Example sentences of "over a short period " in BNC.
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| 1 | These proposed innovatory Keynesian policies were distinct from the economic policies of the Labour and Conservative parties , for they demanded the use of bank credit , the ending of private land ownership , and the use of public works programmes to swallow up over half a million unemployed over a short period of time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Salesmen who underperformed even over a short period at the futures bucket shops , were put on " terminal ! " |
| 6 | Currently , the most frequent demand is for a minimum wage level of two-thirds of average earnings to be either implemented immediately , or over a short period . |
| 7 | This level of pay was never conceived of as being a realizable objective for a statutory minimum wage that would be brought in over a short period of time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The buyers in this particular market were very clear that what they wanted was a small loan , for a fixed amount , over a short period , paid weekly to a collector . |
| 10 | For instance it buys up stock which is nearing its redemption date , so as not to have to make large repayments over a short period of time . |
| 11 | We should only consider such cases where there is clear evidence of extreme weather and abnormal falls of snow having occurred over a short period of time . |
| 12 | Because intensive subject assessment is concentrated over a short period of time , many felt that disruption of staff and students was less , in the long run , than under the normal system . |
| 13 | As compared with the more usual situation in which we only know the activity of people over a short period , such data raise some challenging statistical and econometric problems . |
| 14 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |