Example sentences of "[adv] short period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The delayed decline in the population of Lewis and Harris and of the Western Isles amounted to rather more than 30% over a much shorter period . |
| 2 | Although the Inland Revenue has up to three months in which to confirm the validity of the election ( s 248(2) ) , in practice it is usually prepared to give confirmation within a much shorter period . |
| 3 | This is , of course , a much shorter period than that represented in Figure 11.1 , but it does show that the growth of the real money stock has been consistently faster than the growth of real GDP . |
| 4 | In addition to this decrease in size child bearing is now concentrated into a much shorter period of a woman 's life . |
| 5 | The nationalities concerned are generally Lutheran ( Estonians and Latvians ) or Roman Catholic ( Lithuanians ) by religion , not Orthodox , and they have been under Soviet rule for a much shorter period of time than most other nationalities , since 1940 rather than the immediate post-revolutionary period ( when communist-led governments were briefly established in all three republics ) . |
| 6 | The system is best at coping with ad hoc requests and these are usually processed within a 24 hour period at the maximum , usually a much shorter period . |
| 7 | The market can close for the remainder of the trading day or for a much shorter period such as half an hour , depending on the exchange . |
| 8 | An operating lease lasts for a much shorter period of time than the economic life of the asset and the lessor retains the risks and rewards of ownership . |
| 9 | I remember a graphic example of this when I was working for a blessedly short period as a Russian interpreter in Berlin in 1946 . |
| 10 | And so it was that all Hollywood 's difficulties led somewhat accidentally to what Ralph A. Bauer has described as a period whose movies ‘ were perhaps as varied and intriguing ’ as the movies produced in any comparably short period in American history . |
| 11 | In contrast , with pattern masking , subjects report seeing a crisp , clear high-contrast target for an extremely short period of time , too short for the target to be reportable . |
| 12 | Masterpieces by El Greco , Carracci , Murillo and Teniers were secured by the First Duke of Montagu of the second creation and his wife in the mid-eighteenth century , while as Rosamond Savile documents , the celebrated collection of Sèvres was acquired , in an astonishingly short period in 1830–31 , by the Fifth Duke of Buccleuch , who also greatly enriched the holdings of French furniture . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think this is an unreasonably short period of acclimatisation , ’ added Walsh , who climbed his first 8,000-er in the shape of Cho Oyu two years ago . |
| 14 | A review of these arrangements would be held in the assessment centre after a suitably short period . |
| 15 | boundary changes that we would like to have the full panoply of o o of inquiry a as the honourable gentleman knows , the the timetable was short here and what we had to do was to follow the model , er that had been provided by the last Labour government in seventy eight when it had a similarly tight timetable , took a similarly er er period , similarly short period of time er for the reviews and where erm the normal enquiries had to be dispensed with . |
| 16 | Sergeant Dixon ( stripes newly stitched ) was also enjoying himself , although initially he had serious doubts about whether he — or anyone else , for that matter — could successfully handle his assignment in the ridiculously short period of the three or four hours which Morse had asserted as ‘ ample ’ . |
| 17 | The builder will not start more houses than he can reasonably be sure of completing in an economically short period of time , nor at a price at which he will be unable to dispose of them . |
| 18 | These statements are all true and there have been astonishing changes of government policy in a remarkably short period . |
| 19 | Most strikers also underestimated the length of the strike , anticipating it to last for a far shorter period and the continuation of the strike was not something they enjoyed . |
| 20 | Therefore this apparent reduction in their rate of occurrence is a reflection of the comparatively shorter period of monitoring during the procedure . |
| 21 | Kathleen Kenyon , the excavator , recognized two deposits , but since there were coins of the House of Theodosius in each , it can be assumed that they accumulated over a fairly short period , perhaps as rubbish from the nearby forum . |
| 22 | Falae announced on July 6 that the contracts of the 134 directors involved would not be renewed , and appointed new boards to serve " for a fairly short period " . |
| 23 | Mr was well aware because he 'd been told by the plaintiffs solicitors that the plaintiffs received terms for cover or to obtain interest on their costs , the plaintiffs solicitors wrote specifically to Mr enquiring was his offer in , in the sum of forty two thousand pounds , that 's er the possible agreed settlement figure for costs , er if it was inclusive or exclusive of interest erm there were some delay but er Mr wrote back in due course making clear that interest was n't included , I should also say that in Mr er proposed bill of costs he had disallowed interest for a fairly short period in respect of both the plaintiffs bill of costs and the defendants bill of costs and the plaintiffs solicitors do n't appear to have erm taken any point on that , but as I say it , the point as to interest was specifically raised by the plaintiffs solicitors letter and er I 'm quite satisfied on the correspondence that they when it came to the matter were seen , were desires of obtaining interest in respect of their costs . |
| 24 | Thus , unless the table shown is a reproduction , which it is not , it would have been made within a comparatively short period . |
| 25 | In a comparatively short period — a few hundred million years or so — the Earth cooled down , and by this time , because of the gases belched out by its numerous volcanoes , it had an atmosphere . |
| 26 | Experiencing several such impacts in a comparatively short period of time might well be sufficient to trigger an ice age — assuming the other circumstances noted above were suitable . |
| 27 | But it might well be thought that if a procession has been regularly held even for such a comparatively short period of time , the police are aware that it is likely to take place , and it is therefore outside the rationale behind the advance notification requirement . |
| 28 | Some general explanation is surely needed for such a wide distribution of such a unique facies during a comparatively short period of geological time . |
| 29 | Amiens is the latest of the group and was built over a comparatively short period ( 1220–88 ) . |
| 30 | Payback on the investment is on target at four-and-a-half years for the Derwent and an even shorter period for the Victoria . |