Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] short [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afghan and diplomatic sources said that the Soviets would provide 2,000 more trucks and fuel tankers , but General Hakim admitted that the real problem will be fuel , which is already in short supply in Kabul . |
| 2 | Since both sites and nesting material are usually in short supply in a weaver bird colony , he often laboriously unravels his first attempt and using its constituents weaves it all over again in the same place . |
| 3 | The authorities had intended to encourage an ‘ early to bed , early to rise ’ regime as well as to save electricity , which is always in short supply in China . |
| 4 | For instance , coin and currency were always in short supply in the colonies and the British government in a mood of less than salutary neglect did nothing about it , so colonies sometimes passed laws to make bills of exchange into legal tender . |
| 5 | Many English teams playing in European competitions have fared badly when moving on to water-based pitches , still in short supply at home . |
| 6 | On his return from America — with presents of nylons , and other goods still in short supply in England , for friends — he continued with his usual round of private and business engagements . |
| 7 | ‘ Fashion , ’ he 'd rant , when they sent him home on short time from the stocking factory . |
| 8 | Showing no ill-effects from the ‘ chucking ’ accusation he had faced earlier in the tour , the Middlesex man soon removed Wright , driving out of the rough and caught at slip ; ended Hartland 's defiant debut at silly point ; had Greatbatch snapped up at short leg after a couple of desperate drives ; and broke through Thomson 's forcing shot via an arm ball . |
| 9 | This healthy contribution of commercial interests , which , after all , have experience and technical know-how which is often in short supply in ministries , deserves more recognition than it has received , especially since it does much to offset the squalid tale of the involvement by one British company at this time in corrupt monopoly state publishing ventures during the Obote and Nkrumah governments in Uganda and Ghana . |
| 10 | But there is a world of difference between these patients , discharged carefully to a community hostel , and those sent out at short notice after a few months in an acute psychiatric ward . |