Example sentences of "space of a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | When he was a pace in front of her , nothing but a jangling space of a few inches between them , his voice was feather-soft . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |