Example sentences of "[adv prt] within a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sturdy pump , which is of the upright free-standing type , has another neat refinement — a float switch that slides up and down within a sturdy plastic housing , rather than pivoting . |
| 2 | If you do not have a computer or you are daunted by them ( or your computer breaks down within a week of your arrival in a remote village ) you will obviously have more papers to keep track of . |
| 3 | The problem there was the children climbing the fence and with just having spent five hundred and eighty pounds putting a fence up , spent another fifty four pounds although it 's not in the budget , I accept that , er was er a necessary expenditure which I took a decision on straight away because I did n't want to see our five hundred pound fence being knocked down within a week of being put up . |
| 4 | That 's what I 'm saying , they need , they need just a little , in fact we do here you could argue , er , I feel that all the elements there are of a turning into something a bit ugly , I think , I think they were very quick to drop those statues down , now I know , I know the fellow who in , who set up the K G B could have been the most popular bloke in the Soviet Union , but nonetheless , er he was down within a day , I hear this morning that Yeltsin 's talking about border changes and quite frankly they 're moving too quick and Gorbachev at least was providing a bit of restraint , and I think it , they want to think in terms of decade . |
| 5 | I thought actually we had a standing order already that claims had to be in within a certain time limit |
| 6 | Coun Scott , who is also a Tory member of Darlington Council , said : ‘ The plans for the unit are proceeding as expected and we would expect the tender documents to be in within a few days . ’ |
| 7 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 8 | The fighting was over within a minute and they were able to make their way down to the cells . |
| 9 | The focal point of the assignment is not the software , nor the medium , but the skills and processes which pupils go through within a particular context . |
| 10 | In some traditional communities , even as late as the early 1930s , unmarried girls were married off within a month or so after their first menstruation ; until then , they were kept hidden inside their homes . |
| 11 | And , if by some misfortune , he or she miscalculates and dares to put on even a tiny amount of excess fat , this is immediately dieted off within a week of it first appearing . |
| 12 | She was not disappointed ; if a firebell had gone off within a yard of his ear , he could not have appeared more shaken . |
| 13 | ‘ It is the sons pent up within a man ’ , |
| 14 | Even that will be used up within a few months , when further recourse to the IMF will be inescapable . |
| 15 | He 'd come on strong towards the end of his round to pull up within a shot of us . |
| 16 | A year later , during the unusually hot summer of 1990 , he developed a minor break-out which lavender cleared up within a day or two . |
| 17 | Any dwellings not taken up within a specified time are placed on the open market . |
| 18 | TONY White was picked up within a month of the robbery at his Rotherhithe home , on suspicion of handling . |
| 19 | I must explain that I do not like combined heater stats ; in general I find that the heater part packs up within a year , as , regrettably do modern heaters , and I would rather throw away a £5 heater than a £10 plus heater stat . |
| 20 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 21 | But the whole study was set up within a much more general theoretical orientation : the theory of linguistic change ; it was not merely an attempt to demonstrate age , class and style differences , as Smith implies . |
| 22 | It referred to a note which he 'd included with the Firearm Certificate application form and the fee , saying that he ( Sampson ) had a chance at a Weatherby Magnum Deluxe rifle at a price that was madness , but only if he could wrap the deal up within a few days . |
| 23 | And even if Uncle Alan turns up within a month or two , he can hardly complain . |
| 24 | Jenny came back from Rome and rang Sara up within a few days of arriving home . |
| 25 | I had no doubt they 'd turn up within a short time , so I went off duty . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope to meet with the CAA in the next 10 days and we might be able to tie everything up within a few weeks , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ I mean removing the obvious , stupid ways of doing things which grow up within a business . |
| 28 | That erm when the contract 's finished , if they do n't pay up within a certain date |
| 29 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 30 | The old ways of going on within a discipline may , from time to time , become inadequate ; but finding new ways forward is not totally without direction . |