Example sentences of "and within a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schools must also be seen within a system of administration ( usually centralised ) conforming to certain patterns and practices of control and within a hierarchical structure often difficult to change . |
| 2 | He received Nicholas and Astorre in his pavilion , and within a reasonable time , although the quilted cover had barely been flung over the mattress , and the pile of carpets was ruffled . |
| 3 | Do that as soon as you can and within a reasonable time , says the Sale of Goods Act . |
| 4 | These are terms that : the supplier acting in the course of a business will carry out the service with reasonable care and skill ( section 13 ) and within a reasonable time ( section 14 ) ; and that the customer will pay a reasonable charge ( section 15 ) . |
| 5 | Europe was a ‘ vocation ’ for Germans , and within a European framework reunification would be acceptable . |
| 6 | I shall return in the last part of this book to discuss the realistic potential for both the renewables and conservation in more detail and within a non-nuclear energy policy . |
| 7 | Ladner 's ( 1979 ) account of young black girls growing up in US cities in the 1960s , for example , was written against conventional sociological accounts of pathological socialization in the black family , and within a black studies perspective . |
| 8 | One reason for the length of the definitions is that English is a highly polysemous language , and within a typical entry there will be separate definitions for every sense of the word . |
| 9 | At the same time , and within a heterosexual economy generally , there tends to be a profound separation between identification and desire , especially for males . |
| 10 | The district council objects to the proposed channel because it involves development in the green belt and within a local landscape area . |
| 11 | Unable to stop paddling for fear of capsizing , Tony and I can not put on our anoraks and within a few minutes we are soaked by the freezing combination of sea and rain . |
| 12 | I am hot and sticky from my drive , but the scent of lilac drifts in from the garden with the sound of blackbirds , and within a few minutes I feel much at home . |
| 13 | ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it . |
| 14 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
| 15 | I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line . |
| 16 | Samuel had already arrived and within a few minutes they were joined by Neville Chamberlain , MacDonald told them of the situation in the Cabinet , and of his advice to the King . |
| 17 | The men followed them and within a few moments lord Hulton and I were standing there just as before watching the tiny figures on the skyline , listening to the distant " Haow , haow ! " |
| 18 | By definition , the altruistic majority must promote the reproductive success of the selfish the reproductive success of the selfish organism , the mutant , will be far greater than the altruist , and within a few generations of selfish individuals . |
| 19 | Put a piece of raw meat into a stream and within a few hours it will be covered with small , flat , black worms feeding on it . |
| 20 | The proteins move in the electric current at a speed which depends on their electric charge and molecular weights , and within a few hours they have become distributed along the length of the gel — the procedure is called gel electrophoresis . |
| 21 | And within a few hours of taking it , that 's when this happened to me . |
| 22 | And within a few hours of meeting 25-year-old Chris , Heather agreed to spend the rest of her life with him . |
| 23 | Beyond the apple trees and within a few feet of the river is a large raised platform , visible in winter before its annual submergence in weeds , part of a vanished building , and there are clear lines of stone walls adjoining it . |
| 24 | The first adult Scout troop formed was the 1st Duke of Grafton 's Own ( Clapham St. Bede 's ) which was formed in 1913 , and within a few years there were also Scouters and Guiders established in London at West Ham , Green Lanes ( St. John of Beverley 's ) , North Clapham and Stoke Newington . |
| 25 | These inspired the Chinese people and within a few years , there had been major efforts to move away from the centralised , planned economic system which was typical of communist regimes . |
| 26 | Under the legislation this was not in fact required ( only the Boards as a whole were required to break even ‘ taking one year with another ’ ) , but Citrine and his senior colleagues believed that it was a desirable principle that each Board should break even , and within a few years of nationalisation this was also tacitly accepted by the Boards . |
| 27 | His success was short-lived and within a few years Ivan had to accept Turkish suzerainty . |
| 28 | Tace , describing the orchid in his novel , had also told where it was to be found , and within a few years every tuber and plant of leuchorchis albida had been stripped from the moor . |
| 29 | Captain French died in 1854 and within a few years his wife was confined to a mental home . |
| 30 | Merceron 's political career began in 1787 , and within a few years he had became a vestryman , a tax commissioner , and a justice of the peace . |