Example sentences of "[conj] within [art] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early complications were defined as those occurring during or within the first 72 hours after the procedure and were present in six patients ( 15% ) . |
| 2 | The Labour Party 's housing policy emphasized the development of council estates generally on the edge of cities or within the various new towns where land was much cheaper . |
| 3 | Candidates may not leave an examination until half-an-hour after it has commenced , or within the last ten minutes , except with the permission of the senior invigilator . |
| 4 | Six patients were found from their medical records to have had serious infections either during the current admission or within the previous two years while drinking heavily . |
| 5 | ‘ I found that within the first two years I more than trebled my external income simply because I was entertaining at a large conference-style table in a nicely furnished area . |
| 6 | Indeed , it is rather illuminating to discover that within the first few pages of her book — and before she has even introduced her own work — she peremptorily dismisses the idea that genius is akin to madness . |
| 7 | It may interest them that within the last few months the European parliament has agreed to press for a bill of rights for the citizens of Europe and for a written constitution for Europe . |
| 8 | I understand , for example , that within the last few years you have been lucky in receiving a very large legacy from the late Dr D.M. McDonald to build an institute ? |
| 9 | Market researchers predict that within the next two years the High Street will have changed beyond all recognition as customers ‘ go shopping ’ from their armchair . |
| 10 | A report by the Manpower Services Commission this summer said that within the next three years , industry ‘ does not predict any major shortages of electronics staff . ’ |
| 11 | We 've got clients , for example , where we are waiting for the sale of land to get our monies in , so it 's reasonable to expect that we 'll see that within the next three years . |
| 12 | The report 's most dramatic assumption is that within the next 20 years electricity can replace petrol for many of the region 's cars , buses and lorries . |
| 13 | This he did with such success that within the next few years his name became a byword throughout Spain . |
| 14 | I believe it is quite possible that within the next few years we might see European legislation which will not only follow that of the UK in prohibiting lead fishing weights but also outlaw the use of lead in cartridges . |
| 15 | The first registers kept were lost , and those now in existence were very irregularly kept , until within the last 50 years . |
| 16 | The first registers kept were lost , and those now in existence were very irregularly kept , until within the last 50 years . |
| 17 | Certainly , but then De Gaulle was only the most recent of a line of French national leaders , going back at least as far as Joan of Arc , who have seen in the English , through most of the centuries , their main enemy , whereas of course we did n't come across Germany internationally at all until within the last ninety years . |
| 18 | Indeed so popular has it become that its designer has achieved the ultimate scientific accolade of eponymy ( having a phenomenon , method or piece of equipment named after oneself ) , for the apparatus is known as the ‘ morris water maze ’ ( Figure 9.5 ) and within the last few years has virtually replaced the skinner box as necessary equipment for all psychology labs . |
| 19 | How many times have you sat down at your machine and thought ‘ I do n't think I can cope with this ’ and within the next five minutes all the knitting has been on the floor ? |
| 20 | There is a narrow line between harness fund raising and commercial exploitation and within the thin financial margins that schools operate there may be a temptation to fudge issues and associate with producers and distributors of products that conflict with the school 's or parents ' values . |
| 21 | Some of Boscawen 's ships lacked sails , none was immediately ready for sea , and many of the crews and officers were ashore , including Boscawen himself , but the moment the message arrived the admiral leapt from his chair , leaving his dinner unfinished , and within an unprecedented two hours the first ships were weighing anchor . |
| 22 | But within a mere eight years , the movement had begun which was to result in the large-scale recruitment of women to the Edinburgh book-houses . |
| 23 | In England and Wales we are singularly placed to appreciate the relationship of scenery and structure , for few other parts of the earth 's surface show in a similar small area so great a diversity of rock types and of landscape features : " Britain is a world by itself " ; its mountains are not high , nor its rivers long , but within a few hundred miles of travel from east to west one may see more varieties of scenery than are to be found in many bigger countries . |
| 24 | Many beginners find it difficult , at first , to remember the Japanese phrases , but within the first few months of practice the language barrier begins to fade at a rapid rate . |
| 25 | But within the first few months of opening , the hotel was on target and , if anything , had underestimated its weekend business . |
| 26 | But within the next few weeks labourers will start digging the foundations for a plant at Gwithian , on Cornwall 's northern shore , which will produce about 500 tonnes of tin per year . |
| 27 | But within the last three months — and four London gigs — their set 's fitted perfectly into place . |
| 28 | Its owner had claimed the animal was also whipped , but within the last few minutes , a tribunal has dismissed the accusations . |
| 29 | Up until this afternoon , it was on sale at HMV , but within the last few hours , they 've stopped selling it too . |
| 30 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |