Example sentences of "[noun sg] within a few [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the permanent taps , the monitors have been able to tap a conversation on any telephone within a few seconds by means of the TKO device . |
| 2 | As well as the noise the couple would have to put up with a landfill site within a few yards of their garden . |
| 3 | Both modern and ancient zones show intense reaction within a few centimetres of the soil surface , perhaps the area with least preservation potential , but very little alteration of the original sediment below that depth . |
| 4 | This is done for its own sake but it is found that the primary sufferer will quite commonly seek treatment through his or her appropriate Anonymous Fellowship within a few months of the family member seeking his or her own recovery . |
| 5 | Certainly , the change within a few months from the Grand Moral Union of the Productive Classes to the Grand National Consolidated Trade Union suggests great confusion of purpose . |
| 6 | The bank is looking for someone canny — not to say extremely gifted — who has developed the right skills in a reasonably sized corporate environment within a few years of qualifying . |
| 7 | AND you receive the magazine within a few days of UK publication . |
| 8 | I believe it to be one of two aircraft , both Dornier Do 17Zs which were both shot down in the same area within a few days of each other . |
| 9 | Entrants then work in a variety of units and can expect promotion within a few years to lance-corporal and corporal . |
| 10 | The Chief Constable must have called in the Yard within a few minutes of getting the news . |
| 11 | ‘ Citation frequency within a few years of publication is a reliable indicator of a paper 's lifetime citation expectancy . ’ |
| 12 | You can expect to see a visible improvement within a few months of regular practice . |
| 13 | The money will be deducted from your current account within a few days of your purchase — just like a cheque , but so much easier . |
| 14 | The missiles would blast out of their launchers , navigate automatically across Europe , and land within a few metres of targets such as airfields , ports , power stations , dams and locks . |
| 15 | Howard had tried all the proprietary athlete 's foot remedies , but found they were only partially effective ; the infection would always return with a vengeance within a few days of discontinuing with the ointment or powder . |
| 16 | All cabinet council meetings took place in the west wing of the White House within a few feet of the Oval Office . |
| 17 | ( a ) Time of exercise It is usual to provide that the tenant must exercise the option within a few months before the expiry of the lease . |
| 18 | This hormone is produced by the developing embryo within a few days of the egg being fertilised . |
| 19 | His work was paralleled by that of William Greenwell [ q.v. ] , but whereas Greenwell extended his researches over all the northern English counties and Gloucestershire , Mortimer confined his activities to the region within a few miles of his base at Driffield . |
| 20 | ‘ The deaths of father and son within a few days of each other raise questions to which I have to find satisfactory answers . |
| 21 | ‘ It is just 21 months since we received approval to go ahead with the project , and we are delighted that we have started up production within a few weeks of a date that many thought was unrealistic ! ’ |