Example sentences of "within the [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | With minds on absent players 'Mere started cold and were lucky not to have given away a large margin within the first few minutes . |
4 | I obviously made some fundamental mistakes within the first few days of my move . |
5 | Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days . |
6 | However , this pain commonly resolves spontaneously within the first few months of recovery . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | But within the first few months of opening , the hotel was on target and , if anything , had underestimated its weekend business . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | The hand positions and stances are learned within the first few weeks . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 " . |
14 | Up until this afternoon , it was on sale at HMV , but within the last few hours , they 've stopped selling it too . |
15 | Its owner had claimed the animal was also whipped , but within the last few minutes , a tribunal has dismissed the accusations . |
16 | 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 ’ . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Then Beryl went on to outline a couple of job offers that had come in within the last few days . |
19 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . ’ |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Only within the last few years have doctors begun to realize that this microbe can cause disease . |
25 | 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 ? |
26 | Within the last few years thousands of Goans have gone to work in the Gulf states . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | Within the last few years a small piece of wall has been restored and recapped to preserve the last few remains . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |