Example sentences of "[adv] for a short period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 2 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
| 3 | But they do , they get paid a lot of money but only for a short period of time . |
| 4 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 5 | Only for a short period in the mid-1980s , when commodity prices and demand for semi-conductors slumped , did Malaysia risk hitting its borrowing ceiling . |
| 6 | When a particular task requires expatriates to work overseas for a short period of time , it is common for employers to hire people with the necessary skills on short , fixed-term contracts . |
| 7 | He was soon posted to England and then for a short period to Brussels before leaving the Bank in 1975 . |
| 8 | Cheddars may be hard or semi-hard ; they are pressed lightly for a matter of hours and then more firmly for a short period of days . |