Example sentences of "and within a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His success was short-lived and within a few years Ivan had to accept Turkish suzerainty . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Captain French died in 1854 and within a few years his wife was confined to a mental home . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But in the 1880s a successful means of refrigerating meat cargoes was found , and within a few years Australian and Argentine beef , New Zealand lamb , and American pork were flooding into the country . |