Example sentences of "in a [adv] [adj] period of " in BNC.

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1 The school is based on the concept that ‘ Anyone aspiring to be a professional player can be trained to meet the vocational standards of the industry in a dramatically short period of time ’ , a statement guaranteed to raise optimism in any potential student .
2 Experiencing several such impacts in a comparatively short period of time might well be sufficient to trigger an ice age — assuming the other circumstances noted above were suitable .
3 Unlike some animals , such as cows or sheep , that spend hours and hours chewing low-energy food such as grass in order to acquire adequate nutrition , we can consume enough high-calorie food in a relatively small period of time to supply our daily requirements , thus freeing us to do other things with our day besides eat .
4 The Elton Committee managed to produce a comprehensive and widely supported report and a coherent set of recommendations in a relatively short period of time .
5 Although the initial injury he had received had healed in a relatively short period of time , he had been left with a pain in his left knee ; this was aggravated whenever he put pressure on the joint concerned , as in walking or even just standing .
6 The process of industrialisation not only began later in Germany than in Britain , but also Germany achieved spectacular economic success in a relatively short period of time .
7 It conceals , both in Adrian Bromley himself and the enterprize he controls , a powerful dynamic which , in a relatively short period of time , appears to have created the potential to make it something of a jewel in the crown of the C&P operations .
8 In a very short period of time the education officer has probably found him/herself in school discussing these very issues with headteachers at the same time as presenting an interpretation of the detailed policy position of the elected members .
9 And then there was this tremendous musical development in a very short period of time — one or two generations — and by the twenties they 're playing jazz-swing , very well . ’
10 Growing sugar and preparing it for shipping to London was harder work than growing and curing tobacco , and a much larger labour force was needed for the process of harvesting the cane and crushing it which had to be done in a very short period of time .
11 The SS-1 supercomputer is nearly finished , but some parts still must be completed , the company told the Milwaukee Sentinel : ‘ In a very short period of time , we could be walking that machine out the door to a customer , ’ a spokesman told the Sentinel — ‘ It 's just a shame that IBM does n't have the vision they ought to have . ’
12 Virgin will not pull it off if they add too much capacity in too many routes in a very short period of time , because filling capacity is becoming increasingly difficult .
13 in , in a very short period of time cos as soon as you get on motorway
14 The builder will not start more houses than he can reasonably be sure of completing in an economically short period of time , nor at a price at which he will be unable to dispose of them .
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