Example sentences of "at very short [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These workers presented target letters followed at very short intervals by curved or straight line masking stimuli and found a LVF superiority . |
| 2 | The modulus obtained at very short times should correspond to the unrelaxed value , and that at very long times to the relaxed one ( see Chap.3 ) . |
| 3 | If horses are offered at very short odds , odds-on , then the statistics demonstrate that overall you could do quite well by betting on them . |
| 4 | There seemed to be plenty to eat , the French are masters at rustling up something to eat at very short notice . |
| 5 | He was willing to go to confirm in an emergency at very short notice and this earned him some long-lasting gratitude . |
| 6 | You need to know whether your potential accountant could undertake royalty examinations , and if he or she has colleagues in other countries to assist with international tax problems at very short notice . |
| 7 | And already in similiar circumstances in France last summer he had been presented with the kind of opportunity to prove himself that many young pianists must dream of in vain : he was called on , again at very short notice , to stand in for the even more illustrious Sviatoslav Richter at Richter 's own festival at the Grange Meslay near Tours . |
| 8 | manual worker — prepared to do anything at any time at very short notice regardless of what is in the oven ; |
| 9 | However , hotel management do occasionally change this arrangement at very short notice ; we will endeavour to give you the most up-to-date information on request . |
| 10 | It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice . |
| 11 | Fewer papers should be taken at very short notice before there has been time for the Departments to comment on them . |
| 12 | These models have just arrived in the country , and the Bass Centre have let us grab a look at them at very short notice . |
| 13 | Ten years later however the BBC asked me at very short notice to compile a programme to celebrate the Queen Mother 's eighty-fifth birthday . |
| 14 | Of course life is not always as simple as that , and being asked to cover for a colleague at very short notice or an unexpected cancellation or transfer on the theatre list can throw your best laid plans into disarray . |
| 15 | You will be asked to state your preferred days and hours of work , and whether you are willing to be called upon at very short notice to cover for staff absence or other emergency . |
| 16 | This took the place of a pre-release course ( which would be impossible to plan in an institution where some men were so far away from release and others might be released on parole licence at very short notice ) but it covered many of the same topics . |
| 17 | If it is a cancellation at very short notice and the hotel is unable to re-let the accommodation , particularly in the case of resort hotels whose reservations are taken well in advance , the hotel may then be able to claim compensation for the loss of business . |
| 18 | Hotels will sometimes offer a ‘ T or P ’ booking to people , usually regular business clients who are only able to reserve their accommodation at very short notice . |
| 19 | However , the issue was decided by the Civil Engineers , who conducted clearance tests at very short notice , and found that most station platforms would need the platform edging stones setting back . |
| 20 | The normal working was not booked to stop at Chester but the second part , inserted at very short notice , was scheduled to change locomotives there . |
| 21 | King & McGaw 's order and delivery department enable us to feature posters for almost any book promotion we have undertaken at very short notice , and its warehouse staff can pick , pack and despatch any quantity of posters from a large range with a speed that would make most book publishers ' head spin ( with a twice-weekly delivery and a next day customer order service , I think most booksellers would agree with me ) . |
| 22 | In order to bring you up to date the items were prepared at very short notice . |
| 23 | In all , we have developed a very flexible system capable of responding to virtually any question of the kinds we have illustrated at very short notice . |
| 24 | We have an awful lot of experience in these things , and we can do you quite a big show at very short notice . ’ |
| 25 | They all knew what had happened the previous night and , from Wallas Ward 's announcement before the curtain rose , they knew that Charles had stepped in at very short notice . |
| 26 | The invitation to appear on it came at very short notice , and even though she 's no longer modelling except at charity functions , she feels a need to keep in the public eye , so she did n't want to turn it down , but she insisted that Florian and I should keep to our plans . ’ |
| 27 | The Helsinki summit , arranged at very short notice , dealt almost exclusively with the specific issue of a major regional conflict . |
| 28 | Telegrams calling for a substitute teacher at very short notice in some far flung place were not unusual and had to receive prompt attention . |
| 29 | Many thanks to Lucy Jackson who stepped in at very short notice to take Joan 's place . |
| 30 | ‘ British Sugar often want to move a load at very short notice and we must always be at the ready ’ he adds . |