Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men were taken into a tent and allowed to look at a group of objects for a short period after which they had to recall every detail they had observed . |
| 2 | Although the London Borough of Southwark agreed to maintain the level of funding to some of the projects for a short time after the demise of the I. L. E. A. , that support can no longer be guaranteed . |
| 3 | From here we take the road marked Curral das Freiras for a short but very scenic and awe-inspiring drive . |
| 4 | Consequently such services have only been under the administration of health authorities for a short while . |
| 5 | Mrs Tiller presided over the one in Blackpool while he was at the grander one in Addlestone , Surrey , to which , when the Girls were playing in London , he would invite small groups for a short weekend . |
| 6 | An interesting aspect concerning my widely-flung net for Pathfinders was that Groups after a short while sent crews who had not volunteered to join the PFF and , in many cases , had made a nuisance of themselves . |
| 7 | Our study design explains how we could detect a significant difference in urinary albumin excretion between two treatments in a small number of subjects for a short period of time : monthly measurements over 12 months increased the precision and consequently the power of our trial . |
| 8 | In fact , the teenager 's potential was also spotted by Colin Graham , who was assistant producer for the first performances during a short season at the old Scala Theatre , before taking over as producer for a three-month countrywide tour , finishing at London 's prestigious Royal Court Theatre . |
| 9 | Kieslowski cites attendances of 200,000 for the initial run of A Short Film About Killing , and 400,000 within five months for A Short Film About Love . |
| 10 | The chief mourner continued to wear a coat with train , together with the mourning hood , but even the manner of wearing the hood changed : draped round the shoulders like a short scarf rather than being worn over the head . |
| 11 | The problem is getting the material under control in order to reach ambitious learning goals in a short space of time . |
| 12 | As we have seen already when we have to cope with a large number of losses in a short time , it becomes much harder to deal with the grief that we feel . |
| 13 | After the publication of Heywood Sumner 's New Forest Wares , in 1927 , May was able to make ample amends in a short paper of 1930 ( May , 1930b ) . |
| 14 | Designer Labels is intended to short-cut the procedure , and allow you to do what you want with labels in a short time , and for the most part , it succeeds . |
| 15 | A burst was defined as a group of two or more contractions separated from preceding and following contractions by a short silent period of at least 10 seconds . |
| 16 | If you can not manage on your own or with family and friends , or if you prefer not to involve them , you can ask for your child to be looked after by local authority foster parents for a short or longer period . |
| 17 | We lived with her parents for a short while before she had the baby . |
| 18 | He did n't seem to notice , and continued , his voice rising even more : ‘ I believe when people come here on vacation they come to escape the perpetual grey in their lives for a short space of time . |
| 19 | The kind of strength you need to develop is that which allows you to move your body or limbs through a short , fast contraction . |
| 20 | In addition , there is no guarantee that the assisted emigrants will not return to their communities after a short period . |
| 21 | Soon after midday Tom Poole and his brother Richard decided to take their interesting visitors on a short walk to the farmhouse called Marshmills in Over Stowey , home of a large tribe of Poole cousins who were almost a second family to Tom and Richard : among them were Penelope Poole , ‘ a beautiful , dark-eyed girl ’ who would never return Tom Poole 's love for her ( he died unmarried ) , and John Poole , an Oxford fellow and later the rector of Enmore , who was Tom Poole 's friend and companion from childhood . |
| 22 | Jane had removed her specs for a short myopic rest , but now put them on again , quickly . |
| 23 | Open every 2–3 days for a short while to avoid a stagnant atmosphere . |
| 24 | It 's who 's facing Lawrence now , he 's in and bends off a short ball going towards Botham at leg gully , played it pretty well , in fact , the ball bouncing up towards his ribcage , angle the back down , played it very safely . |
| 25 | Where fleece is used to advance and protect the growth of crops requiring a pollination period it will be necessary to uncover the plants for a short time at the flowering stage after which the fleece can then be left on until harvesting to keep out birds , small animals and other pests that might damage the fruit . |
| 26 | The colourful procession walked down the steep hill , through the streets of the new estates , stopping at a couple of places for a short selection of hymns , to the King George V Playing Fields in Uppermill . |
| 27 | Indeed , pollen exposed to ants for a short time has reduced germinability and shorter pollen-tubes : such pollen leads to lower seed set . |
| 28 | But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important . |
| 29 | Passages [ 17 ] and [ 18 ] are respectively the unemended and emended versions of a short extract from Chapter 17 of Samuel Butler 's The Way of All Flesh ( changes of wording have been italicized ) The extract concerns the birth of the book 's hero , to the younger son of George Pontifex : [ 17 ] Now , therefore , that the good news [ viz of the birth of Theobald Pontifex 's son ] came it was doubly welcome and caused as much delight at Elmhurst as in Woburn Square [ it caused dismay ] , where the John Pontifexes were now living . |
| 30 | Film loops or mini-films are usually single concept films of a short length , say ten minutes . |