Example sentences of "short [noun pl] of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , where facilities are available for use over short periods of time , the rudiments of camera acting are taught in a structured way . |
| 2 | In my view , accuracy can only be assured over very short periods of time , after which the refereeing panel must receive a proper rest . |
| 3 | A practical way to provide sums of more than £250,000 for larger businesses over short periods of time , more cheaply than with an overdraft , is Barclays Managed Rate Facility . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
| 5 | Young children demonstrate this : their ability to concentrate entirely on what they are doing , admittedly for short periods of time , to the exclusion of everything else , gives them a particular capacity for enjoyment . |
| 6 | She suffered severely from arthritis , was unable to read for more than short periods of time , was bored and confused by television , and for long periods lay inert , half dozing , half listening to the radio . |
| 7 | Coupled with a series of similar findings in different paradigms , it is taken to mean that hearing people , when processing potentially verbal material , use a code based on speech to represent and retain the items over short periods of time . |
| 8 | We could , for short periods of time , motivate our work force to achieve the objective which was our responsibility , but as soon as we left , things invariably fell to pieces again . |
| 9 | The Leyden jar was simply a primitive condenser , capable of storing static electricity for short periods of time , and more refined experiments had to await the invention of reliable sources of electric current . |
| 10 | Some Landlords who let out properties where the majority of tenants are resident for short periods of time , may be liable for the Collective Community Charge/Poll Tax . |
| 11 | Recently , however , Shinn & robbin ( 1983 ) have demonstrated the formation of stringers , superficially very similar to solution seams , forming in Recent Bahamian muds under relatively low pressures ( 6,784 psi , equivalent to burial depths of approximately 2,000 m ) over short periods of time . |
| 12 | In fact , the dining room should bc a particularly interesting room to decorate , because , like the bathroom , it is generally used for comparatively short periods of time , and then mostly at night . |
| 13 | These reports , however , were based mainly on small groups of patients studied for short periods of time . |
| 14 | Their specialism is in lending and borrowing for very short periods of time from one day to up to about three months . |
| 15 | These may be for short periods of time to account for the non-matching of the firm 's payments and receipts from its business . |
| 16 | ‘ I simply meant somewhere for Jennifer to go on a regular basis for short periods of time simply to give you both a rest . |
| 17 | The court heard that Mr Prescott , 28 , and his teammates Bernard Bryan , Colin Osbourne Wright and Jacqueline Watson used the drugs only for short periods of time for training in the run-up to a major event . |
| 18 | The court heard that Mr Prescott , 28 , and his teammates Bernard Bryan , Colin Osbourne Wright and Jaqueline Watson used the drugs only for short periods of time for training in the run-up to a major event , as is common . |
| 19 | The emphasis needs to be on alleviating the problems of day-to-day administration , which can exert a disruptive effect on a personnel department because of the large amounts of work created for short amounts of time . |
| 20 | Both teachers keep on their desks , beside the National Curriculum ring binders , the registers and all the other tedious impedimenta of a teacher 's working life , a pile of books of poems , which they use for short sections of time throughout the day . |