Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] within [art] few " in BNC.

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1	I have found Roman , medieval and Georgian losses within a few yards when working suburban grass verges .
2	Although the endless state visits to Harare or Mauretania always climaxed with the publication of pompous declarations and assertions that trade was going to increase by generous percentages within a few years , the consequences of these visits were negligible apart from providing a few more exhibits for the trophy rooms in Bucharest .
3	Police in north Oxfordshire believe the same thieves may have been behind two separate raids within a few miles of each other at Steeple Aston ; both raids were part of a spate of break-ins reported to police in the Fox F M area .
4	There 's a cosy hotel bar and although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are many good establishments within a few minutes walk .
5	Although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are plenty of good establishments within a few minutes walk .
6	In contrast the Pacific , being so huge , and travelled across by aircraft that tend ( at least for now ) to fly principally between East and West and back again , manages to contain its major routes within a few distinct bands .
7	However , whereas years of training and practice were usually needed to master the many and complex skills of recombinant DNA technology , the complete beginner can start to perform polymerase chain reaction experiments and generate meaningful results within a few days at most — hence the explosion of activity .
8	They had first closed the door itself , but within seconds it was bristling like a porcupine with glittering bayonets within a few more seconds it had been hacked and splintered to pieces by these bayonets , and now it no longer existed .
9	If the pattern holds , Europe will have thriving private-placement markets within a few years .
10	But they hope Colditz should be ready to accept its new inmates within a few years .

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