Example sentences of "[vb pp] within [art] [det] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Positioned within a few inches of the speaker 's lips , they produce a strong speech signal which stands out clearly against noisy backgrounds . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | This case report describes the histological and macroscopic changes seen within a few months in the gastric mucosa of a 28 year old woman patient with upper abdominal symptoms . |
| 5 | The last two — works of completely contrasting character — were written within a few weeks of each other . |
| 6 | His two infant sons had died within a few days of one another in April 1541 . |
| 7 | Father and son had died within a few days of each other … |
| 8 | ( More often than not they are women , since many elderly male refugees from East African have died within a few years of coming to Britain . ) |
| 9 | My paternal grandparents had died within a few months of each other whilst she was training , and as Grandfather had tied up all his savings in annuity for my grandmother , none of his children had inherited anything from him . |
| 10 | Adverse winds carried them not to Kintail , from which they could have got within a few miles of Inverness by water , but to the shores of Loch Alsh , a sea-water inlet separating the Isle of Skye from the south-west tip of Ross and Cromarty . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The gun had landed within a few inches of Blake . |
| 13 | The new ruling was a financial consideration to prevent ratepayers from , in effect , subsiding replays played within a few days of the original game . |
| 14 | Moreover , movement into the village was predominantly of people born within a few miles of its borders . |
| 15 | During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries . |
| 16 | A personalised pay-in book will also be posted within a few days of opening the account . |
| 17 | The harvested roots are bulky and heavy to transport and they must be crushed within a few hours after harvest to avoid loss of the sugary Juice . |
| 18 | The possibility of a title going ‘ out of print ’ if selection decisions are delayed must also be considered — though this is unlikely if orders are placed within a few months of publication . |
| 19 | The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented . |
| 20 | First impressions , and they are formed within a few seconds of listening to these headphones , are of an unveiled immediacy , very extended high-frequency response and seamless midrange . |
| 21 | The latter part of the decade saw St Owens Mill start up , followed within a few years by the Island Street and Victoria Street Mills , Luker also involved with the latter . |
| 22 | The process of counting is a proficient one and a sufficient number of results are usually announced within a few hours of the close of the polls to know which party has won the election . |
| 23 | Robins found that Geiger readings there were halved when taken within a few feet of the ring of stones , as if the ring acted as a form of ‘ shield ’ . |
| 24 | An example of a condition caused in this way is phenylketonuria — one of the so-called ‘ inborn errors of metabolism ’ — an inherited biochemical disorder for which babies are now routinely tested within a few days of birth . |
| 25 | As the article correctly acknowledges , generally magnox fuel must be reprocessed within a few years of discharge from a reactor , from an advanced gas-cooled reactor ( AGR ) , fuel may be stored underwater for somewhat longer periods and for much longer in a dry store . |
| 26 | Most children with severe visual handicaps will have been discovered within a few days of their birth or in their early infancy in hospital . |
| 27 | Generally , the operational data ( that is the policy records ) were destroyed within a few years of their fulfilment . |
| 28 | The V&A , we are told , set aside 50 per cent of its objects are required within a few years of their manufacture . |