Example sentences of "within a few days [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 However , whereas years of training and practice were usually needed to master the many and complex skills of recombinant DNA technology , the complete beginner can start to perform polymerase chain reaction experiments and generate meaningful results within a few days at most — hence the explosion of activity .
2 When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August , and Miss Ellen another heart attack , both old ladies died within a few days of each other .
3 Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other .
4 Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual .
5 Father and son had died within a few days of each other …
6 ‘ The deaths of father and son within a few days of each other raise questions to which I have to find satisfactory answers .
7 I believe it to be one of two aircraft , both Dornier Do 17Zs which were both shot down in the same area within a few days of each other .
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