Example sentences of "[adv] a short period " in BNC.
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| 1 | But though their name lives on in the region of Tuscany , the Etruscans actually survived for only a short period ; they were expelled from Rome by the Latins and then defeated at the battle of Aricia in 506BC . |
| 2 | Tests at very high temperatures need be , and should be , continued for only a short period , i.e. , for days or a few weeks rather than months . |
| 3 | If you make sure the butt points at the target in the initial stages , and the tip follows through in a straight line , you will acquire both distance and accuracy after only a short period of practice . |
| 4 | Usually this lasts for only a short period if the problem is acknowledged . |
| 5 | Since rainfall controls plant growth , and plants are the base of the food pyramid , deserts typically have only a short period when food is abundant ; it is during this time that the creatures of the desert must complete their breeding cycle . |
| 6 | Each time Kandy was held by the invaders for only a short period . |
| 7 | In reality , the stories were recalled over only a short period of time and major event alterations did not occur , but both deaf and hearing people recalled the main episodes equally well and there was no significant difference in the number of events recalled . |
| 8 | Most people discharged from hospital psychiatric care have had only a short period as in patients and do not need long-term help after leaving . |
| 9 | As many as 35 per cent took jobs which they regarded as " stop-gap " or in which they intended to stay for only a short period . |
| 10 | As he pointed out to me , the port and other government officials , also the navy and military personnel , came and went , generally posted south for only a short period , whereas he was a permanent fixture . |
| 11 | A single kiln , for instance , probably implies a potter 's presence for only a short period in the life of a settlement some may even have been itinerant or at best semi-residential , moving on once local demand had been satisfied . |
| 12 | In spite of only a short period of minority government the Labour Party in the 1920s had also developed some ambitious long-term policies . |
| 13 | Moreover , it has been suggested that only a short period of desaturation — perhaps as little as 30 minutes during a 24 hour period — may be all that is necessary to prevent cholesterol crystal nucleation from bile . |
| 14 | The specialized frugivores are , in general , foraging for only a short period of the day — in the cases of manikins and cotingas , for only some 10% of the daylight hours . |
| 15 | Now it 's a lot of people , it 's only a short period of time , is n't it , one month . |
| 16 | And notwithstanding the invariable belief of these coaches that their own programme-of-the-moment is writ large on a tablet just descended from Heaven , there are no absolutes about which kind of exercises are best to get you fit over a short period of time . |
| 17 | The idea would be to compile over a short period a national register of wealth holdings . |
| 18 | What we 're trying to do is say look , you are senior people in this company because although you 've only been here a short period of time , but you 're still very senior people . |
| 19 | Studies at King 's College School of Medicine show that even a short period of hard pedalling on an exercise bike diverts blood flow from the uterus to the legs , ‘ stealing ’ oxygen from the foetus . |
| 20 | Any market situation can change rapidly over even a short period of time , as can be the case when a major competitor is suddenly declared bankrupt . |
| 21 | But , in contrast , they may partly see the ad in this way a number of times during quite a short period . |
| 22 | This pattern continued relatively undisturbed until 1959 , when a short period of major upheaval began . |