Example sentences of "a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a short interview with the BBC , Cliff went to meet ACET client Tony Chapman at his home , together with HIV Community Nurse , Sue Lore . |
| 2 | Peter studied astronomy at University College , London , and worked in accountancy for a short spell before deciding upon a career in nursing . |
| 3 | Within a short space of time referrals were regularly coming in . |
| 4 | The letter-writer is an orthopaedic surgeon who was taken off a plane as he was about to make a short visit to the UK where he had been a post-graduate student . |
| 5 | In Rome a visitor can stand in front of a Baroque church , but a few minutes later , having walked only a short distance , may have plunged back in time to Antiquity . |
| 6 | He first published a short history at the beginning of the century , but the passage quoted comes from the enlarged edition of 1923 . |
| 7 | This fuller appreciation may result from a short or a long article , even occasionally some unexpected insight or well-phrased judgement ; but it will not come from a brief comment off the cuff , an item of gossip , or a mere listing . |
| 8 | You may well be asked to sing something unaccompanied , or do a short improvisation and you may well be asked to perform one of the speeches in a different way . |
| 9 | There is more to this speech , but this seems a good place to stop for a short and effective audition . |
| 10 | Both classical and contemporary plays will be chosen , but problems are often encountered with the modern play which frequently has a short cast list . |
| 11 | Where keg milds and bitters are concerned , when fermentation is complete they are conditioned for a short period in tanks under a heavy blanket of carbon dioxide . |
| 12 | After primary fermentation the beer is stored ( the German word is ‘ lagered ’ ) for a short time but rarely for the month or more that is standard abroad . |
| 13 | We would send a copy of our most recent edition with a short , explanatory letter . |
| 14 | Arthur Price chairman John Price says : ‘ 13/0 certainly looks as bright and as cheerful as 18/8 but after it has been in use for a short while it goes dull and then grey and , after a year or so , stains and pitmarks develop which can not be removed . ’ |
| 15 | There was a short silence now in which anyone with good enough hearing to detect a pin-drop would have detected the sound of hundreds of little grey cells jostling and barging each other in frantic efforts to arrive at a perfect understanding of the day 's events . |
| 16 | Based on a short story by Thomas Tryon . |
| 17 | I took a short break , and when I came back , I went round the local job centres to see what was going . |
| 18 | The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time . |
| 19 | As we live only a short distance from the Thames , we have to keep a net over the pond , as two years ago we lost 18 fish to a heron . |
| 20 | My 18-year-old son has transformed it , miraculously in such a short time , into a garden which is the envy of neighbours . |
| 21 | A Narcissus triandrus about 8in high , it has a short creamy cup and backwards-slanting yellow petals . |
| 22 | A short flowering season can be extended by regular dead-heading . |
| 23 | After it had been moved a short distance away , the pilot was persuaded that the situation was all right and he accepted this , rather than face being unpopular for causing further delay . |
| 24 | The conference was also told that as an alternative to the expense of sending officers to university , it was proposed to ‘ direct officers to research a particular problem … and give them a short period to carry out intensive research ’ . |
| 25 | A short neatly trimmed moustache of natural colour may be worn . |
| 26 | The kind of strength you need to develop is that which allows you to move your body or limbs through a short , fast contraction . |
| 27 | This exercise produces quite startling gains in a short time . |
| 28 | The third example uses a short but wide diagonal movement of the front foot to take you clear of the opponent 's incoming reverse punch . |
| 29 | Begin from a fighting stance by thrusting forwards with the back foot and sliding a short distance with the front . |
| 30 | However , a short stay may well be granted against bail , to enable you to order your affairs , and in particular to find guarantors . ’ |