Example sentences of "a short time [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this approach also helped compress our evaluation into a shorter time scale . ’ |
| 2 | Herodotus was able to establish some kind of time-sequence for the two centuries before his time , but he was a more diffuse writer than Thucydides , who was concerned with many events occurring in a shorter time interval . |
| 3 | The ABI , however , imposes a shorter time limit . |
| 4 | 4 Consumers must respond to price differences with a shorter time lag . |
| 5 | The live Genesis compilation from this year 's world tour covers a shorter time span but it at least has an unusual , if clumsy , title — The Way We Walk , Volume 1 : The Shorts . |
| 6 | After a short time Blackberry announced , " We 've asked Hazel to tell you about our adventures : how we made our journey here and had the good luck to join you . " |
| 7 | Benches were wiped , floors were swept , and within a short time Ling 's kitchen had been restored to the pristine condition in which they had found it . |
| 8 | It has a modern bistro feel , and in a short time catering manager Debbie Ferrie and her staff have impressed with their food . |
| 9 | At the end of the First World War it was confidently and almost universally assumed that after a short time money would be back to its pre-war value and market prices ( including market rents ) to their pre-war levels . |
| 10 | All members of staff have standard conditions of service as set out here , with the exception of temporary staff or staff who are er on a short time contract or maternity leave cover who may have a short term er notice er erm for erm a period of notice . |
| 11 | Does it have a short time span or does it last over a period of time ? |
| 12 | Within a short time father and daughter were experimenting with photography . |
| 13 | Some measurements were made using older plants over a short time period , just three hours . |
| 14 | If Libya did not comply within a short time period , the USA , Britain and France would seek UN endorsement for sanctions . |
| 15 | ‘ I have to play with pain-killing injections and I 'm not able to train except for a short time doing set-pieces on a Friday . ’ |
| 16 | But in December 1985 United States ’ officials indicated that they could accept a United Nations ' agreement if it led to a ‘ comprehensive and just settlement ’ , involving a short time frame for Soviet withdrawal and self-determination . |
| 17 | External reliability can be measured by comparing the test scores obtained by one tester working with the same group of children on two separate occasions separated by a short time interval . |
| 18 | At high stepping rates each phase is excited for only a short time interval and the build.up time of the phase current is a significant proportion of the excitation interval . |
| 19 | For a short time entry was considered into the Communist International which the Left in the ILP saw as a continuation of the Second International of which the ILP had been an affiliate . |
| 20 | In addition , for a short time bus route 64 was extended from West Croydon to the Robin Hood and to Elmers End Garage , but there proved not to be a demand for this service and it was soon cut back again . |
| 21 | This suggests that there may be a mismatch between the rationale for protecting respondents by a short time limit and the criteria used to decide whether or not Ord. 53 must be used by the applicant . |
| 22 | In this situation , it is very difficult to maintain high standards , as such work usually has to be done within a short time limit , and often with very little space . |
| 23 | We to put the decorations up in th in a s in a short time limit , the decorations take quite a long time to put up and as you know the decorations are erm are very famous er they 're nationally recognized . |
| 24 | In a case where defects are unlikely to be immediately apparent , a short time limit is unlikely to be reasonable . |