Example sentences of "[noun] within [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | On one occasion I lay down for a rest , dozed off for 15 minutes , and awoke to find half a dozen sitting on branches within a few metres of my recumbent form . |
2 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
3 | YOU will probably have seen many films in which cases of dynamite catch fire and detonate to great cinematic effect within a few seconds . |
4 | If it does , it has a very good chance of catching the gazelle for it is able to reach its maximum speed within a few yards , and then it is the fastest animal on four legs . |
5 | It is the second Worlingworth firm to face closure within a few weeks . |
6 | Applications had vastly exceeded the quota within a few days , reports said . |
7 | In Figures 10 and 11 , below , the number of items requested within each fifteen-minute period on weekdays and on Saturdays is plotted against a scale on the left , while the mean delivery time for items supplied direct to readers within the same periods is plotted against a scale on the right . |
8 | A special intercom linking the theatre with the pathology lab means surgeons can find out the results of a biopsy within a few minutes to establish , for instance , if a tumour they are operating on is malignant . |
9 | Many Glaswegians were to join the International Brigade within a few years , Scots like James Robertson Justice , pointing rifles upwards at the Heinkel 111 and Junkers 52 of Adolf Hitler 's Luftwaffe . |
10 | I have found Roman , medieval and Georgian losses within a few yards when working suburban grass verges . |
11 | 1981 : The year of medley madness — over 20 arrive in the shops within a few weeks , the tally including ‘ Stars On 45 Vols 1 & 2 ’ , ‘ Hollie Daze ’ , ‘ Beach Boy Gold ’ , ‘ A Tribute To The Punks Of '76 ’ and a ‘ Supremes Medley ’ . |
12 | Modigliani saw the potential of the boy , who ironically became Beatrice 's lover within a few years when he was 18 and she was over 40 . |
13 | The turtles however , die from infections within a few weeks . |
14 | In addition to the permanent taps , the monitors have been able to tap a conversation on any telephone within a few seconds by means of the TKO device . |
15 | He thinks another fiscal crisis like the one he was called in to deal with can be expected to force the issue within a few years . |
16 | He examined whether a mispricing triggered index arbitrage transactions within a few minutes . |
17 | This procedure will achieve temporary relief only since collateral veins are likely to develop across the anastomosis within a few months , and will ultimately bleed . |
18 | An air ambulance was on the scene within a few minutes , but Ranetta , whose mother arrived shortly afterwards , was already dead . |
19 | Worldly-wise and diverting in its tendency to offer a recipe for faijoada completa and the protocol for French deer hunting within a few paragraphs , the novel poses the same difficulty that plagues the protagonist : as we Americans put it , we miss the forest for the trees . ’ |
20 | Only one fertile Genestealer needed to remain alive in hiding to undo all the good work within a few decades . |
21 | Even these returned to work within a few days . |
22 | There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings . |
23 | If employees leave their organisations within a few months of relocation , the heavy financial investment in them will be wasted . |
24 | THE POUND yesterday posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost 6 pfennigs within a few hours . |
25 | Garden cress , curly endive , salad rocket and salad rape are other salads which can be harvested as seedlings within a few weeks , before they interfere with the maturing brassicas . |
26 | Despite predictions from the FFA that drift-netting would bring about the collapse of albacore stocks within a few years , the Japanese delegation steadfastly refused to make any concessions . |
27 | Alternatively or additionally subjects may genuinely feel that there is greater subjective difference within the few films they have given high ratings to than within the many they have given lower ratings to and have been at least partially successful in avoiding what Poulton ( 1989 ) terms equal frequency biases . |
28 | He is also afraid that the paint may have a tendency to absorb oxygen which means that it will eventually become brittle : ‘ I suspect that the paint will start showing cracks within a few decades ’ . |
29 | As well as the noise the couple would have to put up with a landfill site within a few yards of their garden . |
30 | China 's emissions of carbon dioxide , principally from its burgeoning coal industry , are increasing to the point where it is expected to become the largest single contributor of greenhouse gases within a few decades . |