Example sentences of "for a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The southern mountain route , although also tunnelling through the Judean Hills , passes through limestone for a shorter distance and at the edge of the aquifer , where the water is already somewhat brackish . |
| 2 | Would these be shared between you and the operator , in the sense that they will be paying a keener price — from the operator 's point of view — then they would otherwise have for a shorter contract ? |
| 3 | At times when the winds obliged , Torbay smacks sailed their catches to Portsmouth for a shorter van-haul to the capital . |
| 4 | At the top you can continue along the route described for Day 2 — a long day 's walk — or for a shorter route descend to Patterdale via Angle Tarn . |
| 5 | Perhaps i i it 'll encourage us to look for a shorter route through to the , the , the solution . |
| 6 | If you take your allowance in the form of miniatures , you will make a lot of friends — for a shorter period . |
| 7 | They believe that it is too expensive an option , given that older workers will remain in employment for a shorter period than younger ones . |
| 8 | The first which establish themselves by chance in a particular spot , tend , by the mere occupancy of space , to exclude other species — the greater choke the smaller , the longest livers replace those which last for a shorter period , he more prolific gradually make themselves masters of the ground , which species multiplying more slowly would otherwise fill . |
| 9 | The governments that result , either a minority party governing with the consent of other parties , or a coalition of two or more parties , tend to last for a shorter period than one-party governments but the difference disappears if reshuffles of ministerial posts within single-party governments are taken into account ( Blondel , 1990 , p. 271 ) . |
| 10 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 11 | However , deprivation of liberty for a shorter period does not have such an effect . |
| 12 | Only 4.3% of the subjects in the violent condition could subsequently recall the number on the jersey whereas 27.9% in the non-violent condition were able to despite actually having seen the boy for a shorter period of time . |
| 13 | Such a right would give a monopoly in the program , thus protecting the underlying ideas more effectively than copyright , but the right would last for a shorter period than a patent , say 5 or 7 years maximum . |
| 14 | For those seeking to complete only part of the programme an MPhil can be awarded for a shorter period of study . |
| 15 | Coal-and gas-powered stations are more economical when used for a shorter period . |
| 16 | Certain smaller building societies have minimum periods for notice or a penal charge of interest for a shorter period . |
| 17 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 18 | So he wanted more life cover , but he obviously on his old plan could n't sustain that to the same period of time , so he had it for a shorter period of time , the ten years , and when it dropped , he dropped down again . |
| 19 | Would you give them a hundred thousand pounds worth of life cover for a shorter period , looking at them making up the difference perhaps later when they could afford it , or would you give them initially a reduced amount of life cover , say eighty thousand , for the eighteen years ? |
| 20 | Some authorities might argue for a shorter span , giving Baudelaire a title as father of modern art criticism or Wölflinn the key part in the development of art history . |
| 21 | Recent studies on breast carcinomas showed that high urokinase type plasminogen activator concentrations in tissue extracts are positively and independently associated with aggressiveness and poor prognosis while low tissue type plasminogen activator concentrations were found indicative for a shorter disease free interval and survival . |
| 22 | For a shorter version , just use the main graph . |
| 23 | The next day he and I went for a shorter walk and returned about 6 . |
| 24 | The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all . |
| 25 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |
| 26 | However , many excess mortgage allowance schemes run for a shorter time , for instance , for five or seven years . |
| 27 | However , there were two big differences : Whites had more in privately rented accommodation and had lived there for a shorter time ; these areas contained only 6 per cent . |
| 28 | Two years ago the same thing had happened , but for a shorter time . |
| 29 | Although you have to put up with the pain for a shorter time , you may not have any real build-up to it — suddenly , strong contractions hit you — so it 's difficult to pace yourself and put into practice the breathing exercises you rehearsed so carefully at antenatal classes . |
| 30 | When the Minister reviews the business regulations will he consider extending that review to the regulation of financial institutions , in view of the problems with the collapse of Guinness III and the potential collapse of Guinness II , and in view of the serious difficulty with fraud regulation at present , particularly now that only three people will be going to gaol for a shorter time than the whole of the Guinness trial was taken , with one of them , Mr. Ernest Saunders , whose sentence was reduced because of ill health , on the national media this morning in blooming health and protesting his innocence ? |