Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a shorter [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will enable the distribution to be completed over a shorter period . |
| 2 | The course is being offered initially to some 100 IBM staff and participants will have the opportunity to gain credit for their prior learning thus enabling the course to be completed in a shorter time . |
| 3 | These courses could not be done in a shorter time so they were normally arranged for a time of year when there was less pressure of work on those participating . |
| 4 | If they make too long a line in one direction , it will be corrected by a shorter line somewhere else , and the result will be some modification of the normal vision , which is a natural error in the vision of the artist , and which constitutes his style . ’ |
| 5 | Such a clock will wake an individual when a certain stage of the sleep/wake cycle is reached ; if he goes to bed late then that stage will be reached after a shorter period of sleep than usual . |
| 6 | to save time : organisations make it possible for objectives to be reached in a shorter time . |
| 7 | For those seeking to complete only part of the programme an MPhil can be awarded for a shorter period of study . |
| 8 | ‘ Whatever cuts we would finally have to make would have to be spread over a shorter period , ’ he said . |
| 9 | A heavy bait , therefore , has to be tackled from a shorter range than does a light one ; a comparatively clean bait — a worm for instance , lying on sand or gravel — has only to be ‘ vacuumed ’ a few times , if at all , before the bream swallows it . |