Example sentences of "[verb] within a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it reported in April 1982 , the Club had other difficulties to deal with as the Secretary , Bob Hodson , the Professional , Ian Evans , and the Steward all resigned within a short period . |
| 2 | The EC markets are closely linked , points out the Meat and Livestock Commission , and , although the sudden , sharp fall in UK prices was largely irrespective of other European markets , a similar move in Continental prices was expected within a short time . |
| 3 | When complete silence had fallen he then produced a sheet of paper from his pocket , folded it back on itself to remove the crease , smoothed it out a number of times and then read a statement to the effect that inquiries were proceeding , steps being taken , fruitful avenues opening up and concrete results expected within a short space of time . |
| 4 | Moreover his site is contained within a short region of the HPV 18 URR whose activity has been shown to be inhibited by Oct-1 in co-transfection assays and which does not contain the Oct-1 target site we have characterized here ( 13 ) . |
| 5 | Would this be just another experience for him — a satisfying of his sexual needs , to be forgotten within a short time ? |
| 6 | In this situation , it is very difficult to maintain high standards , as such work usually has to be done within a short time limit , and often with very little space . |
| 7 | Proof came within a short time when in November 1983 more than five hundred deaf people from all over the country joined other disabled groups at Westminster in an impressive lobby in support of a Private Member 's Bill , introduced by Robert Wareing MP , which sought to make discrimination against all disabled people illegal . |
| 8 | When the demand for units is strong the management has no need to destroy units as they may be sold within a short period . |
| 9 | In old age several major losses may occur within a short space of time . |
| 10 | By chance , in December 1969 , Japanese glacial geologists surveying broad fields of blue ice inland from the Yamato Mountains ( officially , the Queen Fabiola Mountains ) at about 70°S ; 37°E , stumbled upon nine black meteorite fragments lying within a short distance of one another . |
| 11 | Different companies and cultures have been integrated within a short timescale , with fewer problems and better results than had been expected . |
| 12 | The power to direct that the prohibition is not to apply to a refused application enables an applicant , whose application has been refused on grounds which are remediable or because of circumstances which are liable to change , tore-apply within a shorter period . |
| 13 | In pursuance of this , 8,000 letters were sent out in 1898 and nearly 3,000 replies were received within a short space of days . |
| 14 | And this would surely happen within a short period . |
| 15 | These definitions enable us to say quite categorically that a household 's expenditure on food is consumption — the food will be eaten within a short period of time and that will be an end of the matter . |
| 16 | She was suffering from sunstroke and she died within a short time . |
| 17 | If Libya did not comply within a short time period , the USA , Britain and France would seek UN endorsement for sanctions . |
| 18 | In the former , the largest firm first announces price changes and the other firms then follow within a short space of time ; in the latter , some non-dominant firm , which presumably is considered the best at judging the market conditions , plays this role . |
| 19 | He has gone missing on previous occasions but he has always returned within a short time . |
| 20 | Kidwelly was established within a short time of the Norman Conquest , and added to by various baronial families during the reign of King Edward I and later . |
| 21 | Held , allowing the appeal and substituting a period of postponement not to exceed six months ( Sir George Waller dissenting ) , that for the purposes of making an order for sale in favour of a trustee in bankruptcy under s. 30 of the Law of Property Act 1925 no distinction was to be made between a case where a property was being enjoyed as the matrimonial home and one where it had ceased to be so used ; that where a spouse , having a beneficial interest in such property , had become bankrupt , the interests of the creditors would usually prevail over the interests of the other spouse and a sale of the property ordered within a short period ; that only in exceptional circumstances , more than the ordinary consequences of debt and improvidence , could the interests of the other spouse prevail so as to enable an order for sale to be postponed for a substantial period ; and that , accordingly , since the circumstances of the wives and their children , albeit distressing , were not exceptional , the order sought by the trustee should be made . |