Example sentences of "within [adj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The outcome was that the KJHG preserves the overall approach to welfare , its pedagogical orientation , the principle of subsidiarity and within this the primacy of the family .
2 Group work forms the basis for all programmes and within this the development of the personality is stressed , plus inter-personal and group relationships .
3 Within this the commodity composition showed a marked increase in engineering products which rose from 37 per cent in 1955 to 45 per cent in 1970 of total UK exports ; semi-manufactures ( including chemicals , textiles and metals ) fell from 30 per cent to 26 per cent because of the decline in textiles , while other manufactures remained fairly constant around 13 per cent and non-manufactures fell from 25 per cent to 15 per cent .
4 The molten rock is within half a mile of the gates of Zafferana Etnea , a town of 7,000 people .
5 Within half a century , 12 feet of the post was exposed , and in 1957 a new post was sunk to reveal the continuing story of the sinking surface level , which is now about 14 feet lower than it was in 1848 .
6 The barn was big and roomy , and they had always been able to play the noisiest games in it without fear of disturbing or upsetting anyone , for there was nobody living within half a mile of it .
7 ’ They all looked at me and suddenly , horror struck me : the two or three policemen normally along there had disappeared — had taken a prisoner along to the station — and there was n't another policeman within half a mile .
8 The sight of the brigade turning out to a call , pulled by magnificent black horses , drew every child within half a mile of the Works main gates when the warning hooter sounded .
9 The campus is within half a mile of the city centre .
10 The campus is within half a mile of the city centre .
11 The rate for collection and delivery within half a mile of any part of the lines vary between 7 lb. for 3d. and 56 lb. for 7d . ’
12 A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home .
13 Van Gelder left and returned within half a minute .
14 Within half a century of Anselm 's death the only traces of the once-active policy were to be found in the ecclesiastical calendar used by the church of Dublin , which had many peculiarities of Canterbury origin .
15 Many of the marshland village names have the Danish suffix ‘ by ’ — Grimoldby , Manby and Saltfleetby are a clutch within half a mile of each other .
16 They were within half a cable of the rocks even now : the cliffs , dotted with perching gulls , towered above them , and the roar of breakers made conversation difficult .
17 On 27 September 1991 the father was released on bail on condition that he did not go , first of all , within half a mile of , then , later , to the mother 's address .
18 The smell was so all-pervasive that nothing consumed within half a mile of it could taste of anything not pertaining to dog .
19 One crowd of pickets was prevented from getting within half a mile of the gates by lines of police officers , while a second group , who had managed to assemble earlier opposite the gates , was charged by police horses and dog handlers .
20 I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back .
21 He had , however , proceeded in safety till he came to the Willow Walk , within half a mile of the church , when by a sudden stagger he quitted the path , and passed over a ditch on his right hand .
22 But I reckoned I could make out Joanna within half a dozen yards .
23 Within half a second of my mouth touching yours , I guarantee that all thoughts of Ryan will fly out of your head . ’
24 From one of these , situated within half a mile of the proposed Chirbury Station , it is stated that 10,000 tons are annually raised for local requirements , and that easy and cheap means of transit , such has the railway would supply , are only required to bring it into extensive use .
25 Four-fifths of the flags were within half a mile of the Bab es Zuweyla , the Old Gate , near which was both the Blue Mosque of the Dervishes and the old church of the Copts , the Mar Girgis .
26 ‘ If you look at my map , ’ he said with a tinge of pride , ‘ you will see that all the incidents are still within half a mile of the Bab es Zuweyla .
27 I speak with e some experience in the situation where two sites that will be within half a mile of that which was erm supported by the inspector , were dismissed basically on the basis that if I read the quotes for you .
28 At that time Kiev was one of Russia 's greatest cities and within half a century had a great cathedral and hundreds of churches .
29 In addition to those covenants mentioned by Scott LJ above examples of those which have been deemed to touch and concern the land include : a covenant for quiet enjoyment ; a covenant by the landlord agreeing to supply a housekeeper to clean a block of flats ; a covenant in which a landlord agreed not to open a public house within half a mile of the tenanted premises ; a covenant placing an obligation on the tenant to repair ; and a covenant in which the tenant agreed not to carry on a particular trade at the premises .
30 One of our fellows claimed that , within half a day out from Basra , one of the RAF chaps was stopped and a HLI lad said , " Hey Jock , can you tell me where is the wash-hoos ? "
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