Example sentences of "within a few [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | After suitable lengthy training for the sacrifice , these psykers would be consumed within a few scant weeks or months , drained of their spirits till they died . |
2 | In contrast the Pacific , being so huge , and travelled across by aircraft that tend ( at least for now ) to fly principally between East and West and back again , manages to contain its major routes within a few distinct bands . |
3 | On an experimental basis at least , Hall argued the effectiveness of liberalization within a few inner-city sites should be explored . |
4 | Within a few frightening minutes , almost the entire room spills outside choking , swearing and spluttering . |
5 | ‘ It is odd that they said so many things to identify themselves within a few short sentences . ’ |
6 | And Judson in Burma burying his whole family within a few short years of getting there . |
7 | We have seen accomplished within a few brief months or years reforms to which we should have assigned , not decades , but generations . |