Example sentences of "but within a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But within a fortnight Karl was back to zero — ‘ as bad as ever ’ . |
2 | But within a fortnight the Indian Round Table Conference had opened in London , and the second fissiparous issue had filled any gap left by the temporary subsidence of the first . |
3 | It would be much better to choose , not the level where the genus Euphoria is succeeded suddenly by the totally unrelated genus Amnesia ( as in figure 3.4:1 and 2 on left ) , but within a formation of uniform lithology where , for example , the species Abra cadabra ( which really exists ) Passes insensibly into a descendent species or subspecies by a progressive statistical swing in the unit characters . |
4 | Adoption workers need to accommodate in their thinking and practice more than one concept simultaneously , that is , the achievement of ‘ open ’ adoption or adoption with contact where it is in a child 's interests but within a framework of legal security . |
5 | But while the choice is individual , it does not take place in isolation , but within a framework of given options . |
6 | Individuals make their response not as one man islands , but within a framework of family , group , community and national involvements . |
7 | These technologies could be said to be neo-Fordist — that is they make use of information technologies but within a framework determined in the Fordist era . |
8 | He outlined his scheme in a letter to Henry IV of Germany , whom he fondly imagined would look after the interests of the papacy in his absence , But within a year Gregory and Henry were at war , and Gregory had to divert his ‘ crusade , to deal with enemies nearer home . |
9 | Some sections of the press were apprehensive about the ‘ un-Englishness ’ of an armed police , but within a year 821 police constables had received instruction in the use of firearms — although some of their senior officers believed that their men were ‘ nervous and excitable ’ , ‘ men of excitable temperament ’ who were ‘ not to be trusted to use revolvers with discretion ’ . |
10 | But within a year Tommy Cook was appearing on the doorstep first thing in the morning with a bottle of vodka . |
11 | In 1604 he made an apparently excellent marriage but within a year his wife revealed her reversion to Catholicism , whereupon their estates were soon either sold or sequestrated . |
12 | After the death of Glanville , Benedict de Sanctum succeeded to the see of Rochester , the interdict having been removed from the Kingdom , but within a year King John was besieging Rochester Castle , the surrounding countryside was looted , and it is unlikely that Halling , having a Palace of the Bishop would have escaped . |
13 | After a pious and seemingly untroubled Christian upbringing , he was duly confirmed in 1861 at the age of sixteen , but within a year was already casting a cold eye on the case for a " literalistic attitude " towards Christian doctrine and asserting that " the existence of God , immortality , the authority of the Bible , inspiration and other things will always remain problems . |
14 | The young king had made concessions to appease the rioters and prevent further loss of life and bloody rioting , but within a year , they were revoked by Parliament , and no permanent results were obtained by Wat Tyler 's poll tax revolt . |
15 | But within a century , the Coalbrookdale iron industry had collapsed . |
16 | But within a century a great change took place . |
17 | But within a minute former Watford striker Paul Wilkinson had equalised , scoring his 20th goal of the season — yet only his second in the League since Boxing Day — from Bernie Slaven 's shot . |
18 | But within a minute , any hopes of a Spurs recovery were ended , when the outstanding Roy Keane scored Forest 's second , thus securing their victory . |
19 | There has been talk of Johnston moving on , but within a minute of Wright 's goal he gave Everton and Kendall a precious equaliser . |
20 | But within a minute Weir found his bearings to make it 3–1 from a Pearson cross before Willie Gibson cut the deficit with a late set piece strike . |
21 | But within a minute that Renault could have turned off the main road and got lost in the maze of lanes to the west of Sandwich Flats . |
22 | But within a minute she came running back , saying , ‘ It 's Mrs Funnell . |
23 | I must admit , I ca n't claim it was love at first sight , but within a couple of hours she had firmly established herself in my affections , ’ laughed Delia . |
24 | But within a couple of pages , it 's back to the hollow sound of random jottings . |
25 | Not until we have a Question Time for the Leader of the Opposition , but within a couple of months I shall be answering from the Government side of the House . |
26 | Resource allocation in the near future requires accurate information not only for each school but within a school for each year . |
27 | They had a rough idea of when the murder took place from the state of the body — not exact , but within a day or two . |
28 | The song of each whale has its own individual signature , but within a season all whales within a region will sing a similar song . |
29 | First-time writer Evans was scheduled to make his directorial debut on the project , but within a week of starting work he was jilted in favour of veteran Richard Donner |
30 | Every three months or so I 'd clear it of all the wonder remedies he 'd accumulated , but within a week he 'd have discovered some other miracle medicine . |