Example sentences of "in a relatively short " in BNC.
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| 1 | All regular steel pegs rot and become unsafe and then unusable in a relatively short space of time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Because the recommendations in our Report have been prepared in a relatively short time , some changes will almost certainly prove necessary in the light of experience . |
| 4 | It proved to be a surprisingly accurate account of what in the event did happen , and is outlined here to illustrate the way in which , in one corner of Oxfordshire , changes which had been argued over for a decade could be effected in a relatively short time . |
| 5 | Successes such as this suggest that remedial actions are feasible and can bring beneficial effects in a relatively short time . |
| 6 | By interviewing people we can obviously obtain a great deal of information in a relatively short time . |
| 7 | In other words the issue is whether there has been a gradual process of change based on clear continuities with the past or an accumulation of changes in a relatively short space of time which has fundamentally altered the structures of the UK state . |
| 8 | The goals should be realistic ( i.e. attainable in a relatively short time ) and specific . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | These are areas with a rippling , sinuous surface , an intricate landscape structure with varying slopes and fairly wooded with rapid and small-scale change in a relatively short distance . |
| 11 | In our view it will lead , in a relatively short time , to fewer people reading auditors ' reports ' . |
| 12 | It was always good , the more so because he spent a great deal of time trapped indoors by his choice of work , a choice governed by his wish to acquire a useful little nest-egg in a relatively short time . |
| 13 | A social survey is a method of obtaining large amounts of data , usually in a statistical form , from a large number of people in a relatively short time . |
| 14 | Taiwan 's experience is typical of poor countries that have become rich and industrialised in a relatively short time . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , from the middle of the eighteenth century , the process of enclosure of the Midland open fields developed apace and in a relatively short time produced the landscape that Professor Hoskins describes so w–ell . |
| 16 | In a relatively short period earlier this year he suffered 43 epileptic attacks lasting between 10 minutes and 2½ hours . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ We certainly surprised a lot of people and I think we may even have surprised ourselves by the progress we had made in a relatively short time . ’ |
| 19 | This is because we believe the many aspects of manpower control essential in today 's climate can not be covered in detail in a relatively short presentation . |
| 20 | A man who has had a lot of success in a relatively short space of time — he has been training 15 years — Homer Scott has already had a Liverpool winner . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Renewable energy sources replenish themselves naturally in a relatively short space of time . |
| 23 | All this plus the lower level of media attention , defused the scare in a relatively short time . |
| 24 | In the computer industry , the power of trade marks can readily be seen as , in a relatively short space of time , names such as Apple computer , IBM , WordStar , Lotus 1-2-3 and BBC computer have become household names . |
| 25 | Many of his battle-weary colleagues , three years later , may regard his enthusiasm with some cynicism but most would agree with him that the nature of management in the NHS has been transformed in a relatively short space of time . |
| 26 | It conceals , both in Adrian Bromley himself and the enterprize he controls , a powerful dynamic which , in a relatively short period of time , appears to have created the potential to make it something of a jewel in the crown of the C&P operations . |