Example sentences of "and [noun pl] within a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Blue Guide lists almost 20 museums , churches and galleries within a circular area about half a mile across . |
2 | The propagandist view of literature , literature as illustration , tendentiousness , are denounced on the grounds that the desire to illustrate one particular ideological viewpoint at the expense of all else , has disastrous consequences at the artistic level since such an approach is at odds with any attempt to display the inherent contradictions and complexities within a given historical situation ; indeed , the case is quite the reverse : it actually masks such contradictions . |
3 | Since 1961 , the expansion of towns and cities within a hundred or more miles of London has been enormous . |
4 | Routine administrative functions were sited in the free-standing towns and cities within a hundred or so miles of London . |
5 | Everything else is without importance from the Creator 's point of view , and is only a play of permutations and combinations within a general program which is not a prophetic anticipation of the future but merely sets the limits of possibilities within which all power of decision has been left to chance . |
6 | Whilst no evening meal is provided there are plenty of local pubs and restaurants within a two-mile radius . |
7 | ’ … in the technically advanced firm organization serves primarily social ends , its function being to define roles and relationships within a social system . |
8 | There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings . |
9 | The interlocking of rights and duties within a single treaty may make this impracticable . |
10 | He has , for example , created a visible straight line across grass by repeated walking ; walked a ten mile ( 1.6 km ) dead straight line across Exmoor ; walked all the roads and tracks within a six mile ( 10 km ) radius of the Cerne Abbas giant ; walked from Stonehenge to Glastonbury on Midsummer 's Day ; and created cairns , stone circles and labyrinths at specific sites in the landscape . |
11 | In presenting a philosophical argument , however , the writer can range over different times and places within a single paragraph , but must mark out changes in the direction of his argument . |
12 | He identified ‘ three fundamental aspects of citizenship ’ which should be the responsibility of the school to cover : ‘ … the individual 's rights and responsibilities within a democratic society … the organisations and structures of society , including the rules and laws within which it functions … ( and ) the role of the individual … ' |
13 | Modules may be read via a package in two ways ; by reading out an entire package with all its constituent modules , or by specifying individual modules and packages within a named package . |
14 | What is more , schemata need not be limited to unordered catalogues of people and things within a stereotyped situation , or stereotyped sequences of events telling us what is likely to happen next . |
15 | This obviously creates the overall impression of both a bass line and chords within a single part . |
16 | The difference of level now would be that of a hierarchy of functions and sub-functions within a single language , though one might still plausibly maintain that the above sequence beginning LIFT-RIGHT-LEG was the translation of WALK in that system . |
17 | Similarly , it is not easy to generalize about the balance between central and local government when services are administered locally , and that between administrators and professionals within a particular service is equally obscure and variable . |
18 | It is checked and passed to the Registry who , together with the data preparation service , enter and verify approximately 10,000 individual marks and grades within a 36-hour period each term . |
19 | The three weekly markets and four annual fairs were a regular attraction for buyers and sellers within a 10 or 12 miles radius . |