Example sentences of "within the [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I obviously made some fundamental mistakes within the first few days of my move . |
| 2 | There is no time limit on the patient 's capacity for physical recovery , although an experienced physiotherapist usually knows within the first few weeks of starting treatment how quick or slow a hemiplegic patient 's physical recovery is likely to be . |
| 3 | With minds on absent players 'Mere started cold and were lucky not to have given away a large margin within the first few minutes . |
| 4 | Indeed , it is rather illuminating to discover that within the first few pages of her book — and before she has even introduced her own work — she peremptorily dismisses the idea that genius is akin to madness . |
| 5 | Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days . |
| 6 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 7 | However , this pain commonly resolves spontaneously within the first few months of recovery . |
| 8 | The hand positions and stances are learned within the first few weeks . |
| 9 | Many beginners find it difficult , at first , to remember the Japanese phrases , but within the first few months of practice the language barrier begins to fade at a rapid rate . |
| 10 | But within the first few months of opening , the hotel was on target and , if anything , had underestimated its weekend business . |
| 11 | The second part of this study will use a large sample of recent graduates to investigate the individual graduate 's choice to become a teacher or not and the incentive to remain in teaching or to leave the job within the first few years . |
| 12 | The clinical signs in very young animals , usually within the first few weeks of life , together with the finding of large numbers of the characteristic eggs or larvae in the faeces are suggestive of strongyloidiasis . |
| 13 | Within the last few years , physicists have come within a few thousandths of a degree of absolute zero using a new technique called laser entrapment . |
| 14 | However , many cars built within the last few years have hardened valve seats , or alloy cylinder heads that need little ( simply a retune ) or no modification to use unleaded petrol . |
| 15 | It was also able to claim , with confidence , ‘ how many frightful heresies have , within the last few years , run riot in many divers parts of the realm , but have now at last been checked by the providence of the all-good and Almighty God , the singular goodwill of princes , and the vigilance and zeal of the prelates for the Catholic faith , and seem almost extinguished . ’ |
| 16 | In the case of the 1902 eruption of Mt Pelee there is no need to resort to such artificial comparisons , because the eruption does in fact form the basis of an opera , known as The Violins of St Jacques , which has been performed in London within the last few years . |
| 17 | In March 1845 the Foreign Office wrote to the Treasury to say that the two easternmost houses of the Office had ‘ within the last few days exhibited rents of a formidable nature ’ . |
| 18 | Only within the last few years have doctors begun to realize that this microbe can cause disease . |
| 19 | I understand , for example , that within the last few years you have been lucky in receiving a very large legacy from the late Dr D.M. McDonald to build an institute ? |
| 20 | Within the last few years thousands of Goans have gone to work in the Gulf states . |
| 21 | It may have even done so within the last few centuries , though no one can know for sure . |
| 22 | Indeed so popular has it become that its designer has achieved the ultimate scientific accolade of eponymy ( having a phenomenon , method or piece of equipment named after oneself ) , for the apparatus is known as the ‘ morris water maze ’ ( Figure 9.5 ) and within the last few years has virtually replaced the skinner box as necessary equipment for all psychology labs . |
| 23 | It has also been suggested that the Bond albedo was lower within the last few hundred years and that the atmosphere is still cooling as Jupiter adjusts to its new higher albedo . |
| 24 | Within the last few years a small piece of wall has been restored and recapped to preserve the last few remains . |
| 25 | Developments have also taken place within the last few months , in introducing computerisation of sales order processing within the Export Department . |
| 26 | As an example of their world wide exports , Frank recalled some of those countries where orders had been sent within the last few days — Cyprus , Fort Worth , Texas , Abu Dabi , Oman , Italy , Australia , France , Holland , Belgium , Germany and the weekly load to America . |
| 27 | Suddenly , within the last few words , Downes had lost whatever composure he had hitherto sought to sustain . |
| 28 | According to Charles Birkeland , the laboratory 's acting director , " within the last few decades , the increasingly intensive use of land , water bodies and the coast in Asia has created significant disturbance to coral reefs and the coastal environment " . |
| 29 | It may interest them that within the last few months the European parliament has agreed to press for a bill of rights for the citizens of Europe and for a written constitution for Europe . |
| 30 | Then Beryl went on to outline a couple of job offers that had come in within the last few days . |