Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] short " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the UK , for example , economic expans-ions often had to be cut short by restrictive domestic policies as an increased demand for imports led to a deterioration in the balance of payments . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure — ’ Derek began , only to be cut short by Charlotte . |
| 3 | When his failing health caused his Harvard stay to be cut short , Dawson retired to Budleigh Salterton , Devon , where he died 25 May 1970 . |
| 4 | De Marco inspected refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza Strip , although his tour of the Jabaliyah refugee camp in Gaza had to be cut short after disturbances erupted there . |
| 5 | On arrival , we were greeted by a ‘ Kaffen-und-Kucken ’ reception which had to be cut short . |
| 6 | My lecture had to be cut short , so that could drive me to the airport to catch the evening flight to Delhi . |
| 7 | Even trees in the street had to be kept short to give the army and police clear lines of fire in the event of war , civil or global . |
| 8 | But there is a lot of useful co-operation to be done short of that . |
| 9 | What we need , then , is to be stopped short before the process of substitution is complete . |
| 10 | But previous UN convoys to Gorazde have also been permitted to cross the border , only to be stopped short by the Serbs at Rogatica , 20 miles from the besieged town . |
| 11 | Keynes divided the demand for money into three types : ( a ) the transactions demand , which is the demand by firms and households for holdings of money to finance day-to-day transactions ; ( b ) precautionary demand , which arises out of uncertainty and the desire not to be caught short of ready cash ; and ( c ) the speculative demand , which is the demand for money as a financial asset and therefore part of a wealth portfolio . |
| 12 | Time and history , and above all the revelation in ( and not merely through ) Jesus Christ , were all too likely to be sold short by this . |
| 13 | There is ( intentionally ) no proper derivatives market that allows the peso to be sold short . |
| 14 | When the kite is removed from its bag , it is most likely to be folded short . |