Example sentences of "[be] within a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Many of these organisations are within a few minutes of the King 's Buildings . |
2 | Those coming in from the sea do the same thing in reverse , leaving the wheel with a sideways dive when they are within a few yards of their nest-hole . |
3 | Eventually ( it would later be established it must have been within a few minutes of six-thirty ) the car slowed to a halt . |
4 | In b and c , the local times of each point were within a few hours of local noon and so the ClO values may be taken as qualitatively representative of the day maximum , which in run 4 reached 1.1p.p.b.v. at this level . |
5 | They set off quite cheerily , but when they were within a few miles of the tarmac coast road , the truck hit a gully and gave a sickening lurch . |
6 | He succeeded in doing so , but confided afterwards that no single examiner thought me worthy of a first , but when the marks were added up , mine were within a few marks of those who were obviously in the first class , and so my name was added to the list of three others . |
7 | The temperature of maximum damping is usually associated with T g , and at low frequencies the value assigned to T g is within a few kelvins of that obtained from the static methods . |
8 | COLIN Jackson was within a few inches of Olympic disaster last night in his bid for the 110 metres hurdles crown . |
9 | When she was within a few feet of the ground , the cat leapt from her and rubbed itself against its mistress 's legs . |
10 | The hiss was clear on MW and LW while the calculator was within a few feet of the set , but not on FM . |
11 | The second man ducked back around the corner and Maxim backed off crouching and aiming until he was within a few metres of the cross-street . |
12 | Spike knew that he was within a few moments of termination . |