Example sentences of "even [prep] a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the crucial argument does not concern the fluoride level in a community water supply per se , but rather whether fluoridation increases the risk that certain people develop , even for a short time , levels of fluoride in the blood that can damage human cells and systems . |
| 2 | Never let your child alone in a car — even for a short time . |
| 3 | I should have liked to go on as we were , but nothing goes on , even for a short time , without making the kind of decision which was , in this case , clearly impossible . |
| 4 | Even for a short weekend trip , Sally , his widow , wrote there would be ‘ a dictionary , the complete works of Shakespeare , the Oxford Book of English Verse , the Koran , a Larousse , an atlas , together with paperback copies of the Oxford Book of Quotations , a reader 's encyclopaedia … ’ and then there were the new novels and biographies and history bought in paperback raids . |
| 5 | I think I could bear losing you a line better if you had belonged to me , even for a short while . " |
| 6 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that many people inside and outside the House , while recognising that it is important to spend two days debating the future of Europe , wonder why the House is not debating , even for a short time , the fact that a war is raging in a European country — Yugoslavia ? |
| 7 | She needed time to digest the idea of Bridget and Geoffrey having been lovers , even for a short period . |
| 8 | However , a booster of diphtheria vaccine is recommended , even for a short trip to Russia , if the traveller is not vaccinated or has not had a booster dose within 10 years . |
| 9 | Pat Palmer is co-ordinating the distribution of spare equipment particularly to help teachers starting new classes and if anyone has any equipment not in use which could be loaned ( even for a short time ) would be a great help . |
| 10 | Pat Palmer is co-ordinating the distribution of spare equipment particularly to help teachers starting new classes and if anyone has any equipment not in use which could be loaned ( even for a short time ) would be a great help . |
| 11 | I suppose you 're lucky to have been happy , though , even for a short time . |
| 12 | I would n't er bestow them er on you even for a short visit though . |
| 13 | It 's a privilege to have you , even for a short while ! |
| 14 | Even within a short distance we can see remarkable changes of thickness . |
| 15 | Salesmen who underperformed even over a short period at the futures bucket shops , were put on " terminal ! " |
| 16 | There is always something new to see or discover , even on a short walk . |
| 17 | Even on a short section you can see many of the different birds which colonise nearby Ramsey , Skikholm and Skomer islands , and perhaps some of the gannets that breed further out on Grassholm . |
| 18 | He did n't turn his head to look after them and he was so still that even at a short distance they could no longer distinguish him from his surroundings . |