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

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1 Closer to home , in their statement of educational principles , for example , a group of teachers from Wigan included the following : ‘ Education has the responsibility of operating within a democratic system ; of respecting and nurturing democratic principles ; of being open to change by democratic process ; and , perhaps , most importantly , of encouraging within the young those qualities and skills which enable them to participate in a democracy and ultimately to develop or change it ’ ( Department of Education and Science , 1983 , p. 27 ) .
2 This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development .
3 Indeed , it is rather illuminating to discover that within the first few pages of her book — and before she has even introduced her own work — she peremptorily dismisses the idea that genius is akin to madness .
4 With minds on absent players 'Mere started cold and were lucky not to have given away a large margin within the first few minutes .
5 I obviously made some fundamental mistakes within the first few days of my move .
6 Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days .
7 However , this pain commonly resolves spontaneously within the first few months of recovery .
8 Many beginners find it difficult , at first , to remember the Japanese phrases , but within the first few months of practice the language barrier begins to fade at a rapid rate .
9 But within the first few months of opening , the hotel was on target and , if anything , had underestimated its weekend business .
10 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 .
11 There is no time limit on the patient 's capacity for physical recovery , although an experienced physiotherapist usually knows within the first few weeks of starting treatment how quick or slow a hemiplegic patient 's physical recovery is likely to be .
12 The hand positions and stances are learned within the first few weeks .
13 The clinical signs in very young animals , usually within the first few weeks of life , together with the finding of large numbers of the characteristic eggs or larvae in the faeces are suggestive of strongyloidiasis .
14 There is already scope for significantly increased expenditure within the existing own resources ceiling .
15 According to Charles Birkeland , the laboratory 's acting director , " within the last few decades , the increasingly intensive use of land , water bodies and the coast in Asia has created significant disturbance to coral reefs and the coastal environment " .
16 Up until this afternoon , it was on sale at HMV , but within the last few hours , they 've stopped selling it too .
17 Its owner had claimed the animal was also whipped , but within the last few minutes , a tribunal has dismissed the accusations .
18 In March 1845 the Foreign Office wrote to the Treasury to say that the two easternmost houses of the Office had ‘ within the last few days exhibited rents of a formidable nature ’ .
19 As an example of their world wide exports , Frank recalled some of those countries where orders had been sent within the last few days — Cyprus , Fort Worth , Texas , Abu Dabi , Oman , Italy , Australia , France , Holland , Belgium , Germany and the weekly load to America .
20 Then Beryl went on to outline a couple of job offers that had come in within the last few days .
21 ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 . ’
25 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 .
26 Only within the last few years have doctors begun to realize that this microbe can cause disease .
27 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 ?
28 Within the last few years thousands of Goans have gone to work in the Gulf states .
29 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 .
30 Within the last few years a small piece of wall has been restored and recapped to preserve the last few remains .
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