Example sentences of "be [prep] short " in BNC.
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1 | These may be for short periods of time to account for the non-matching of the firm 's payments and receipts from its business . |
2 | Erm , you can use ordinary spelling , you probably will use ordinary spelling , or phonetic transcription , this may be for short sections . |
3 | Emergency Protection Orders will be of short duration and courts and their officers must work to timetables to avoid the damaging effects of delay and long drawn-out decision-making . |
4 | As a result the remedy can be repeated without causing the patient any aggravation ; or if aggravation should occur it will be of short duration , easily controlled . |
5 | It has been well observed that classical revivals tend to be of short duration . |
6 | ‘ The face of nature under one broad and universal glare ( a cloudless midsummer day ) is not propitious to the feelings of an anxious spectator ; but this monotony can only be of short duration , because the declining sun … produces shadows ; these gradually expanding , uniting and finally on the setting of the sun … exhibit an almost infinite variety of form , of tone and of colour . ’ |
7 | It was therefore at Florence that agreement between Greeks and Latins was reached — though again it was to be of short duration . |
8 | The agreement was clearly intended to be of short duration and could have been secured by a lease for a fixed term , say five or ten years with power for the landlord to determine before the expiry of that period for the purposes of the road widening . |
9 | Without East Anglian acceptance of a subordinate role , Offa 's Anglian empire would be of short duration . |
10 | Compared to states or executives , governments tend to be of short duration — state institutions often remain in existence for long periods and officials in the executive may have lifelong careers , while governments come and go ( although some of their personnel may hold office in more than one government ) . |
11 | Physicians may favour age criteria because they believe that the elderly are unlikely to benefit from treatment , that any benefit these patients enjoy will be of short duration , or that a diminished quality of life after treatment negates any possible benefit . |
12 | In this situation it will be difficult to generate manufactured or processed exports since the expertise to produce competitively for international markets will be in short supply , though some countries such as Zimbabwe will be able to build on their existing export base . |
13 | The comforts of home will be in short supply . |
14 | Her day will probably be crammed with essential tasks ; an older child may well be feeling jealous and therefore be in need of more attention than usual ; money may be in short supply — and time certainly will be . |
15 | In all courses , teacher-time — the most expensive , and increasingly the scarcest , resource we have — will be in short supply . |
16 | At this time of year the process of decaying old vegetation will also deplete oxygen when it may already be in short supply . |
17 | With all three weakened by scandal , these virtues are likely to be in short supply . |
18 | Leadership skills tend to be in short supply , and so potential group members are highly dependent on the leaders who can help them overcome collective action problems which would otherwise condemn them to remain disorganized . |
19 | However , it claims DEC missed an opportunity to ship revenue units based on the 4000 since January and believes the 150MHz Alphas likely to be announced November 10 will be in short supply for some time . |
20 | Space to grow plants will be in short supply indoors , but satisfactory quantities of culinary herbs can be grown ; fragrance is possible , from mignonette , pinks and jasmine , and household or medicinal herbs of the smaller species could find a place , too : chamomile , hyssop , rue and vervain are examples . |
21 | However , unemployment in agriculture consistently runs above the national average and while certain specialist workers may be in short supply they form only a small part of the labour force . |
22 | The crowned heads and aristocrats may be in short supply today , but Baden is busier than ever . |
23 | Maureen , who was now the manageress of the wool shop , had warned them that wool might be in short supply so they had all bought plenty of every colour , including a lot of khaki . |
24 | ‘ But unless they get the crowds who turn out for the visits of Linfield and Portadown , every week , cash will always be in short supply . ’ |
25 | The bad news is that sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast , but there will be good sunny spells over central and eastern Scotland . |