Example sentences of "[noun sg] was within the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The reduction of British troops on the Continent was within the competence of the British Government : cutting back overseas garrisons was not so amenable to arbitrary decisions in Whitehall . |
| 2 | The key phrase used by Mr Meacher is that there should be a ‘ genuine interest ’ involved before industrial action was within the law . |
| 3 | The Crown applied to strike out the originating summons on the grounds that the point at issue was within the Special Commissioners ' exclusive jurisdiction . |
| 4 | Carson said that in theory his own place was within the flood basin , but there had never been any trouble as long as he 'd lived there ; places right on the towpath used to get flooded regularly when the tide was high . |
| 5 | Westergaard and Resler ( who produced the figures for the period up to 1960 in Table 5 ) suggest that the most significant redistribution was within the wealthiest groups , rather than between them and the less well-off . |
| 6 | Rectal sensation was within the range of our control group ( 20 ml ) in all incontinent patients . |
| 7 | Secondly , Mr. Thornton argues that the conversation in the shop was within the scope of the Code of Practice for the Detention , Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers , issued by the Home Secretary under section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ( ‘ PACE Codes of Practice , Code C ’ ) . |
| 8 | It led her to believe that her deluded behaviour was within the realm of the acceptable when it was not . |
| 9 | Despite this framework , Parliament can not be taken to have intended that making a demand was within the scope of the prohibition on commencing actions . |
| 10 | But its biggest impact was within the offices of Event itself . |
| 11 | Victory was within the High Elves ' grasp . |
| 12 | The attack was within the context of a speech largely praising the Roman catholic church in Ireland . |
| 13 | It was ruled out of order by the Standing Orders Committee as it fell foul of rule A three , the subject was within the remit of Congress . |
| 14 | In other cases where the matter has arisen the court has found either that natural justice has been complied with or that the matter was within the jurisdiction of the Visitor . |
| 15 | The effect , however , was that authorities had to live with both a GREA and a target and authorities spending above their target suffered a penalty even if their expenditure was within the GREA figure . |
| 16 | Now she smiled down faintly at the jungle below the crystal windows of the suite as if remembering home — though that day the really deadly jungle was within the city , not without . |
| 17 | This precaution may well deter a dishonest defendant bringing a totally different tyre to court and alleging that the officer was mistaken as the tyre was within the law . |
| 18 | ‘ But in the Government 's view the Department 's handling of the case was within the acceptable range of standards reasonably to be expected of a regulator . ’ |
| 19 | Levi 's support base was within the large Sephardi community ( members or descendants of the western branch of European Jews who settled in Spain and Portugal and latterly in north Africa , as opposed to the Askhenazi — the northern European Yiddish-speaking Jews ) , and many of his supporters claimed that the Shamir-Arens-Sharon collaboration had been nothing short of ethnic discrimination by the " Ashkenazi bosses " . |
| 20 | Levi , whose support base was within the large Sephardi community , had suffered a humiliating defeat in internal Likud elections held in early March , and accused the Prime Minister and Likud leader , Itzhak Shamir , of promoting ethnic discrimination against his community . |
| 21 | The most recent of course was within the memory of many of today 's crews and supporters , the loss of The Dutchess of Kent in January 1970 with just one survivor from her crew of six . |
| 22 | He adopted the right test and asked whether in the circumstances this mother 's decision was within the band of what a reasonable mother would do . |
| 23 | The greatest difficulty for the USRC was within the party , for any commitment to a positive social policy would be resisted by those whose vested interests were threatened , as Robert Sanders noted over labourers " wages : |
| 24 | As the site of Montagu House was within the area of the block plan design , the article asserted that neither the Duke nor Burn would be disinterested assessors . |