Example sentences of "[being] within " in BNC.

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1 What is significant is the extension since 1979 of the range of issues in the first category which the Conservative leadership regards as ‘ high politics ’ , that is , which it regards as being within its own sphere of decision-making .
2 Most people see modest tax increases as being within their means and they value highly — because they themselves use — the NHS , the state education system , public transport and other public services .
3 He conveys with a sure sense of atmosphere and detail the satisfaction of getting a job done , the feeling of being within a tradition of a long line of settlers of the land , and the sheer hard work which that entails : from persuading recalcitrant committees to support his endeavours to the literally back-breaking labour of dragging obstinate lumps of bog oak out of the peat to facilitate ploughing .
4 A short climb from the tarn leads to the ridge wall , the summit then being within easy reach on the left .
5 Empirical investigation using UK Department of Industry 1 km square data overlaid on polygon boundaries of north-west England employment office areas revealed that only 60 per cent of the points in the industry database could be positively assigned to an employment office area by being within a polygon and away from the boundary by a distance greater than epsilon .
6 For reasons of simplicity ( and ornithological necessity ) the whole of Chichester Harbour is considered as being within Sussex for the purpose of wildfowl and wader counts .
7 The most important of these latter are Bills concerning , e.g. , a particular local authority or public corporation ; or , more interestingly , Bills providing for the divorce of a particular couple ( now extremely rare , but formerly the only mechanism for dissolution of marriage ) or enabling a couple whose marriage would otherwise be prohibited by reason of being within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity , to marry .
8 The village has changed somewhat now , being within easy reach of the M62 motorway and , nearby , having the added attraction of the largest single-span bridge in the world across the river Humber .
9 Nearly all dinosaur localities were situated in what scientists can now work out as being within 40 to 50 degrees of the paleo-equator , where the mean annual temperature was 15°C higher than today .
10 The fact that her husband had fitted an electric light inside the cupboard made no difference at all ; it was the thought of being within that cramped space — even with the door to the hall left open — that Sylvia could not bear .
11 Every weekend golfer knows that awful feeling of being within 20 yards of the green in two on a 500-yard hole and taking another three shots to get on to the putting surface .
12 Section 190(1) of the RTA 1972 defines a motor vehicle as being within the Act ii it is a ‘ mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads ’ .
13 He spoke as if the Government now regarded the TBC as being within its sphere of activity .
14 Where a girl was in the front passenger seat and leaned across controlling the steering wheel with both hands , being within reach of the ignition and the hand brake .
15 Allowing for the actual word being within ±1 of this figure , we have a measure of approximate word length .
16 Essex , after being within one rubber off going down still further , are destined for another season in Group 2 , but Lancashire , dropping only five rubbers , have already started their climb back by winning Group 3a .
17 Perhaps this position can best be tested by taking an extreme example — a crime which it would seem to be impossible to accept as being within the ‘ normal ’ range of human motivations : sexual abuse of children .
18 This classic Spanish revival building is unique in its elegance and flamboyance , whilst also being within easy reach of many major attractions , including Universal Studios , Disneyland , Beverly Hills and the Hollywood Bowl .
19 In the centre of this grouping was the telephone administration itself ; its exact status varied between countries from being within a central government Department ( as in France ( to being a partly state-owned commercial company ( Italy and Spain ) .
20 The best age for superovulation is usually in the range of 3 — 5 weeks the optimum for a given genotype being within 4–6 days .
21 A mental event is individuated , first , as being within the consciousness of a given individual .
22 As a result of the village being within , and washed-over by , the greenbelt , no inset boundary exists in the vicinity .
23 The deposit copy of the York greenbelt local plan showed site D thirty nine as being within the village of Skelton , and site D forty as being without in the greenbelt .
24 Objection was made by the Skelton Village Trust to site D thirty nine being shown as being within the village perimeter .
25 There is an objection to the whole of D thirty nine and D forty not being within the greenbelt .
26 A substa substantial area of open land which is shown there as being within the inset of the village ?
27 Do you regard that land as being within properly included in the inset or not ?
28 One of the points you make in your er evidence erm Mr is that because topic area D thirty nine is shown as being within the conservation area , that it ought to be included within the greenbelt .
29 On that point , I would say that there are a number of considerations which arise as the result of that site being within the conservation area that militate against development in themselves , and this is in general well recognized on your side , and by the er er by the City Council .
30 For the requirements excluding places at which meals are served or places at which alcoholic liquor is dispensed from being within the meaning of " bar counter , " see s.139(2) ) .
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