Example sentences of "[prep] the shortest " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 2 | Stranraer ( 9000 people ) is a ferry port for the shortest crossing to Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | Something similar has started appearing on British television , so if they have to be shown surely the details could be kept to a minimum and shown for the shortest possible time . |
| 4 | On the other hand , as a group activity it can be less than enjoyable for the shortest child in the group if he is continually identified as ‘ the shortest ’ , when he needs to believe that ‘ he 's a big boy , really ’ . |
| 5 | Smith absented himself for the shortest possible time during the annual 1st Glasgow Company camp at Tighnabruaich in July 1909 to receive his knighthood in London . |
| 6 | Well we have n't got to go long for the shortest day . |
| 7 | One might define the lines which form the cube 's sides as the shortest distances between pairs of points ; but this would not express their motive cause which Hobbes conceives them to have . |
| 8 | The particle is placed on a flat surface and the length of the intermediate axis , 1 , is determined as the shortest visible diameter . |
| 9 | Signals from orbiting satellites forming the Global Positioning System ( GPS ) can be used to pinpoint the location of objects on the surface of the Earth to within a few centimetres ; a computer mapping system carried within a car ( and receiving the car 's position from GPS ) could , given suitable software , be capable of displaying a map showing the car 's location and suggesting alternative routes , such as the shortest , fastest , most economical or most scenic route . |
| 10 | A similar incongruous matching of the very tall girl with one of the shortest boys in MacMillan 's Elite Syncopations reveals that he , too , understands that old music-hall and pantomime practices are a wonderful source of inspiration if a British audience is to laugh and enjoy the occasion as the dancers do . |
| 11 | Of those commonly identified as potential contenders , he commands some of the shortest odds . |
| 12 | ‘ What Difference … ’ , always a single and a throwback to very early rehearsals , achieved instant recognition for being one of the shortest singles in history . |
| 13 | In order to give a good effect a fairly wide range of delay times are required , and apparently it is important that the longer times are not exact multiples of the shortest time . |
| 14 | In the same field as Iota ( 4.7 ) lies the rapid variable SX Phœnicis , which has a period of only 79 minutes — one of the shortest known . |
| 15 | Cohen 's estimate of the hemisphere difference in icon persistence was 23 msec. which is less than 10 per cent of the duration of the shortest delay interval used by Marzi et al . |
| 16 | These findings , though derived from sporadic and statistically less reliable surveys , should be kept in mind when studying the newest and most widespread data basis , the World Fertility Survey ; since the WFS publications used only three categories for classifying deaths according to birth intervals ( less than 2 , 2–3 and 4 or more years ) , thereby precluding the possibility of analysing the impact of the shortest and longest intervals on child survival . |
| 17 | Must be one of the shortest speech I 've ever done . |
| 18 | This Coal Industry Bill must be one of the shortest of its sort ever to come before Parliament . |
| 19 | I think that the Minister has set a record in the House by making what was probably one of the longest Second Reading speeches for one of the shortest Bills . |
| 20 | It may have been one of the shortest epics on record — just seven minutes — but you wo n't hear any Armagh supporters claiming they were short-changed ! |
| 21 | Further , as a result of the changes in Europe , the size and tasks of nuclear deterrent forces would be modified and adapted , and the role for substrategic nuclear systems of the shortest range would be significantly reduced . |
| 22 | One of the shortest reigns in Scottish political history has come to an abdrupt end . |
| 23 | He wrote what must have been the one of the shortest letters of all time , and he wrote back to the editor of The Times and he said , dear sir , in answer to your question what is wrong with the world |
| 24 | Liam Herbert , one of the shortest players on the pitch , rose above the defenders and placed a fine header past keeper Duncan Green to make it one nil . |
| 25 | For once I did n't take my beloved camera with me to record the state of the line , for the simple reason that it results in very slow progress , and that is hardly wise near the shortest day of the year . |
| 26 | the ‘ internal market ’ , under which GPs could send patients to the health districts with the shortest waiting lists , with the money for their treatment travelling with them . |
| 27 | The rider with the shortest overall time is the leader on General Classification . |
| 28 | More copper in the wire means it holds the core better and makes for a more ductile string , but while it 's a great sounding string , it 's the one with the shortest life . |
| 29 | If Sister does n't get a move on , they could always content themselves with the shortest children 's story ever told . |
| 30 | Superior service with the shortest lead ties |