Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] in a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may indicate that user interfaces to query structures can not yet replicate human processes of spatial reasoning in a reasonable time , or that in software terms it is inefficient to extend SQL , and that an alternative must be found . |
| 2 | Erm a light bulb is not using much electricity in a given time . |
| 3 | The fire brigade which was at the first blaze about 100 yards away extinguished the second fire in a short time . |
| 4 | Shildon had made remarkable progress in a short time but needed help as he was trying to do his normal work for the business section at the same time . |
| 5 | People always knock someone who has achieved a great deal in a short time . |
| 6 | Tim Holton said : ‘ We have achieved a great deal in a short time but there is still a long way to go . |
| 7 | For example , on almond trees : ‘ I find them to be trees making a good hedge in a short time … look well round a little wilderness quarters planted with flowering shrubs in a small garden . ’ |
| 8 | You 've come a long way in a short time . ’ |
| 9 | He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’ |
| 10 | The body of a young child works at the maximum rate , enabling the child to process far more information in a given time than an adult could . |
| 11 | and for the first time in a long time … manager Smith can name an unchanged team … keep a winning side … |
| 12 | Type A jobs are where the responsibility is for completing a finite task in a finite time , the typical project leader situation . |
| 13 | Project management is concerned with achieving a specific goal in a given time using resources available for that period only . |
| 14 | The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction . |
| 15 | It was a bright moment in a dark time . |
| 16 | This problem can be overcome by subjecting them to an external force , strong enough to alter their spatial distribution by a significant amount in a short time . |