Example sentences of "[vb pp] within a very [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever temporary vogue her poetry may have enjoyed following her death , the few historical traces of her life are contained within a very narrow compass . |
| 2 | At the time , Bethnal Green was a relatively compact borough of about 50,000 people concentrated within a very small area ( about 2 square miles ) , with no major roads running through it . |
| 3 | This is a formidable new agenda to be imposed — and implemented within a very short time-scale — on top of the existing programme . |
| 4 | I have seen students who were initially persuaded rather against their will , to use a computer for solving some statistical problem in psychology become addicted within a very short time . |
| 5 | Aitken asserted at the trial , and this view was certainly supported by independent witnesses , that no word about confidentiality was ever uttered , but the document was handed over to him on the footing that it would be returned within a very short time . |