Example sentences of "and within [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Qualitatively it lacked the professional touch , and within individual libraries it lacked planning and co-ordination . |
| 2 | We begin work feeling that certain codes of dress and conduct are acceptable and within six months we have agreed with the norms that indicate that certain codes of dress and conduct are certainly not acceptable . |
| 3 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |
| 4 | The farm stands on a spur of moorland on the northern edge of the forest , and within 10 minutes I had turned my back on the corduroy battalions of trees and was striding under a still , cloudy sky over tussocks of rush and coarse grass , with my face to the long , bare shoulders of open hillside that flank the winding shallows of the East Kielder Burn . |
| 5 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |
| 6 | With the loss of Gunbad and Silverspear , the Dwarfs lose their most important mines in the east and within five years they abandon the eastern fringes of the Worlds Edge Mountains altogether . |
| 7 | Others are moving into the frame and within five years it is possible that more than half of all lamb will be sold overseas . |
| 8 | The fragile democratic institutions of Weimar were not able to survive the sense of defeat , the recession and Hitler 's onslaught , and within fifteen years he was elected Chancellor . |
| 9 | A real beauty of a goal from Les Robinson … there 'll not be many better than that this season but it 's quantity rather than quality that counts and within two minutes it was one-all … |
| 10 | There was a significant improvement on the other side of the viaduct , a Victorian class divide that had survived the years , and within two blocks he was walking down a tree-lined avenue composed of tall , detached houses set back from the road behind fair-sized gardens . |
| 11 | I have n't seen it now , any any at all for about a month and within two episodes I 've picked up everything . |
| 12 | By the next day the yellow colour was fading and within two days it had gone . |
| 13 | She learned to stand up from sitting in a chair , and within two years she was able to walk short distances , even outside , with very little help . |
| 14 | Henrietta did not lose interest in her impecunious father and within two years she was with him aboard HMS Bullfinch for the trials of his new screw propeller . |
| 15 | It paid off — ‘ I actually got a job , then another , and within two years I was working every day . ’ |
| 16 | Burnett 's favourite preparation for the treatment of uterine tumours was Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum so not having the LMI gave her the 6C potency in a 10ml dropper and within 3 days she was relieved of the discomfort on walking and standing which it seems reasonable to assume is due to the fibroid shrinking . |
| 17 | ‘ The joke evolves down the pub in Newcastle , and the lorry driver tells it at a truck-stop and within 24 hours it 's all over the country . ’ |
| 18 | They put their cases in the boot and within ten minutes he was leaving the outskirts of Brussels , heading east for Liège — the opposite direction to Bruges . |
| 19 | He liked their deference and he liked their gin , and within ten minutes he was explaining to them exactly how the daily supply of crosswords in a newspaper was maintained . |
| 20 | Alf , my friend asked the man if he could mend the chain and within ten minutes it was done . |
| 21 | ‘ I joined the refinery straight from university , never having been anywhere near the place before , and within ten weeks I was actually in charge of my own shift . |
| 22 | So in the long run , first of all we saved ourselves an initial risk outlay of a quarter of a million pounds on legal fees , the second thing is that we now have that common land back under control , and within ten years we will recoup all of that money . |
| 23 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 24 | Fly half Jon Bland kept City going forward after the break with some long wind-assisted touch kicks and within 12 minutes he had landed two penalties to put City 10–6 ahead . |
| 25 | Clayton 's development as a photographer had accelerated at a rapid pace and within 12 months he won 12 awards , including : |
| 26 | At 15 , he started to dabble with heroin and within 12 months he was using it daily . |
| 27 | Marriage to an Englishman brought Sandra to Britain and within 6 months she 'd won the Sunday Times best Watercolour competition . |
| 28 | He was discharged from hospital and within 48 hours he was dead . |
| 29 | And within three minutes they were out of the house and into the car , and only then did Henry ask , ‘ What 's it all about ? ’ |
| 30 | You feel quite confident in interviewing both of them , but as it turns out only one of them has the imagination to emphasise with your ideas and within three weeks he is in situ . |