Example sentences of "within a few [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a few hours more than 40 people had signed it . |
| 2 | On several of the meres I fish I can tell to within a few minutes when I will get bites . |
| 3 | A pro knows within a few yards how far he can hit the ball with each club — unlike the club golfer who has a wide variation from day to day , and even from hole to hole . |
| 4 | Allen cast around and within a few yards further came upon a man-made path , narrow and winding , but in frequent use . |
| 5 | Modigliani saw the potential of the boy , who ironically became Beatrice 's lover within a few years when he was 18 and she was over 40 . |
| 6 | Within a few years over 800 exchange lines and 300 private lines were in use operating from the new headquarters of the amalgamated telephone companies , the National Telephone Company Headquarters at 13 Royal Exchange Square . |
| 7 | Within a few years both Port and Brimscombe Mills were again run together , by P.C. Evans and Sons . |
| 8 | It should also be credited with the fact that within a few years very little more was heard from politicians about the importance of the much-vaunted ‘ British independent nuclear deterrent ’ against which CND had originally campaigned . |
| 9 | And though the objects of our gaze have been varied , the experience has been a unified one , for they were the result of one artistic mood , erected within a few years almost 2,500 years ago . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , he was retained and the secretary was instructed to write to the parish officers informing them of the same ; they were told to pay the subscription within a few days otherwise Spies would be discharged from the infirmary . |
| 11 | The remaining cousins signed their copies of the memorandum , either on the day of the funeral or within a few days afterwards . |
| 12 | ( The Soviet stance vis-à-vis Iraq had hardened noticeably during November with disillusionment over the expectation that 1,000 Soviet nationals would be allowed out within a few weeks following the Oct. 28-9 visit of Yevgeny Primakov [ see p. 37758 ] . |
| 13 | In retaliation for confiscation of its sugar mills and oil refineries ( 6 August ) , its banks ( 17 September ) and the majority of its larger companies ( 13 October ) , the United States announced an embargo on Cuba on 19 October , covering all goods except non-subsidised foodstuffs and medical supplies ( within a few months even these items were included ) . |
| 14 | As for the English speaking , a child of far more than three has no difficulty learning Italian and is so far from being wedded to the tongue he has begun with that he forgets it within a few months so do not say to me that is an obstacle . |