Example sentences of "within [art] [num ord] few years " in BNC.

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1 The second part of this study will use a large sample of recent graduates to investigate the individual graduate 's choice to become a teacher or not and the incentive to remain in teaching or to leave the job within the first few years .
2 Within the last few years , physicists have come within a few thousandths of a degree of absolute zero using a new technique called laser entrapment .
3 However , many cars built within the last few years have hardened valve seats , or alloy cylinder heads that need little ( simply a retune ) or no modification to use unleaded petrol .
4 It was also able to claim , with confidence , ‘ how many frightful heresies have , within the last few years , run riot in many divers parts of the realm , but have now at last been checked by the providence of the all-good and Almighty God , the singular goodwill of princes , and the vigilance and zeal of the prelates for the Catholic faith , and seem almost extinguished . ’
5 In the case of the 1902 eruption of Mt Pelee there is no need to resort to such artificial comparisons , because the eruption does in fact form the basis of an opera , known as The Violins of St Jacques , which has been performed in London within the last few years .
6 Only within the last few years have doctors begun to realize that this microbe can cause disease .
7 I understand , for example , that within the last few years you have been lucky in receiving a very large legacy from the late Dr D.M. McDonald to build an institute ?
8 Within the last few years thousands of Goans have gone to work in the Gulf states .
9 Indeed so popular has it become that its designer has achieved the ultimate scientific accolade of eponymy ( having a phenomenon , method or piece of equipment named after oneself ) , for the apparatus is known as the ‘ morris water maze ’ ( Figure 9.5 ) and within the last few years has virtually replaced the skinner box as necessary equipment for all psychology labs .
10 Within the last few years a small piece of wall has been restored and recapped to preserve the last few remains .
11 The various stages of plant evolution can be seen here , from relatives of ferns found in fossils to hybrids created within the last few years .
12 The First Orchestra has recently appeared in venues as far apart as Worcester Cathedral , Dunkeld Cathedral , Huntly Parish Church and the Usher Hall , and also enjoys a number of foreign links which have taken them to Denmark , Bavaria and Italy within the last few years .
13 Mr Clark said legislation ensuring re-inspection could come into force within the next few years and he warned that it could result in hotels being prosecuted if they contravened their Fire Certificates .
14 The company believes that 40 per cent of company cars will be diesel within the next few years , following Gallup research carried out for Shell Oil U.K.
15 He reported diligent perusal of the Dictionary and Figures and believed them to be the ‘ compleatest work of that kind extant ’ , but expressed his regret that many American plants had been omitted : he hoped to remedy this by sending specimens of growing plants within the next few years .
16 According to the Government , water bills will rise by 50% within the next few years .
17 This he did with such success that within the next few years his name became a byword throughout Spain .
18 I believe it is quite possible that within the next few years we might see European legislation which will not only follow that of the UK in prohibiting lead fishing weights but also outlaw the use of lead in cartridges .
19 Within the next few years , on the other hand , these will have to be complemented by the opportunity to follow through commercial non-print publishing projects .
20 ‘ It 's not yet up to the standard of EDS , of 12% ( of revenue ) pre-tax , but we aim to get there within the next few years .
21 Now based in 11 states with 72 stores , the company wants to be in all 50 within the next few years .
22 India looks as though it can be self-sufficient in energy within the next few years .
23 There are likely to be a number of crucial calculations within the next few years that have the possibility of showing that the theory is no good .
24 But if the black hole has been emitting for the last ten or twenty thousand million years , the chance of it reaching the end of its life within the next few years , rather than several million years in the past or future , is really rather small !
25 , The Chemical Industries Association in the UK has predicted that environmental spending by its member companies will double within the next few years , despite an overall drop in capital spending of 14 per cent in 1991-93 , compared with 1988-90 .
26 But falling pupil numbers at Soudley Primary School could lead to it being shut down within the next few years .
27 The committee was told a Kincardine Bridge replacement was likely within the next few years , but was a separate issue and all transport organisations plus the Scottish Office agreed a new crossing of the Forth near the existing bridge was essential .
28 We 're not g gon na get one within the next few years .
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