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

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1 Entrants then work in a variety of units and can expect promotion within a few years to lance-corporal and corporal .
2 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 .
3 ‘ Citation frequency within a few years of publication is a reliable indicator of a paper 's lifetime citation expectancy . ’
4 ‘ His former students will within a few years of graduation be earning a salary twice that of his , ’ the report says .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Within a few years of closure , the mill pond was filled in and much of the mill 's machinery removed .
10 It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it .
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