Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capacitor C2 is included to reduce the gain at d.c. to unity whilst appearing as a short circuit to a.c. signals . |
| 2 | Although sometimes appearing as a short man covered in hair , it is most often identified as a wild young bogey-horse , or a cross between a horse and a bull displaying two long , sharp horns . |
| 3 | During the 1920s James earned his living as a schoolmaster , returning for a short period to teach History and English at Q.R.C. , where amongst his pupils was Eric Williams , the future Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago . |
| 4 | As in the preparasitic stage , growth of the larva during parasitic development is interrupted by two moults , each of these occurring during a short period of lethargus . |
| 5 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 6 | Herodotus was able to establish some kind of time-sequence for the two centuries before his time , but he was a more diffuse writer than Thucydides , who was concerned with many events occurring in a shorter time interval . |
| 7 | Several minor changes occurring in a short space of time can have a totting-up effect , challenging and even overloading the resources people have at their disposal . |
| 8 | He and his wife were returning from a short break in Venice ( ’ no problems with public transport or with the plane ’ ) and arrived at King 's Cross station . |
| 9 | This may be of advantage to the developer too , attracting passers-by , even though they may initially be looking for a short cut . |
| 10 | For those searching for a short break that is just that little bit different , you are invited to make your selection for this year 's choice of special themed weekend breaks . |
| 11 | For style without the cruelty , High Street chain Wallis has five fabulous fakes ranging from a short swing leopard ( £130 ) to a reversible shawl-collared number ( £175 ) . |
| 12 | You could say that out of the simple song there came the poem capable of expressing in a short length deep thoughts . |
| 13 | Characterization of these cDNAs demonstrated that both encoded the same protein sequence but the shorter RACE product was the result of oligo-dT primer annealing to a short A rich sequence within the 3' untranslated region that does not have an identifiable polyadenylation signal associated with it ( data not shown ) . |
| 14 | Instead he found he was looking at a short , rather stout middle-aged man . |
| 15 | TESTING for a short list of illicit drugs has been labelled as myopic , since the working population as a whole tends to abuse a vast pharmacopoeia of legal but impairing substances , many of them heavily promoted by distilleries and pharmaceutical firms . |
| 16 | Wake , junior ABA champion and defending his schools title against the boy he beat last year , Roger Campbell , of Hampshire , found it hard going against a shorter but stockier opponent and had to survive being hurt in a tough second round before being given a majority decision . |
| 17 | ‘ This way , ’ said Nicholson , heading up a short path by the church . |
| 18 | ‘ Goodbye , my girl , ’ said Sir John , waking from a short sleep . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But between 1850 and 1890 even Austro-Hungary , Norway and Ireland urbanised at this rate , Belgium and the United States at between 0.30 and 0.40 , Prussia , Australia and Argentina at between 0.40 and 0.50 , England and Wales ( still leading by a short head ) and Saxony at over 0.50 per annum . |
| 21 | When bought in large pieces , such hams may be further enhanced by baking for a short time in a hot oven with a glaze of either honey , ginger syrup , marmalade mixed with orange juice or fruit syrups . |
| 22 | Lord C told her to take a spot of leave before reporting for a short parachute course . |
| 23 | which can be thought of as a temporary , unexpected rise or fall in income ( for example , an unexpected increase in income resulting from a win at the races , or a temporary fall in income resulting from a short period of unemployment ) . |
| 24 | A process of selection was gone through resulting in a short leet of three being chosen to tender for the design/build contract . |
| 25 | First of all , thanks to the Editor for asking for a short article from the unions ( soon to be united as Unison ) for the inaugural Highways Department News Sheet . |
| 26 | The M forty itself between junctions four and five , that 's between High Wycombe and Stokenchurch , there are two narrow lanes in both directions and a contraflow running for a short stretch about midway between the two junctions , there 's also down to single line traffic at times . |
| 27 | He realized he was wasting time ; the past could wait , the future was running on a short time-fuse . |
| 28 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 29 | At the seaward end , it is no more than a good stone 's throw from the Atlantic beach but at a higher level , its issuing stream descending through a short wooded ravine to join the waters of the ocean . |
| 30 | The voyage took eight months , and after stopping for a short time in Malaysia , we arrived in the Gulf of Tongking . |