Example sentences of "[noun] within a few [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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I have found Roman , medieval and Georgian losses within a few yards when working suburban grass verges . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The turtles however , die from infections within a few weeks . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He examined whether a mispricing triggered index arbitrage transactions within a few minutes . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | An air ambulance was on the scene within a few minutes , but Ranetta , whose mother arrived shortly afterwards , was already dead . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Only one fertile Genestealer needed to remain alive in hiding to undo all the good work within a few decades . |
| 20 | Even these returned to work within a few days . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If employees leave their organisations within a few months of relocation , the heavy financial investment in them will be wasted . |
| 23 | THE POUND yesterday posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost 6 pfennigs within a few hours . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | As well as the noise the couple would have to put up with a landfill site within a few yards of their garden . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | After penetration of the intestinal mucosa L3 travel via the portal system , and reach the liver parenchyma within a few days . |
| 30 | 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 . |