Example sentences of "only a few [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The sauropods instead had teeth in the front with only a few at the sides .
2 Next , if you are using lots of fonts — but only a few at a time — you should combine blocks of fonts into Suitcases and then use one or other of the utilities such as Suitcase to manage them for you .
3 Interpretation of iconography , the historical context of works , or personal information about sitters for portraits are only a few of the varied topics which can be spelt out in catalogues .
4 The above examples are only a few of those showing how conventional ports de bras can be changed .
5 In fact only a few of Scotland 's great views are included but many well known ones elsewhere are covered such as Cat Bells and Snowdon , plus a few less familiar ones such as Mow Cop on the edge of the Cheshire Hills and Bennachie in Aberdeenshire .
6 ‘ Ah , ’ said Joe Connors , a dark little man who reached forward with spatulate fingers for the corkscrew , ‘ There 's only a few of us left . ’
7 Only a few of these loans , including one of $50m to the Weintraub entertainment group , have since turned sour .
8 Such were only a few of the multitude of his accomplishments .
9 There are probably many reasons for this and I shall mention only a few of the important ones .
10 In practice the situation is not quite so simple , and many measurements and checks must be made by the TL scientist , only a few of which will be mentioned here .
11 There are only a few of them and we 're unlucky to be involved . ’
12 However , no more than about a dozen viruses have been produced on a commercial scale and only a few of these have been used on more than a few hundred hectares per year .
13 I was able to study only a few of these birds but Brosset 's ( 1978 ) research on the Malimbus weavers of the Gabon forests has usefully extended the story .
14 Carnivores are among the most socially complex mammals , although only a few of them form sociable groups .
15 Small parties seem to serve their members better when food patches are found for in larger units only a few of the animals present could then be fed ( Dunbar 1977 ) .
16 Only a few of the workforce were local men .
17 Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay .
18 Patrick Chauvel and I could see things were about to happen in Panama , Noriega had declared war on America , but it was Xmas and only a few of us went there .
19 In this country between 5 and 10 per cent of cases of gonorrhoea in women go on to develop a degree of tubal involvement , and only a few of these will lead to peritonitis .
20 He reported that all of the formerly rampant vegetation on Krakatoa had now been destroyed , with only a few of the thicker tree-trunks still rising above the thick mantle of ash , and that there were now three major eruption columns carrying clouds of dust and pumice high into the air , escaping from three separate vents .
21 The details of this analysis of pyroclastic deposits are rather complex , so only a few of the more interesting aspects will be described here .
22 By comparison the scientist is burdened with his instruments and only a few of the greatest of them feel the infinite but the mystic is drowned in it .
23 D. Each year the farmers plough only a few of their fields , but they do this in a slow rotation , leaving the sown grass for several years , as a long ley .
24 He argues that while only a few of the Palestinian sites have been linked by archaeology with the Bible , the bulk of the names in the Yemen area are to be found stated in the Bible and that this was where Abraham , the Caravan King , had his home and it was here that the Israelites settled after they had crossed the Red Sea with Moses .
25 Only a few of them were residential .
26 Only a few of the science attainment targets are covered .
27 This is in contrast to most potential anti-viral agents , whose action is usually restricted to only a few of the many different types of viral agents that cause disease .
28 Only a few of the particles fed into the SPS actually collide ; the remainder just fly past each other .
29 In one south German fish farm , only a few of 300 000 young carp survived an outbreak of the ringworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi , which spread from the Far East .
30 Previous expeditions had often collected from disease-free trees in the forest , but only a few of these trees had shown useful resistance in later trials .
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