Example sentences of "within a [adj] [noun] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a hundred years the town had grown westwards and in 1256 Henry III granted land outside the walls for , new planned extension to the borough . |
| 2 | In other words , within a non-Marxist framework the ability of a company which possesses a monopoly to exploit its monopoly is something which is determined by the evidence and not as in Marxism by the way in which value is de fined . |
| 3 | If the buyer subsequently retains the goods without objection , it may be taken to have accepted the offer ; however , if within a reasonable time the buyer responds making clear that it does not accept the seller 's terms , it will make a counter offer and will not be bound by the seller 's terms . |
| 4 | If any such lien is not satisfied within a reasonable time the Carrier may at his absolute discretion sell the goods , or part thereof , as agent for the owner and apply the proceeds towards the monies due and the expenses of the retention , insurance and sale of the goods and shall , upon accounting to the Trader for any balance remaining , be discharged from all liability whatever in respect of the goods . |
| 5 | It would , however , be proper for a circular letter to indicate that in the absence of any contrary indication within a specified period the client 's affairs would be acted upon in accordance with instructions previously given to the acquired firm . |
| 6 | Nor was its misfortune unique , for Norwich , the capital of East Anglia , returned a moderate 40 per cent under £2 , far less than the adjoining countryside , yet within a dozen years the worsted manufacture commenced a decline that was to contribute largely to the total of more than 500 unemployed males , and altogether upwards of 2,500 destitute persons by 1570 . |
| 7 | Hence the design of the Philadelphia research acknowledges the problem of reconciling within a unitary study the need for both depth and breadth . |
| 8 | The embankments which he had vainly tried to have reinforced by the zemindars would now be brimming and beginning to overflow … within a few hours the country around the embankments would be flooded and ignorance , stupidity and superstition would have triumphed once more as they have triumphed again and again in human affairs since time began ! |
| 9 | But within a few hours the mood changed and what Docherty now describes as ‘ unforeseen forces ’ began to operate . |
| 10 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
| 11 | Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos . |
| 12 | Unless the heart starts beating again within a few minutes the person will die , and in fifty per cent of all fatal heart attacks the victim dies within thirty minutes . |
| 13 | Within a few minutes the picture was effervescing as part of it had been painted on gesso . |
| 14 | Within a few minutes the atmosphere in the bay was normal , and Ace was jetting towards the shuttle 's cabin door . |
| 15 | But , as Action on Smoking and Health predicted that within a few years the majority of companies will have smoking policies , Roger Stubbs , deputy managing director of MORI , warned a confrontation is looming between ‘ green consumers ’ and ‘ smoking civil libertarians ’ who insist aggressively on their right to smoke in public places or at work . |
| 16 | Within a few years the organisation was divided by decision of Annual Conference into seven districts , each covering between two and seven branches and each electing one representative to the Executive , except London , which was given two . |
| 17 | As soon as this is big enough to cling to , the speed of construction accelerates and within a few days the wall has become a semicircular cup of creamy white interlacing strings that is just big enough to hold the customary clutch of two eggs . |
| 18 | There were but six people on board , all of whom were killed and although the event was duly reported in the press and other media as one might expect , the world proceeded with its normal business and within a few days the matter had receded into the background . |
| 19 | Within a few days the oil slick , first reported on Jan. 24 , had grown to measure 55 km long by 15 km wide . |
| 20 | Within a few paces the loom of the Tower was lost and the glint of light from the arrow-slit disappeared behind the curtains of rain . |
| 21 | Within a few weeks the Minister Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , who is on record as saying that some of the works are in such poor condition that they can not be given away without loss of face , will come forward with a number of proposals . |
| 22 | Within a few weeks the disease had spread rapidly amongst the poorer people of Funchal , especially among the families of the boatmen . |
| 23 | Within a few weeks the office is flooded out with envelopes stuffed with cash . |
| 24 | ( i ) When a prisoner is sentenced to imprisonment for life , within a short time the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice are invited by the Secretary of State to express their views on the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence . |
| 25 | Within a short time the egg has become a group of cells surrounded by a membrane which holds them together , from 16 to 32 in all , and is known as a morula , the Latin word for mulberry . |