Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adv] short " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very high interaction rate indicates a succession of extremely short interactions , characteristically in the context of brief and necessarily somewhat superficial monitorings of individuals and groups . |
| 2 | Apart from random fluctuations , the deleterious effect of too short and too long spacing is seen for each order birth . |
| 3 | It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice . |
| 4 | Not all the songs played during the evening hailed from the album with the set already suggesting Eddi has more than enough material to record and release another album at fairly short notice . |
| 5 | There is a folder of very short poems at Weston Hall written by Jennens , her daughters , and other women of her acquaintance . |
| 6 | Magellan was an ultraviolet spectral satellite , to extend IUE 's work to very short wavelengths . |
| 7 | As can be imagined , trying to obtain reasonable samples of the general population for relatively short interviews on such topics as voting behaviour or food preferences can result in a lot of interviewers having to call at a lot of houses over all towns and cities in the country . |
| 8 | Certainly from what I 've heard , things would never have happened the way they did , and I think from the sort of very short dealings I had with him , things would n't have happened they way they did . |
| 9 | If it is a cancellation at very short notice and the hotel is unable to re-let the accommodation , particularly in the case of resort hotels whose reservations are taken well in advance , the hotel may then be able to claim compensation for the loss of business . |
| 10 | Telegrams calling for a substitute teacher at very short notice in some far flung place were not unusual and had to receive prompt attention . |
| 11 | Kesselring , impressive and solid-looking with very short silver-grey hair , was unmistakably a very senior Prussian officer . |
| 12 | These were placed in the upper course , tributary valleys where the steep gradients of the rivers made it easy to divert the water for only short distances to allow a sufficient fall to drive the water wheels . |
| 13 | The exceptions are the Cassagnes/Malinski types where polyblocks or moulded fittings permit easy assembly with relatively short spar units . |
| 14 | About 20 syllables and 6 basic themes have been recognised in the whales ' singing , which can continue through day and night with only short pauses for breath . |
| 15 | Her patience in equally short supply , she found herself exasperated , not for the first time , by Peony 's snide tongue . |
| 16 | The second is that the CBD stricture is always distal allowing for the use of comparatively short ( 34 mm ) mesh stents . |
| 17 | The atypical but consistent finding of McKeever and his collaborators that a right field advantage can be obtained with both unilateral and bilateral stimulus presentation may be attributable in part to their use of very short exposure durations , and in part to their use of a digit as a " fixation forcer " . |
| 18 | Of course life is not always as simple as that , and being asked to cover for a colleague at very short notice or an unexpected cancellation or transfer on the theatre list can throw your best laid plans into disarray . |
| 19 | However , hotel management do occasionally change this arrangement at very short notice ; we will endeavour to give you the most up-to-date information on request . |
| 20 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 21 | If a more dominant punchcard with only short floats and a noticeable design , is used , it can ‘ kill ’ a decorative yarn . |
| 22 | Our countryside has unrivalled spectacle and variation within quite short distances . |
| 23 | This took the place of a pre-release course ( which would be impossible to plan in an institution where some men were so far away from release and others might be released on parole licence at very short notice ) but it covered many of the same topics . |
| 24 | Brasel ( 1976 ) , in a study of fatigue , replicates Gerver 's ( 1972 ) findings with spoken interpretation , that interpreter fatigue after very short periods of interpreting ( 30 minutes ) begins to introduce an error rate which after an hour is statistically significant and unacceptable . |
| 25 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 26 | It is better to keep a pair — adult males have long ‘ bristles ’ on their heads , while females have only a fringe of very short tentacles around the snout . |
| 27 | The largest genus of birds of prey in the world includes hawks in the strict sense , recognised by their combination of rather short broad rounded wings and long tail . |
| 28 | Or you may have a man of medium height with relatively short arms . |
| 29 | The leaves are small , floating , pale green , and oval with very short stalks . |
| 30 | Hotels will sometimes offer a ‘ T or P ’ booking to people , usually regular business clients who are only able to reserve their accommodation at very short notice . |