Example sentences of "only for a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says that about 98,000 young people go missing annually , sometimes only for a short period . |
| 2 | It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time . |
| 3 | Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time . |
| 4 | Some diets are not successful at all but some are , even if only for a short time . |
| 5 | ‘ Only for a short while , Father , ’ the young priest rejoined . |
| 6 | These mines were frequently tiny operations , perhaps run by families which might work an area only for a short time . |
| 7 | We then test them thoroughly — but often only for a short period as we wish to get the latest fishkeeping news — including the latest products — straight to our readers . |
| 8 | However he remained with the Wellington unit only for a short time before being posted to Control Office duties at Luqa . |
| 9 | ‘ That was the only time we kept something from her and even then it was only for a short time , ’ says Mike . |
| 10 | I have given my consent , intending to gratify her wishes in this respect only for a short while . |
| 11 | His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time . |
| 12 | But … but , as Mama said , as long as we kept it clean and it was only for a short time … |
| 13 | In the end we all agree that AZT is an effective drug , but only for a short period . ’ |
| 14 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 15 | Well , of course this option must be open , but the needs of the women who choose to stay at home , if only for a short time , can not be ignored . |
| 16 | Only for a short period in the mid-1980s , when commodity prices and demand for semi-conductors slumped , did Malaysia risk hitting its borrowing ceiling . |
| 17 | Er making yourself feel good even if it 's only for a short time . |
| 18 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
| 19 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 20 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |
| 21 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
| 22 | Many children come into care only for a short time while their parents try to sort out their difficulties . |
| 23 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 24 | This is a natural condition before menarche , and it re-occurs after menopause , during pregnancy as well as after abortion or birth ( post-partum amenorrhoea ) that lasts for some months even if the women does not breastfeed or nurses only for a short period . |
| 25 | Freedom , if only for a short time , and she would have a chance to speak to Rose , whom she had not seen since their evening out together up West . |
| 26 | They had provided her with a local map , pin-pointing the exact location of the Château La Tour Monchauzet , and explaining she should take the Villereal road out of Issigeac , but only for a short distance . |
| 27 | The Government warned that it would apply only for a short period . |
| 28 | But they do , they get paid a lot of money but only for a short period of time . |
| 29 | When I was sitting in that corridor there was one of the tutors on the phone , only for a short while |