Example sentences of "in a [adv] [adj] period [prep] " 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 | Here a predominantly grassland habitat was converted to a predominantly arable one in a very limited period after 1945 , primarily due to a Government policy of encouraging cereal growing . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | in , in a very short period of time cos as soon as you get on motorway |