Example sentences of "[art] short time [art] " in BNC.

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1 Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge .
2 It was , therefore , for a short time a part of the constitutional scheme that emerged from the revolution of the seventeenth century that ‘ Cabinets ’ were prohibited .
3 Within a short time a truce had been arranged , and in September 1325 Prince Edward , soon to become Edward III , did homage , paid a relief ( or fine ) , and thereby secured the return of much of the land which the French had overrun .
4 Within a short time a National Deaf Conference was arranged to be held in the Lecture Hall of St Saviour 's Church , Oxford Street , London on 16–18 January , 1890 , and invitations were sent to all deaf societies and missions , requesting them to appoint representatives .
5 That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year .
6 After a short time the Duke of Grafton sold them the Rope Walk , a building where the old village craft had been carried out and where Ted Smith 's coach garage is now , and so they moved .
7 This fire grew very rapidly and in a short time the port wing was burnt away .
8 Our expansion had necessitated the leasing of more expensive equipment and in a short time the café was losing a lot of money .
9 However , I did find that after a short time the material began to pill quite badly around the cuffs and down the front .
10 His mother and a council of nobles were appointed to act as Regents , but in a short time the queen had fallen out with her colleagues , not least because she was an avowed supporter of the house of York , while several of them stood for Lancaster .
11 For example , for a short time the role of chairperson was delegated to a DCSL , and it was subsequently acknowledged that this was inappropriate , given the status and function of that position in the library service .
12 Within a short time the resulting single cell will divide , and divide again and again in the development of the individual now growing .
13 Within a short time the egg has become a group of cells surrounded by a membrane which holds them together , from 16 to 32 in all , and is known as a morula , the Latin word for mulberry .
14 ( i ) When a prisoner is sentenced to imprisonment for life , within a short time the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice are invited by the Secretary of State to express their views on the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence .
15 He opened the door , took off his cap and threw it into the stall : ‘ If that 's welcome , ’ he said , ‘ so am I. ’ In a short time the horse came to the door : they put the bridle on him and shortly afterwards the Norfolk man was taking the horse to the smithy to be shod .
16 In the course of a short time the farmer was sufficiently restored to relate his own story , as already recited , and in gratitude for his miraculous escape ordered a silver collar to be made for his friendly protector , as a perpetual remembrance of the transaction .
17 When they left the hospital he studied Ling 's list , and within a short time the purchases had been made , the sausages being stored in a coolbox to keep them cool .
18 Mr John Rennilson , the county planning officer , said : ‘ Unless we can achieve something in a short time the inevitable will happen on March 31 . ’
19 Pondering on her invitation , suddenly the idea came to me that my collection of quotations and prayers could form the basis of a helpful book , and in a short time an anthology took shape under the title of Journey for a Soul .
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