Example sentences of "within a few [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a few moments of Dr McNab 's saline injections Dr Dunstaple had begun to revive . |
| 2 | Spike knew that he was within a few moments of termination . |
| 3 | The missiles would blast out of their launchers , navigate automatically across Europe , and land within a few metres of targets such as airfields , ports , power stations , dams and locks . |
| 4 | Its tail will shrink within a few hours of departure . |
| 5 | They require fairly rich soil , and , after planting , all the branches will be cut back to within a few inches of ground level to encourage them to produce more branches for berry production next year . |
| 6 | The gun had landed within a few inches of Blake . |
| 7 | Within a few minutes of galactosides being added to the medium , the genes are switched on , and enzymes appear . |
| 8 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Since Freemantle had to walk within a few yards of Leapor 's door whenever she approached Brackley from Hinton , it is perhaps odd that they had not met at least in passing . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Citation frequency within a few years of publication is a reliable indicator of a paper 's lifetime citation expectancy . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ His former students will within a few years of graduation be earning a salary twice that of his , ’ the report says . |
| 14 | Within a few years of Karak Eight Peaks ' fall the Night Goblins had settled permanently in the ruins and split into many tribes based around the adjoining mountains and the tunnels that ran beneath them . |
| 15 | Within a few years of transfer to the South Metropolitan system , all these cars had the headlamps moved from the canopy front to the usual position on the dash , one reason being that it enabled them to carry advertisements in the same positions as the rest of the fleet . |
| 16 | Under the legislation this was not in fact required ( only the Boards as a whole were required to break even ‘ taking one year with another ’ ) , but Citrine and his senior colleagues believed that it was a desirable principle that each Board should break even , and within a few years of nationalisation this was also tacitly accepted by the Boards . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Within a few years of closure , the mill pond was filled in and much of the mill 's machinery removed . |
| 19 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 20 | Within a few days of Elizabeth 's death the reivers had taken what they imagined would be the opportunity for easy plunder , and swarmed over the Border in what their victims and the Wardens referred to as ‘ Ill Week ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Most fatalities from T. canis infection occur during the pulmonary phase , and pups which have been heavily infected transplacentally may die within a few days of birth . |
| 23 | AND you receive the magazine within a few days of UK publication . |
| 24 | Within a few days of Prince Albert 's death , young Henry Joseph Titford , aged nine , fell ill with tubercular bronchitis . |
| 25 | Many are already paired from previous matings ; all are usually nesting , courting , mating and laying within a few days of arrival . |
| 26 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
| 27 | A majority of Democrats , however , having accepted budget cuts of $7,000 million in 1991 , were unprepared to make another round of even deeper cuts within a few weeks of state elections . |
| 28 | Their room at school , within a few weeks of Katherine arrival , had by a few deft touches and additions acquired a new look . |
| 29 | But within a few weeks of William 's appointment she had applied to three different London boroughs for a job — any job — in social work , taken the first one she 'd been offered , fixed up the flat , put the cottage on the market , found a school for Edwin , and fled from the last five years of her life with almost indecent haste . |
| 30 | Within a few weeks of Glass 's abduction , a group calling itself the Organization of Good against Evil released video pictures of him allegedly confessing to being a spy . |