Example sentences of "[noun sg] over a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rabbits , having been bolted , will be moving at reasonable speed over a short distance . |
| 2 | I thought of him as the rhino : myopic , short-legged , thick-skinned , not too bright but with a mean temper , a surprising turn of speed over a short course , and , above all , a keen sense of smell . |
| 3 | A child who is not feeling well will stop eating temporarily and rapidly lose weight over a short period but this will be regained equally quickly once the child has recovered . |
| 4 | We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’ |
| 5 | The effects of this are most extreme at the poles , which are bathed in light for up to 24 hours a day over a short summer , and then plunged into twilight darkening to permanent night during the long polar winter . |
| 6 | It is a little known but true fact that a two legged creature can usually beat a four legged creature over a short distance , simply because of the time it takes the quadruped to get its legs sorted out . |
| 7 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |
| 8 | TI also took the unusual decision to try a one-shot approach over a short timetable , rather than the more conventional series of increasing offers . |
| 9 | Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play . |
| 10 | The broader inference is that the MARID rocks , related metasomites , megacrysts and polymict xenoliths found at Kimberley all formed in the upper mantle beneath the Kaapvaal craton over a short interval coincident with kimberlite generation and eruption . |
| 11 | This chapter considers the pairwise relationships between three measures of trading activity over a short period of time , such as one day , for a particular futures contract . |
| 12 | The spectre of listing was blamed earlier this year for the number of important works of art from historic collections to have come onto the London market over a short period . |