Example sentences of "[prep] within [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There is little scope for such matters to be controlled from within neighbourhoods by the people living within them .
2 Clones of white clover were sampled from within patches in the field dominated by each of four common grasses , Lolium perenne , Holcus lanatus , Agrostis tenuis and Cynosurus cristatus .
3 The white ground has the effect of making light seem to emanate from within pictures like the great Picardy Coast Scene with Children — Sunrise owned by HM the Queen or A Fishmarket near Boulogne from the Yale Center for British Art .
4 This often forms an exception to the normal turn sequence , because the enemy may move to within 8″ during his turn .
5 However , the detachment can only use the leadership value of its own parent regiment — it can not move to within 8″ of a different regiment and use its leadership value instead .
6 Only a few steps brought him to within feet of her .
7 If Snotlings find themselves themselves further than 12″ away from a unit of Orcs or Goblins , and if they can not move to within 12″ of a unit during that movement phase , then they mill around in a confused mass .
8 Deciding that attack was the best form of defence , I knelt beside him and lowering my head to within inches of his , said , ‘ Next time , It 'll be the bread knife . ’
9 The pond stretched to within inches of the stone base .
10 Seb backed up his threat with a two-pronged pitchfork , jabbing it to within inches of Boz 's face as the gipsy placed his foot on the first rung .
11 Since the Ffestiniog bid to take over the moribund Welsh Highland company in a High Court action various schemes have been mooted including one by the FR to re-open the Welsh Highland from the north end and the long cherished target of taking the line through to within yards of the tourist attraction , Caernarfon Castle .
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