Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] short period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the preparasitic stage , growth of the larva during parasitic development is interrupted by two moults , each of these occurring during a short period of lethargus . |
| 2 | Yet it is known that between one third and one half of mentally handicapped people currently resident in mental handicap hospitals should not be in hospital and could be either immediately discharged or discharged after a short period of training . |
| 3 | The New Oxford English Dictionary Project requires a sophisticated and novel computer system to be built and commissioned in a short period of time . |
| 4 | We should only consider such cases where there is clear evidence of extreme weather and abnormal falls of snow having occurred over a short period of time . |
| 5 | Small and undetectable numbers of sulphate reducing bacteria may have been present , unable to increase rapidly enough to be detected during the short period of this study . |
| 6 | which can be thought of as a temporary , unexpected rise or fall in income ( for example , an unexpected increase in income resulting from a win at the races , or a temporary fall in income resulting from a short period of unemployment ) . |
| 7 | They were told that the underlying constipation can not be treated in a short period of time . |
| 8 | That will not happen immediately or alternatively it will only happen for a short period of time . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , the equally essential but less tangible skills which make the difference between the ordinary and superlative restaurant manager can hardly be judged in the short period of a competition . |
| 10 | Because intensive subject assessment is concentrated over a short period of time , many felt that disruption of staff and students was less , in the long run , than under the normal system . |
| 11 | This is because the egg can only be fertilised for a short period of time following its release . |
| 12 | When Margaret Baxter died after a short period of illness on the 14th. of June 1681 , Richard felt her loss very deeply . |
| 13 | These definitions enable us to say quite categorically that a household 's expenditure on food is consumption — the food will be eaten within a short period of time and that will be an end of the matter . |
| 14 | Here we see an illustration of the almost universal law that the term Normal being taken to refer to a short period of time an increase in the amount demanded raises the normal supply price . [ … ] |
| 15 | We then move into a short period of dramatic play ( or " busy time " as it is sometimes called ) in which each of the groups go about their business , which they greatly enjoy — until frustrations begin to creep in . |
| 16 | By er failing even once to meet a reasonable demand for a for something to eat in a short period of time , then there 's a knock on effect to our business . |
| 17 | It causes them to suffer temporary lapses of memory and to have difficulty in concentrating for a short period of two to three hours . |
| 18 | The service flat , however , may be rented for a short period of time and fill the gap between the employee 's arrival in Britain and the completion of the house purchase . |