Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adv] short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But only for a very short time . ’ |
| 2 | But only for a very short time . ’ |
| 3 | They saw the animal only for a very short time . ’ |
| 4 | She was hit by a wave of familiarity ; the sudden realisation that this was the man with whom she had shared so much , if only for a very short time . |
| 5 | They will become tame enough after a relatively short period of time , to take food from your fingers . |
| 6 | And here is a final point from a female conference organiser : firm seating is preferable to deep sofas as it is difficult to rise gracefully from the depths to greet a colleague , especially in a fashionably short skirt . |
| 7 | Renewable energy sources replenish themselves naturally in a relatively short space of time . |
| 8 | So in a very short time we were in the air . |
| 9 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 10 | If the oil film breaks down momentarily for a very short period of time that little bit of carbon that four percent carbon in the cast iron will actually stop the aluminium sticking to the cylinder . |
| 11 | As a result of the reforms , already in a very short period we see improved services , shortened waiting lists , and so on . |
| 12 | Because the British planning system reinforces a natural tendency towards ‘ lumpy ’ growth , individual places tend to grow rapidly for a relatively short time and then consolidate more gradually , with the result that a place takes on a particular profile which then becomes relatively ‘ fossilized ’ . |
| 13 | Although it is vital not to get too high , there is no advantage trying to fly very close to the ground , except perhaps when taking off from a very short field . |
| 14 | ’ A temporary prefabricated structure can be put up in a very short time with manual labour . |
| 15 | It is one in which a repertory with a large a cappella element is cultivated on a daily basis by men and ( usually ) boys , all of them relatively young , who hold positions in a cathedral or chapel ( often for a relatively short time ) for which there is much competition . |
| 16 | He was back in a very short while and to her embarrassment he knelt and bathed her feet carefully , putting a plaster on a slight cut after he had dried them . |
| 17 | You would be expected , often at a very short notice , to deal with the legal problems and issues arising from all the support services required for the operation of the employer 's business such as the marketing and advertising of products and services . |
| 18 | I think tranquillizers can be useful as well for a very short time limited period . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I was only here for a very short while , during which time I saw . |
| 21 | A person who has been thinking intensely , for example , even for a very short time will leave these thoughts in the vapour . |
| 22 | Even within a relatively short time ( 5–10 years ) a situation may develop wherein the economic gain is sufficiently diminished that the enterprise becomes self-destructive as the environmental costs increase . |
| 23 | When two of the Society 's officials visited Orkney for consultation with the Social Work Department , the Orkney grapevine ensured that everyone in South Ronaldsay knew they were there within a very short time of their arrival . |
| 24 | But the beauty of air power is it can get wherever you want it and go there very quickly indeed , because aircraft can be there in a very short time , ’ he said at the 75th anniversary celebrations at RAF Marham , Norfolk . |
| 25 | Rosie stood there in a very short nightie , her hair rumpled and her eyes narrowed against the morning sunlight . |
| 26 | In principle , both measurements could be taken simultaneously , but in practice the group gets its best results by recording diffraction and absorption sequentially with a very short time delay . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But only very for a very short period . |