Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] within [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have found Roman , medieval and Georgian losses within a few yards when working suburban grass verges . |
| 2 | Although the endless state visits to Harare or Mauretania always climaxed with the publication of pompous declarations and assertions that trade was going to increase by generous percentages within a few years , the consequences of these visits were negligible apart from providing a few more exhibits for the trophy rooms in Bucharest . |
| 3 | Police in north Oxfordshire believe the same thieves may have been behind two separate raids within a few miles of each other at Steeple Aston ; both raids were part of a spate of break-ins reported to police in the Fox F M area . |
| 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 | A majority of Democrats , however , having accepted budget cuts of $7,000 million in 1991 , were unprepared to make another round of even deeper cuts within a few weeks of state elections . |
| 6 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
| 7 | The bank would give him facilities to purchase the business to the extent of seventy five thousand pounds if he agreed to sell his property at and from the proceeds of sale to repay the bridging facility in its entirety and they would provide a sixteen thousand pounds business loan and overdraught facilities to be reduced by five thousand pounds within a few days and if the six thousand pounds rent deposit was not required then the business loan would be reduced to ten thousand pounds . |
| 8 | There 's a cosy hotel bar and although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are many good establishments within a few minutes walk . |
| 9 | Although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are plenty of good establishments within a few minutes walk . |
| 10 | THE POUND yesterday posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost 6 pfennigs within a few hours . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If the pattern holds , Europe will have thriving private-placement markets within a few years . |
| 13 | But they hope Colditz should be ready to accept its new inmates within a few years . |