Example sentences of "[adv] short of [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | In a rather different example from the same period , Scottish TV was so short of cash by February 1970 that it could not pay its ITA rental , nor the levy , nor its bills , nor get further credit from the bank . |
2 | They were in the air for just under 12 hours and were so short of fuel upon their return , an emergency landing had to be made at Ludham . |
3 | One difficulty , however , is that this offence covers a wide range of situations from killings just short of murder to carelessly causing death . |
4 | Walker dropped Mark Robins and brought in Efan Ekoku but Norwich looked woefully short of menace in attack . |
5 | Since 1981 a formally announced MLR has been abandoned , and the Bank of England no longer keeps discount houses deliberately short of liquidity as a matter of course . |
6 | He urged the Government to restore a ‘ right of entry ’ to Britain for Hong Kong people , which would fall technically short of right of abode , but would imply surety of refuge . |
7 | ‘ We 're rather short of news at Willesden . ’ |
8 | I would only add that although the behaviour of some of our major construction companies is a little short of criminal in some cases , no amount of legislation will change things unless subcontractors are prepared to band together and take a much firmer stance against some of their tactics ( they could start by employing members of the Institute perhaps ) . |
9 | That would be little short of disaster for the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury , which have invested fortunes building a high-quality image for their own-label goods . |
10 | You will seen in my reply to Mrs Butterworth of Ambleside that I mention the fact that the Catholic Voice is often short of material for publication . |
11 | Because China was often short of material to fuel ovens , a cuisine sprang up where a strong flame cooked food very quickly . |
12 | But all this stops far short of acceptance of the need for a root-and-branch reform of spending . |
13 | So , while England fall well short of support from six countries , India , Pakistan and Sri Lanka have two ready-made allies and need just one more . |
14 | We apprentices were never short of advice on what was wrong with society and the system . |
15 | Unfortunately , they are sometimes too short of money for this to be possible . |
16 | I was just a bit too short of time on , on Friday to That 's about all I need . |