Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] within a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If employees leave their organisations within a few months of relocation , the heavy financial investment in them will be wasted . |
| 2 | In particular new potatoes should be bought in small amounts as they lose their freshness within a few days ; they should have a skin which feels damp to the touch and is easily removed by rubbing . |
| 3 | Also in the house were two children , no doubt lucky to be alive , as Mrs Dyer usually despatched her charges within a few hours of receiving them . |
| 4 | Moreover , the committee , to be commended for having conducted its extensive researches and drawn its conclusions within a few months , has the advantage of immediacy over the Clark and Palmer committees , which sat over so long a period , in a rapidly changing environment , that eventually no one who was still able to recall the original brief was sure whether it was still relevant to the prevailing situation . |
| 5 | Peter Hall and Trevor Nunn made their reputations within a few years of leaving Cambridge . |
| 6 | " If we do n't start drying the hides now , dampness and the heat will destroy all our efforts within a few hours . " |
| 7 | However , the register , classifying the remainder of the country 's 36,000,000 people , only 4,500,000 of them white , was due to remain in force until the agreement of an eventual new constitution which , de Klerk told parliament , was " within our reach within a few years " . |