Example sentences of "the space [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recovering quickly from a slow start , John Gosden 's colt settled matters in the space of a few strides when sent ahead a furlong out . |
| 2 | These eruptions give rise to rocks known as ignimbrites , and they are so powerful that tens of cubic kilometres of ignimbrite can be erupted in nuee ardente-like incandescent clouds in the space of a few hours or days . |
| 3 | During the space of a few hours , a one-metre thickness of ash accumulated in some parts of the town which were only a few hundred metres away from the active vent and many house roofs collapsed under the weight . |
| 4 | When the rains do finally return and water fills the pond again , the fish , within the space of a few hours , comes to life , wriggles free of its cocoon and the resoftened mud and swims off . |
| 5 | Why does he blow so hot and cold , she thought , even within the space of a few hours ? |
| 6 | THREE Darlington men embarked on a trail of violence and destruction in the space of a few hours , a court heard yesterday . |
| 7 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
| 8 | Claudia asked , her heart sinking at the idea of Dana rushing from shorts into a wedding dress in the space of a few minutes . |
| 9 | It would be attempting the impossible to write about all the varieties of roads there are in England in the space of a few pages : such a wide-ranging discussion would be full of familiar generalisations and would make very dull reading . |
| 10 | From sex to business talk in the space of a few sentences , she reflected fiercely , as he disappeared . |
| 11 | Then came a slight breeze , that grew and went in the space of a few heartbeats . |
| 12 | There is yet no general explanation for the fertility decline ( Cleland and Wilson 1987 ) ; it is now clear that the transition began within the space of a few decades throughout Western Europe , from Trieste to Tromso , in a wide variety of countries ( Coale and Watkins 1986 ) . |
| 13 | In the space of a few moments one crossed a cultural divide now generations deep . |
| 14 | Example 44 is from ‘ Vissi d'arte ’ in Tosca at a point where the orchestra plays the melody ( small notes ) while the singer weaves a web of narration in different ways — reciting , joining the orchestral melody , forming a decorative counter-melody , etc. — all within the space of a few bars : There is great skill here , yet nobody seems to have recognized it for what it really is — the solution for preserving melodic and formal unity while at the same time using words with freedom and flexibility . |
| 15 | In the space of a few cuts , he had a thick growth of stubble , his shirtfront was soiled with liquor , his hair was wild and his tails were tattered . |
| 16 | It was the Deutsche Bank which bought the great and corrupt Flick empire from the family owners before they could restructure it and sell it off in sections : it was Deutsche as well which , within the space of a few years , succeeded in transforming Daimler-Benz into a huge diversified Konzerne , making it the largest in the country , by successively buying the motor company MTU , the aeronautics firm Dornier , the electronics firm AEG and merging them with Messerschmitt Blohm to give birth to an industrial empire of 400,000 employees and £27 billion turnover . |
| 17 | In a complex web of mystifying deals , Hibs were held together by a financial structure which in the space of a few years involved a local bookmaker , an English based company with extensive leisure interests in the west country and a company registered in Panama called Charcoal Holdings . |
| 18 | The only way to test these predictions in the space of a few years is to observe a sufficient number of protons and see if a few decay . |
| 19 | ‘ Within the space of a few years THE PENGUIN GUIDE has become something of an institution , its status earned largely through a cheerful , informative ‘ plain speaking ’ style , copious entries , and attractive reader-friendly presentation ’ — Classic CD |
| 20 | In the space of a few years , Zurich plans to complete its switch from selling standard products ( such as property , motor and accident insurance ) to anyone who will buy them to fashioning customised insurance packages for specific groups . |
| 21 | In the space of a few years the word ‘ hooligan ’ had outstripped its humble local origins and its specific reference to London gang life ( it had also begun to lose its capital ‘ H ’ ) and had come to be understood and feared as a much more general affliction among the nation 's youth . |
| 22 | In effect a total institutional restructuring of Japanese society , economy and politics was imposed within the space of a few years . |
| 23 | A significant proportion of what you are studying today will be out of date in the space of a few years . |
| 24 | An early hostility to capitalist oppression and a refusal to contemplate co-operation with social democratic reformers was transformed in the space of a few years into a wide-ranging crusade against fascism in which geniune sympathisers of whatever creed were welcome participants . |
| 25 | " Social types rise up and die within the space of a few years , or a few months " , declared Nizan . |
| 26 | In addition to opening up the northern prairies , it produced a land boom in northern British Columbia , where land values rose from 50 cents an acre to 30–60 dollars an acre in the space of a few years , and created a new Pacific port at Prince Rupert , 500 miles north of Vancouver , a new town where the population reached 5,000 in the space of two years . |
| 27 | In the space of a few years we had Eldon Square in Newcastle , the Cleveland Centre in Middlesbrough , Milburngate in Durham , where you could stroll heedless of weather and traffic . |
| 28 | Quite remarkably , within the space of a few months , the industry reshaped and refashioned itself in advance of 27 October 1986 , the day on which the deregulation of commissions was to take place . |
| 29 | Rookies were all the same in the beginning , eager to please and desperate to be judged favourably by their superiors , but within the space of a few months they had become as bitter and cynical as the seasoned policemen they had been trying to impress . |
| 30 | In the space of a few months in late 1925 , Nizan joined and left the French fascist movement , Le Faisceau , led by Georges Valois , and in an equally short space of time in early 1926 , he joined the French communist party for the first time and subsequently left . |