Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] within a few years " in BNC.

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1 Although the endless state visits to Harare or Mauretania always climaxed with the publication of pompous declarations and assertions that trade was going to increase by generous percentages within a few years , the consequences of these visits were negligible apart from providing a few more exhibits for the trophy rooms in Bucharest .
2 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 .
3 Many Glaswegians were to join the International Brigade within a few years , Scots like James Robertson Justice , pointing rifles upwards at the Heinkel 111 and Junkers 52 of Adolf Hitler 's Luftwaffe .
4 If the pattern holds , Europe will have thriving private-placement markets within a few years .
5 On Nov. 27 James Chin , head of WHO 's AIDS forecasting unit , had warned that AIDS would be the main cause of death among young women in western Europe within a few years .
6 But they hope Colditz should be ready to accept its new inmates within a few years .
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