discord until their habitual attitudes towards each other slid into place again . |
| 24 | He did however , have a fateful attraction for some of the ladies as he delivered the bread , for as a result the partnership of Shipsey and Sheppard lasted only a few years . |
| 25 | Because the style ‘ Pountney and Goldney ’ lasted only a few years , and because the scenes depicted are still very attractive , good examples , without chips , cracks or staining and with the recognised mark , often fetch high prices at auction . |
| 26 | The marriage lasted only a few years , cut short by the death of Eliza ; when Robert returned to the same altar at St Leonard 's in January of 1837 as a widower , he must have had more than a flash of déjà vu . |