Example sentences of "[conj] within a [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USA exploded its first thermonuclear device in 1952 , and within a year the USSR had done likewise . |
| 2 | The chief cargo handled here was coal , and within a century the population of Goole had shot up from under 500 to 20,000 The docks are close to the centre of the town , which was largely the creation of the canal company that built the docks with their brick warehouses and harbour offices . |
| 3 | She went back on deck at the appointed time and within a minute the man appeared . |
| 4 | By the time I returned from Australia , the KH965 had been launched by Brother , Manchester and within a fortnight the first dealer tuition was taking place . |
| 5 | They sent letters appealing to customers to pay part at least of what they owed in 1955 and within a week the £600,000 had been reduced by £150,000 . |
| 6 | But within a fortnight the Indian Round Table Conference had opened in London , and the second fissiparous issue had filled any gap left by the temporary subsidence of the first . |
| 7 | The liquid dispersed the frost , but within an hour the ground was freezing again . |
| 8 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |