Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [art] short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the London Borough of Southwark agreed to maintain the level of funding to some of the projects for a short time after the demise of the I. L. E. A. , that support can no longer be guaranteed . |
| 2 | In the course of a short time the farmer was sufficiently restored to relate his own story , as already recited , and in gratitude for his miraculous escape ordered a silver collar to be made for his friendly protector , as a perpetual remembrance of the transaction . |
| 3 | The work had dropped off yeah , and then I were on the , on the labour for a short time and erm then I got a job next door to where I lived , straight next door . |
| 4 | Yes , the cases quoted are clear ones , in which carers have been in the home for a long time , but obviously we would wish to avoid a position in which the carer was in the home for a short time in the expectation that he or she would then be allowed to stay there . |
| 5 | And I 'm afraid you 're going to have to stay in the room for a short time , while I make a couple of phone calls and certain arrangements . ’ |
| 6 | Where fleece is used to advance and protect the growth of crops requiring a pollination period it will be necessary to uncover the plants for a short time at the flowering stage after which the fleece can then be left on until harvesting to keep out birds , small animals and other pests that might damage the fruit . |
| 7 | These so-called ‘ displacement activities ’ which often involve grooming the body for a short time , seem to occur particularly in states of conflict between , say , attacking and escaping from another individual . |
| 8 | The report discusses the implications of the short time local authorities had to plan for use of the grant , in particular the difficulties within the time scale of consulting users , carers and others in planning for and providing new services . |
| 9 | In a major success on June 18 they defeated SOC forces at Kompong Thom , and then held the town for a short time before withdrawing . |
| 10 | She sent him a memo — the usual form of royal communication — but he replied negatively , arguing that it was n't possible as she had only been doing the job for a short time . |
| 11 | De Gaulle , who had never murmured about leaking taps or malodorous drains , remained somewhat out of favour with the group for the short time remaining . |
| 12 | Occasional breakdowns in the training may not be uncommon at this stage , and you should make sure that the litter tray is available overnight or if you have to leave the puppy for a short time during the day . |
| 13 | Then he went erm into the Navy for a short time and for some unknown reason he managed to get out of the Navy and came as Mr 's Personal Assistant and erm one of his jobs was to erm get these pe children sorted out and I used to write no end of letters for him to erm places like erm Ilford and Wanstead and mainly the northern suburbs of London erm about certain children who had been attending central schools which were something , which were something that erm East Suffolk could n't offer and erm trying to decide whether they ought to go to grammar school or one of the area schools as they we then were |
| 14 | ‘ Basically , ’ he added , ‘ there will be no reduction in the overall amount of services , but we will have Alder Valley , Hampshire and other operators all servicing the area in a short time . ’ |
| 15 | Robbie Warner , who led the championship for a short time last year and Geoff Baker exchanged paintwork , during their last encounter and with Baker 's team-mate ‘ Taffy' Gillingham unlikely to stand back and watch , it could be an entertaining afternoon of contact motor sport , all sponsored by BBC Radio Suffolk . |
| 16 | When the Parliament was dissolved by military force , Allen was one of the opponents bitterly attacked by Cromwell , and he was arrested by the army for a short time . |
| 17 | A peaceful calm settles across the Centre for a short time before the parade . |
| 18 | They want to find out as much as possible about the issues in a short time . |
| 19 | If we apply a constant voltage then , after the elapse of a short time , charge neutrality is re-established in the interior of the conductor but there will be some uncompensated charges in the immediate vicinity of the surfaces . |
| 20 | If the thought of a lengthy moorland return is unappealing , an alternative way to get to the best of the escarpment in a shorter time is to start from a parking area near a prominent standing stone on the unclassified road to Trecastle . |
| 21 | We expected that the most intelligent horses would get the empty bucket off the top of the food in the shortest time . |
| 22 | Arthur Burdett Frost ( 1851–1928 ) was famed for his draughtsmanship , accuracy and humour and in 1880 lived in The Strand for a short time . |
| 23 | Young graduates , like Mason and possibly Pollett , might take the position for a short time and then move on to better posts . |
| 24 | He had flown over the sea for a short time — the western sea , the wrong sea — then swung back on a reciprocal . |
| 25 | They walked around the graveyard for a short time , looking at the graves and then at the papers . |
| 26 | In the 1950s , the government of Colonel Oscar Osorio ( 1950–6 ) passed a law prohibiting prostitution in El Salvador , although it had little effect beyond filling the prisons for a short time . |
| 27 | Total membership fluctuated widely around 5,000 and it is clear that many members only stayed with the Party for a short time . |
| 28 | Although you have to put up with the pain for a shorter time , you may not have any real build-up to it — suddenly , strong contractions hit you — so it 's difficult to pace yourself and put into practice the breathing exercises you rehearsed so carefully at antenatal classes . |
| 29 | With an independent , it is vital to restrict the maximum length of the agreement to the shortest time possible . |