Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] within [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries . |
| 2 | The last two — works of completely contrasting character — were written within a few weeks of each other . |
| 3 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 4 | The pies were produced within the public houses themselves by the manager 's wife or catering assistant on the basis of recipes prepared by this department . |
| 5 | His eyes were abnormally large , and suddenly Alexei realised that both the muscles around the eyes and the jet black pupils which were centred within the golden irises were affected not at all by the light but responded rather to some inner stimulus . |
| 6 | For years the economics of the nuclear power industry were concealed within the overall accounts of the public sector electricity industry . |
| 7 | Reductions of between 80 and 93% were achieved within a few weeks . |
| 8 | Generally , the operational data ( that is the policy records ) were destroyed within a few years of their fulfilment . |
| 9 | Two points made before are thereby worth reiterating : first , that the meaning of perversion is crucially context dependent ; second that one objective of this book is to restore to the concept dimensions which were obscured within the sexological/psychoanalytic traditions , though remaining inscribed within them , especially in Freud 's texts . |
| 10 | For Beryl Garland the whole of reality was contained within the narrow horizons of her direct experience and her judgements were absolute . |
| 11 | The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings . |
| 12 | Moscow was operating within the United Nations ' scenario which would leave the present regime in place after the departure of Soviet troops . |
| 13 | The selling of this new product was accommodated within the existing structures of an industry used to selling the pale imitations of American pop . |
| 14 | A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month . |
| 15 | Perfusion was excellent and peristalsis was observed within a few minutes . |
| 16 | Its equipment was removed within a few years and , by the late 1920s , it had become home to the Belvedere Upholstery Company , operated by the Tyler family . |
| 17 | The total cost of church , schoolroom , vestry , classrooms and minister 's residence was over 5000 , a debt which was cleared within a few years . |
| 18 | The effect was electric : the girl was released within a few days ; the man remained in jail and in fact served a very long sentence . |