Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] within a few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Olympic qualifying standard had been set at 64.50m so he went seriously into steroid use for the first time and threw a Commonwealth record of 67.32 within a few months . |
2 | They insisted that neither loyalists nor republicans would have left 200 lb of explosive within a few feet of men and women working contentedly in the bakery kitchen and suggested that it was more like the work of outside agents , acting under strict and impersonal orders . |
3 | Jacques was also fortunate in that within a few months of taking up his appointment , the government 's public expenditure restrictions imposed in the economic crisis of 1931 were relaxed in 1935- 36 with the restoration of progressive grants and the encouragement of new provision in adult education , outlined in the Board of Education 's Circular 1444 . |
4 | While Cameroun 's economic activity returned to normal within a few months , the experience of the three attempted coups , and particularly of the last , undermined the sense of renewal which Paul Biya 's elevation to the presidency had achieved . |
5 | Its policy on Europe could best be described as jerking from one extreme to another within a few years , at one moment leaving the European Community altogether and in the next being willing to sign up to anything for which the EC asks ; at one moment supporting the closed shop and in the next denigrating it . |