Example sentences of "[adj] within a [det] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 2 | Rot , either in the glue or the wood or both , was only too likely within a few months . |
| 3 | The Olympic qualifying standard had been set at 64.50m so he went seriously into steroid use for the first time and threw a Commonwealth record of 67.32 within a few months . |
| 4 | Jacques was also fortunate in that within a few months of taking up his appointment , the government 's public expenditure restrictions imposed in the economic crisis of 1931 were relaxed in 1935- 36 with the restoration of progressive grants and the encouragement of new provision in adult education , outlined in the Board of Education 's Circular 1444 . |
| 5 | While Cameroun 's economic activity returned to normal within a few months , the experience of the three attempted coups , and particularly of the last , undermined the sense of renewal which Paul Biya 's elevation to the presidency had achieved . |