Example sentences of "within [art] [adj] few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
| 2 | I understand , for example , that within the last few years you have been lucky in receiving a very large legacy from the late Dr D.M. McDonald to build an institute ? |
| 3 | Within the past few years there have been developments that give rise to the hope that before too long we shall have a filly consistent quantum theory of gravity , one that will agree with general relativity for macroscopic objects and will , one hopes , be free of the mathematical infinities that have long bedeviled other quantum field theories . |
| 4 | But unless the children 's parents raise twenty thousand pounds within the next few days it will close . |
| 5 | Within the next few months he hopes to introduce an individual fitness programme for people using the centres . |
| 6 | As I say , we 're now , we shall now be working on the er , on a financial strategy , so that we 've got more detailed costings er , available to us , erm , but I think members will be interested to know that erm , within the next few months there will , we shall be taking part , er , as part of a wider national exercise , in an exercise undertaken by the District Audit Commission , on Children 's Services , so that we , I think we shall be in good stead , to have this as a base as a working document for that erm , Audit Commission exercise . |
| 7 | I believe it is quite possible that within the next few years we might see European legislation which will not only follow that of the UK in prohibiting lead fishing weights but also outlaw the use of lead in cartridges . |
| 8 | This he did with such success that within the next few years his name became a byword throughout Spain . |
| 9 | The White House spokesman , Mr Marlin Fitzwater , said yesterday that the troops would stay for ‘ as long as it takes , ’ while a subdued Defence Secretary , Mr Dick Cheney , added : ‘ Within the next few weeks we 'll be able to meet the objectives . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Within the next few weeks it is proposed , as a first step , to ban smoking in large areas of Wimpey offices . |