Example sentences of "[prep] a few inches of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although this was brought about by the Gulf War and the subsequent world recession , it is certainly now exacerbated by an unrestrained and reckless war of attrition in which dollars are hauled over the top of the grain of a few inches of market share .
2 They were buried in mass graves , the corpses piled one on top of the other under a few inches of soil .
3 They require fairly rich soil , and , after planting , all the branches will be cut back to within a few inches of ground level to encourage them to produce more branches for berry production next year .
4 The gun had landed within a few inches of Blake .
5 Watering from below , by standing the pot in a few inches of water in the sink until the surface compost is damp , is generally the easiest method .
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