Example sentences of "[art] relatively short period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our own surveys confirm a strong switch towards optimism between our Mid-Term Wave in 1986 and our Pre-Campaign Wave in March 1987 , but over the relatively short period from our Pre-Campaign Wave to the end of the campaign overall trends in economic perceptions were small . |
| 2 | The groundmass crystals form when the lava cools on reaching the surface , so the individual crystals are tiny , simply because they do n't have the time to grow any larger in the relatively short period that the flow takes to cool . |
| 3 | Although it is true that this philosophy was dominant only in the relatively short period from the turn of the century until World War I , it subsequently left its imprint upon the labour movement and its appeal has not entirely been extinguished . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , they counter that the physical environment should not be considered a constant , even over the relatively short period of agricultural settlement in Great Britain , in part because of climatic change and its consequences , in part because of changes wrought by land use practices , and in part because of changed perceptions of the environment ; see also Prince ( 1971 ) , and Blaikie and Brookfield ( 1987 ) . |
| 5 | In the relatively short period of time prior to the Industrial Revolution the function of the prison can be seen as related directly to the needs of the economy , in that labour was forced to work on specific projects to overcome labour shortages . |
| 6 | Leaving aside the numerous examples of the rise and fall of parties over the past century , there are many instances of change even in the relatively short period of time since the end of the Second World War . |
| 7 | This result was not unexpected , given the relatively short period these patients had been following the gluten free diet before entering the protocol . |
| 8 | These quirks of fate , combined with Jane Brown 's own enthusiasms ( she is the author of a fine book on the Lutyens-Jekyll partnership ) have resulted in a narrative in which the gardens of the Arts and Crafts movement , a relatively short period between 1890-1914 , get twice the space of the gardens of either the eighteenth or the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | The greatest difference is that the Marshall plan was reviving economies which , even in the case of Germany , had experienced bureaucratic control for a relatively short period . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Terminally ill ’ , I submit means that the patient has an illness which has been accurately diagnosed , and which seems certain to bring about his death within a relatively short period of time , since the illness is beyond both cure and palliation . |
| 12 | require a commitment of organizational resources for a relatively short period of time |
| 13 | The therapist should prepare the patient for termination by making it clear from the first interview that a relatively short period of treatment is planned . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It seems to be agreed that the developer can expect to sell the units within a relatively short period , five years being a frequently quoted figure . |
| 16 | Elicitation procedures make it possible to examine a very broad spectrum of linguistic abilities in a systematic manner over a relatively short period of time . |
| 17 | On the one hand , ethnic minorities currently settled in Britain have been here for a relatively short period of time , and it seems that circumstances of migration and initial settlement are conditions under which support between siblings assumes greater significance than it might otherwise do — a point illustrated by the patterns of chain migration and of joint households which I discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 18 | It appears entirely possible for a coronary artery to progress from one with hardly any narrowing to one which is completely blocked over a relatively short period of time ; and conversely , it is possible for a severe coronary stenosis to stay as a severe coronary stenosis without progressing for several years . |
| 19 | Yes , I I I I 've had these for a relatively short period of time . |
| 20 | The typical applicant to the tribunal is a male , middle-aged , non-union manual worker dismissed after a relatively short period of service . |
| 21 | They will become tame enough after a relatively short period of time , to take food from your fingers . |
| 22 | In a relatively short period earlier this year he suffered 43 epileptic attacks lasting between 10 minutes and 2½ hours . |
| 23 | As an individual response conflict may occur where workers , finding themselves at odds with their work for whatever reasons , may respond by taking time off or by leaving the job after a relatively short period . |
| 24 | However , on rare occasions — perhaps twice before in recorded history — a change occurs so profound and so far-reaching that the entire orientation of society is altered completely in a relatively short period . |
| 25 | Clearly , large numbers of new features were introduced , new types of settlement were constructed and new activities were carried out , but 400 years is a relatively short period in the life of the English landscape and to describe the Roman era as an interlude may , therefore , be correct in landscape terms . |
| 26 | In intensive subject assessment , a systematic approach is adopted and every module which a centre offers is reviewed by a team of Subject Assessors within a relatively short period of time , usually one to two weeks . |
| 27 | One can imagine , in such a relatively short period , the delay and uncertainty that will be caused if the transitional arrangements are not properly set out . |
| 28 | On the issue of the Palestinian intifada ( uprising ) , Sharon claimed that it was possible to " eradicate … terrorism " and " reinstall law and order " within a relatively short period of time . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Our use of creatinine molar ratios has removed the source of experimental error involved in collecting total urine volumes over a relatively short period , and has revealed the existence of a log/ linear relation between concomitant changes in gastric acid secretion and UAO . |