Example sentences of "[noun pl] within a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Cavan 's biggest problem is tradition according to Reilly , so much so that if a manager does n't deliver the goods within a few years he 's gone and a new one comes along . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If the pattern holds , Europe will have thriving private-placement markets within a few years . |
| 5 | Peter Hall and Trevor Nunn made their reputations within a few years of leaving Cambridge . |
| 6 | But they hope Colditz should be ready to accept its new inmates within a few years . |