Example sentences of "in [art] short [noun] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the short run it attempted to detach itself from its ‘ extremist ’ wing — more properly , those sections of the Labour Party which the right-wing popular press considered extreme — on the grounds that the ‘ loony left ’ cost it electoral votes . |
| 2 | In the short run he wished to rally moderate Indian opinion , which had been put out of countenance by its non-inclusion in the Simon Commission , set up to review the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms in 1927 ; in the long term he wished to save India for the Commonwealth . |
| 3 | Mr Murrell said : ‘ In the short term we recommend the safety first approach ’ . |
| 4 | In the short term they need assurance that the payment for past services will be forthcoming . |
| 5 | In the short term I think that 's an area I can get over that until I get a car which |
| 6 | So , in the short term I see little hope for the newcomer or success for the organic smallholder . |
| 7 | In the short term he sees NT very much as a client system , with take-up by the server community a couple of years away . |
| 8 | In the short term he sees NT very much as a client system , with take-up by the server community a couple of years out . |
| 9 | In the short term it proposes increased monitoring to ensure that the highest standards of pesticide use are maintained . |
| 10 | ’ In the short term it means that we 're through the recession which has been really difficult to get through |
| 11 | A recent investment boom should help firms to compete internationally , though in the short term it has worsened the trade deficit . |
| 12 | In the short term it did sterling work in organizing petitions , counter-demonstrations and , most significantly , a mass lobby of Haringey Council in October , 1986 , when the Labour councillors reaffirmed their commitment to all aspects of their lesbian and gay rights policy . |
| 13 | It does n't require much thought , and in the short term it works . |
| 14 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
| 15 | One thing she 'd learned from Ace in the short time they 'd been together was to be quick on her feet . |
| 16 | However , in the short time they flourished , they had an enormous impact , not so much on the towns they joined but on the countryside through which they passed . |
| 17 | I had hope to find a single sponsor , but this has not proved possible in the short time we 've had . |
| 18 | In the short time we have been presenting Craft and Design in Heriot 's we have already established a reputation for outstanding work and last Session one of our pupils won first prize in the Edinburgh and District Rotary Club Design Competition . |
| 19 | She was good fun to be with and easy to talk to , and in the short time he 'd known her she had shown a ready sense of humour . |
| 20 | In the short time he had been aboard , he had undressed . |
| 21 | In the short time it had taken to procure the services of the constabulary , the situation had steadily worsened at the Harwell inn . |
| 22 | In the short time she had been in the City , she had been propositioned by a well-dressed lush , witnessed a gangland execution and been pursued through a deserted subway station by a bulky killer . |
| 23 | It was almost a relief to discover that even in the short time she had been on board ship she was already beginning to acquire a golden tan . |
| 24 | ‘ I just wanted to say that , we would of course be very sorry to lose you , you 've been a tremendous asset to the Department , even in the short time you 've been here . |
| 25 | ‘ How the hell , in the short time you 've been here , you 've earned the name Miss Frostbite beats me , ’ he deigned to answer one of her questions , albeit hostilely . |
| 26 | He 'd been full of hostility , she recalled , when he 'd said , ‘ How the hell , in the short time you 've been here , you 've earned the name Miss Frostbite beats me . ’ |
| 27 | In the short time I talked with him , I saw that he had lost none of his character . |
| 28 | With that , Dick changed course , and in a short while they came up from behind the Shuttle . |
| 29 | All sounds from outside were muffled because of the dock being partly below ground level , set into the slope of the bank , but in a short while I heard the sound of a car door slamming and after that the noise of an engine starting up and being driven away . |
| 30 | In a short time he became disillusioned , not with the movement itself but with the P.N.M. leadership . |