Example sentences of "[prep] perhaps [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is then a pause of perhaps only a few seconds , a semaphore drops , a gleaming red light changes to green , and the long goods train moves out on its journey . |
| 2 | They write on the blackboard steadily , with perhaps only an occasional brief explanation , developing the classical derivation of some fundamental relationship necessary to the understanding of the subject . |
| 3 | An edit will cut this pause ( called a ‘ run on ’ ) down to perhaps just a second on the finished version of the episode . |
| 4 | I think in some ways that particular example illustrates a characteristic of microcomputer systems in general , and that is that from a technological point of view what we 're talking about is an extremely sophisticated approach to the problem , but the objective is very clear ; that you come down to perhaps maybe a quarter or an eighth the amount of copper in the wiring harness . |
| 5 | Ms Fitzgerald puts initial demand at perhaps only a dozen companies in the US , but adds that they are leading edge customers which other potential users will be watching carefully . |