Example sentences of "within a few [noun pl] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second man ducked back around the corner and Maxim backed off crouching and aiming until he was within a few metres of the cross-street . |
| 2 | That is , they fluctuate about a mean with a wavelength small compared with the dimensions of the sample , and the effects of these fluctuations become insignificant within a few wavelengths of the surface . |
| 3 | The first organisms , which appear within a few hours of the pool forming , are bacteria , as well as tiny single celled plants and animals called algae and protozoa respectively . |
| 4 | The process of counting is a proficient one and a sufficient number of results are usually announced within a few hours of the close of the polls to know which party has won the election . |
| 5 | Positioned within a few inches of the speaker 's lips , they produce a strong speech signal which stands out clearly against noisy backgrounds . |
| 6 | Both modern and ancient zones show intense reaction within a few centimetres of the soil surface , perhaps the area with least preservation potential , but very little alteration of the original sediment below that depth . |
| 7 | It hissed and moved its head to within a few centimetres of the android . |
| 8 | Many of these organisations are within a few minutes of the King 's Buildings . |
| 9 | All savour the wonderful position and the advantage of living within a few minutes of the A55 Expressway , with fast journey times in both directions . |
| 10 | When she was within a few feet of the ground , the cat leapt from her and rubbed itself against its mistress 's legs . |
| 11 | The hiss was clear on MW and LW while the calculator was within a few feet of the set , but not on FM . |
| 12 | Robins found that Geiger readings there were halved when taken within a few feet of the ring of stones , as if the ring acted as a form of ‘ shield ’ . |
| 13 | During a match against Parr 's XI Felix was fielding at point for Sampson 's batting and he persisted in approaching to within a few feet of the batsman . |
| 14 | All cabinet council meetings took place in the west wing of the White House within a few feet of the Oval Office . |
| 15 | Beyond the apple trees and within a few feet of the river is a large raised platform , visible in winter before its annual submergence in weeds , part of a vanished building , and there are clear lines of stone walls adjoining it . |
| 16 | Using his binoculars , he watched the ball roll to within a few feet of the bunker into which he himself had dived that day when he had played with Richie , Dr. Stevie and Sir Bryan . |
| 17 | You need to be able to get into the turn quickly and accurately , and to be flying within a few knots of the pre-stall buffet . |
| 18 | Excluding the cold tundra , deserts range from 50 degrees North in Central Asia to within a few degrees of the equator in South America , with the result that temperature conditions vary considerably . |
| 19 | Coleridge had rolled in his sleep down the hill slope to within a few yards of the river , and when he woke up at dawn , he found he was unable to move or even to call out to the shepherds and workmen he could see near by . |
| 20 | Within a few yards of the bank on which they had spent the uneasy night they came across the first sign of man . |
| 21 | Within a few yards of the school are a filling station , fire station , police HQ , and the entrance to the rail station and Great Eastern Square shopping complex car park . |
| 22 | Within a few yards of the summit you can find fir clubmoss huperzia selago , and mountain azalea loiseleuria procumbens , both delightful finds for the plant hunter . |
| 23 | Mr Barker said he had n't insisted that the customer should produce a banker 's card because she lived within a few doors of the shop . |
| 24 | In any case , one or another form of ‘ Christianity ’ must have reached Britain within a few years of the time specified by Gildas . |
| 25 | But within a few years of the end of the war , responsibility for trunk roads , gas , electricity , national assistance and hospital services had been transferred from local to central government control . |
| 26 | Within a few years of the introduction of the Dip.AD , it became apparent that all was not well and discontent in some of the art colleges culminated in the so-called ‘ revolution ’ of 1968 which centred on the then Hornsey and Guildford Colleges of Art . |
| 27 | How the serious issues emerged within a few years of the miracle of Heliodorus is the question . |
| 28 | The new ruling was a financial consideration to prevent ratepayers from , in effect , subsiding replays played within a few days of the original game . |
| 29 | The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings . |
| 30 | This hormone is produced by the developing embryo within a few days of the egg being fertilised . |