Example sentences of "[conj] for a short period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly a PSBR of this order , which is more than 8 per cent of GDP , is not tenable except for a short period . |
| 2 | Clearly a PSBR of this order , which is more than 8 per cent of GDP , is not tenable except for a short period . |
| 3 | The wealth of diamonds incorporated in her regalia reflected the fact that Catherine presided over a realm that for a short period was the world 's leading producer . |
| 4 | Following the pattern of community constables in England , where the overwhelming majority are male ( Brown and Iles 1985 : 9 ) , there are no females among Easton 's neighbourhood constables , although for a short period the sergeant was female . |
| 5 | These jennies were either collected in small workshops or placed out in cottages and seem to have brought increased earnings to many women in the cloth-working families , albeit for a short period until the machines got larger and , more importantly , the largely male-worked spinning mule began to replace the jenny . |
| 6 | On graduating he was ordained , and for a short period was a tutor at New College . |
| 7 | These were doubtless satisfactory for the individuals who had collected them and for a short period of time , until perhaps superseded by rulings that were seen to be more appropriate . |
| 8 | Really , this is another way of saying that capital is sunk , but for a short period of time , because whilst the plane is in use it is not available for alternative flights . |
| 9 | To save precious fuel , sheep were occasionally used on the front field instead of a motor-mower to keep the grass in check , though it probably did not matter too much , as for a short period the field could no longer be used anyway for Games , owing to the telegraph poles and other obstacles laid and dug there to thwart landings by German gliders and paratroopers . |