Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] short period " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this time , some ozone-depleted air may drift out from the hole , passing over Australia and New Zealand and exposing that continent for a short period to increased ultraviolet radiation penetrating through the thinned ozone layer . |
| 2 | A child who is not feeling well will stop eating temporarily and rapidly lose weight over a short period but this will be regained equally quickly once the child has recovered . |
| 3 | They may for some reason go to a Mother and Baby Home for a short period before and after they have the baby , or even go to live with foster parents . |
| 4 | for ignoring to work parents need to learn how to avoid all contact with their child for a short period but remain completely calm and uninterested . |
| 5 | We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’ |
| 6 | If there is a game which you find effective , use it on a regular basis for a short period , perhaps five minutes at the beginning of each session . |
| 7 | He told conference delegates he had been asked by the BNFL board and the Government to continue in his post for a short period after March 31 as his successor — John Guinness , currently Permanent Secretary in the DoE — could not easily be released from that post until after the general election . |
| 8 | All-pervading for a short period but ephemeral in the long term . |
| 9 | And he certainly did enter into it with erm vigour for a short period . |
| 10 | Brough [ 1991 ] Crim.L.R. 522 the C.P.S. delayed bringing a charge for a short period so that B was deprived of the possibility of trial in the juvenile court . |
| 11 | A surprising expression of regret that Loius Gerstner might get the top job at IBM Corp comes from AT&T Co chairman Robert Allen : Gerstner is on the board of AT&T and Allen said he would regret losing him : ‘ I 'm sorry to lose him — he 's a very good director , asks good questions , has good financial knowledge and experience , ’ Allen said , ‘ and I 'm sorry to say has learned an awful lot about our business in a short period of time , ’ he added . |
| 12 | They are seen predominantly in the early hours of the morning , or in the late postprandial period , and are usually followed by a second or third wave within a short period . |
| 13 | After fertilization the eggs form larvae that are pelagic and become a part of the plankton for a short period of time before settling on a hard surface to grow into new colonies . |
| 14 | Having said that , the landlord may accept that there is more certainty in serving a s 146 notice with a short period of notice , leading to re-entry , rather than to run the risk that the tenant may subsequently utilise the Common Law Procedure Act 1852 which permits the tenant to apply for relief for up to six months after judgment in respect of forfeiture for arrears of rent . |
| 15 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |
| 16 | Many of the examples that we have given throughout this material have shown such a trend for a short period . |
| 17 | You will remember that Julie Smith was admitted for an emergency appendicectomy and was only in the ward for a short period before going to theatre . |
| 18 | Mr. Levy , for J. 's parents , sought to persuade us that the particular order here could be justified because it was only an interim order , designed to ‘ hold ’ the situation for a short period until a full hearing . |
| 19 | Her condition improved , and she returned to the ward after a short period of ventilation in intensive care . |
| 20 | He was sent home from hospital after a short period , since the doctors thought it more important that he should be there with his wife , and he shouted " hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah ! " as he was carried over the threshold . |
| 21 | In 1846 he entered the engineers ' department of the River Clyde Improvement Trust , shortly afterwards becoming chief assistant and in 1852 acting engineer to the Trust for a short period on the death of David Bremner [ q.v . ] . |
| 22 | Viscount Melbourne became Prime Minister in July 1835 , but by the end of that year , it was necessary for the Duke of Wellington to become Prime Minister for a short period , followed for about one year by Sir Robert Peel , who had been Home Secretary and had introduced the first Police Force , enrolling men who soon became known as ‘ Peelers ’ or ‘ Bobbies ’ , after the founder . |
| 23 | Within my own panel courts have agreed to adjourn hearings , and make an order for a short period of time to enable a more thorough assessment . |
| 24 | Alec also recalls that his grandfather had been a bank boy with the company for a short period many years before he and Jean began their employment . |
| 25 | This chapter considers the pairwise relationships between three measures of trading activity over a short period of time , such as one day , for a particular futures contract . |
| 26 | You will therefore be put in the position of paying two mortgages at the same time for a short period . |
| 27 | Mind you , if someone would like to sponsor this work it might be that the Great Central Railway would be happy to give the locomotive a different identity for a short period . |
| 28 | Particular emphasis will be placed upon an evaluation of whether young children 's skills at remembering verbal material for a short period constrains their abilities to learn such verbal sequences , and so may indirectly mediate the link between nursery rhyme knowledge and later reading ability . |
| 29 | Affected fish are dipped in such a solution for a short period and then can be safely returned to the pool . |
| 30 | I was particularly distressed when I personally sanctioned his return to operational flying after a short period as an instructor at an OTU . |