Example sentences of "in a short [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | would prefer that too er partly because it would give everybody an opportunity to look at the particular problem er in , in , in , in , in a shorter period of time , erm we are also cheered by the recent visit to England by the minister there Mr who made certain promises , I think it would be useful if Mr who a candidate at the meeting would reiterate his promises publicly today , thank you Chairman . |
| 2 | Cooke needs a return of the effervescence that earlier in the year made him England number one , English national champion and Commonwealth champion all in a short space of time . |
| 3 | Such catastrophic events , he believes , are more likely to be due to the receipt of a considerable volume of rainfall in a short space of time on to soils which are already saturated , as occurs during the monsoon season . |
| 4 | In a short space of time the crept workings in Wallsend , Wellington , Percy Main , Bebburn , Jarrow , Elswich and Berwell were all reopened . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is because a predator is able to find and eat relatively large numbers of aposematic prey in a short space of time , and that the high initial rate of feeding produces a more powerful reinforcement than a greater number of prey eaten over a longer period . |
| 6 | Several minor changes occurring in a short space of time can have a totting-up effect , challenging and even overloading the resources people have at their disposal . |
| 7 | The evidence shows that animals can vary their size extremely rapidly in a short space of time when they become , for example , geographically isolated from the main herd . |
| 8 | Alan Davies has done a very good job in a short space of time and if he remains as coach for three seasons or more Wales will be in with a fighting chance for the future — and certainly in the next World Cup ’ . |
| 9 | With four sales to cover in a short space of time your correspondent was left with the impression that there is no lack of interest in the subject , that the general standard of cataloguing is high , but prices remain depressed — except that is for anything related to Zeppelins and lighter-than-air aviation . |
| 10 | Fellow coach Robert Millington reckoned : ‘ Physiologically , they [ blacks ] are much better equipped than whites ; not so much with what they 've got to start with , but what they can achieve in a short space of time . |
| 11 | The problem is getting the material under control in order to reach ambitious learning goals in a short space of time . |
| 12 | Perhaps , not surprisingly , in a short space of time life skills training has become detached from the wider objectives associated with liberal humanist education : the point being that teaching young people about society has been replaced by criteria designed to alter their relationship with it . |
| 13 | In a short space of time , the coach was sticky with chocolate and fans were being sick out of the window . |
| 14 | The problem was more one of having to absorb a vast amount of information in a short space of time . |
| 15 | Still , he had been knocked out twice in a short space of time and would appreciate some rest . |
| 16 | She has a superb track record , exceptional experience , and in a short space of time has made an enormous contribution to both reestablishing Century 's image and restoring its profitability in conjunction with Arrow . ’ |
| 17 | Editor , — Dr Nigel Oswald , cited by Stella Lowry , is correct in implying that learning skills in clinical decision making requires seeing large numbers of patients in a short space of time . |
| 18 | But it soon became apparent to the pioneering voluntary organizations that established them , such as the Richmond Fellowship , that patients who had been mentally unwell for years did not miraculously become capable of independent living in a short space of time ; they often needed permanent help and support and coped particularly poorly with changes in their environment and lifestyle . |
| 19 | I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time . |
| 20 | However , because refrigerators will not necessarily chill food down to the required temperature , plenty of establishments have become reliant on blast chillers to attain 0 to +5 degrees C levels in a short space of time . |
| 21 | I open wide and accept with ease because sometimes there is much joy to be had in multiple matings in a short space of time . |
| 22 | My thanks to Tim and Steve Wallace , Ron Mardle , our Chairman Richard Newcombe , Paul Lucas , my wife and our grandchildren who acted as sweepers up , errand boys and girl , etc. for all their work in achieving this opening in a short space of time , for the actual work of putting everything in its place I would like to thank the afore-mentioned and my daughter Bridget , also for manning the museum now that it is open . |
| 23 | That was until Ronnie McFall came to Shamrock Park and in a short space of time we have won the League two years on the trot , runner-up last season and challenging strongly again this season . |
| 24 | ‘ The breadth of knowledge and expertise which each person brings to the team is enormous and by working together we have been able in a short space of time to see the company woods from the departmental trees . ’ |
| 25 | The probability of successful removal of all such objects in a short space of time tends to be very low and , on some types of storage , extremely difficult or impossible . |
| 26 | Just how much things can change in a short space of time . |
| 27 | Common sense as well as medical evidence tells us , however , that excessive drinking over a long period of time can lead to health problems — and that drinking vast quantities in a short space of time is both foolish and dangerous . |
| 28 | The SIB defines " liquidity " as the ability of a market to accommodate transactions of reasonable size at acceptable price spreads in a short space of time . |
| 29 | The father-of-three was caught after four of the 800 workers who paid into the City Council Life Insurance Welfare Scheme died in a short space of time . |
| 30 | I mean disasters to us , necessarily , means a lot of people being involved in a short space of time in a limited geographical area . |