Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [art] short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 2 | Although the aircraft did turn northwards , the flight-data recorder trace showed that the outbound track was held for only a short while . |
| 3 | We finally reached the docks , and waited in the queue for only a short while , which was surprising because of the amount of cars which were there . |
| 4 | Leith was about to state , quite forcefully , that she was there to work , not to flirt with every male who chanced his arm , when suddenly she realised that if he knew she had worked for Vasey 's for only a short while then there was a fair chance either someone from Personnel , or Mr Catham , had given him a brief run-down on each employee before he met them . |
| 5 | Furthermore , it suggest that those people who had become unemployed because of a temporary job coming to an end were just as likely to be unemployed for only a short spell and then to go back to work , and that they were less likely to have been continuously unemployed throughout the following year ( Moylan/Millar/Davies , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | Sadly , Mr Cod was destined to be with them for only a short time . |
| 7 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
| 8 | Lonsdale 's history of women poets through the century allows them to be understood against developments in the poetry written by men whose dominance of fashion was challenged for only a short time toward the end of the period . |
| 9 | The problems result from long-term exposure , so families who change homes every few years may not suffer because they are exposed to levels above the action level for only a short time . |
| 10 | Why does the snow settle for only a short time on the north west coast ? |
| 11 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
| 12 | Of course , we were here for only a short time and what time we had we spent with Debbie . |
| 13 | A spokesman for a major insurance company commented , ‘ If they were there for only a short time , we could arrange cover , probably without charge . ’ |
| 14 | But these devices allow it to remain out of water for only a short time . |
| 15 | Full employment , competition between employers for labour and high levels of labour turnover might mean that many people are working for only a short time in any particular job . |
| 16 | Sachs therefore concluded that the syntax of sentences is held for only a short time , after which only their meaning is retained . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 19 | This adds a bit of fun to the proceedings , but the same questions crop up repetitively , so its quite easy to cheat by remembering the answers after playing for only a short time . |
| 20 | ‘ For only a short time . |
| 21 | I have been in the House for only a short time , but since I have been here I have been involved in a number of private Bills . |
| 22 | This has been attempted with some success using the gene for human factor IX , though synthesis continues for only a short time , and immune response in the mouse receipients proved a problem . |
| 23 | In both cases the behaviour is not completely predictable , but observation for only a short time makes it so for all subsequent times . ) |
| 24 | I know that the Consolidated Fund Bill allows for only a short debate , but there will be other opportunities for raising the matter , including tomorrow . |
| 25 | But though their name lives on in the region of Tuscany , the Etruscans actually survived for only a short period ; they were expelled from Rome by the Latins and then defeated at the battle of Aricia in 506BC . |
| 26 | Tests at very high temperatures need be , and should be , continued for only a short period , i.e. , for days or a few weeks rather than months . |
| 27 | Usually this lasts for only a short period if the problem is acknowledged . |
| 28 | Each time Kandy was held by the invaders for only a short period . |
| 29 | As many as 35 per cent took jobs which they regarded as " stop-gap " or in which they intended to stay for only a short period . |
| 30 | As he pointed out to me , the port and other government officials , also the navy and military personnel , came and went , generally posted south for only a short period , whereas he was a permanent fixture . |