Example sentences of "short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | My 18-year-old son has transformed it , miraculously in such a short time , into a garden which is the envy of neighbours . |
| 3 | After a very short time their sensations are heightened and they become worried . |
| 4 | This exercise produces quite startling gains in a short time . |
| 5 | In the softer areas it worked like a hot knife through butter and large areas could be removed , shaped or modelled in an astonishingly short time , in comparison with traditional mallet and gouges . |
| 6 | Although no one will doubt their possibilities for elegance and robustness , sitting on a solid wood seat can test the limits of comfort after quite a short time and woven seats are little better . |
| 7 | The report discusses the implications of the short time local authorities had to plan for use of the grant , in particular the difficulties within the time scale of consulting users , carers and others in planning for and providing new services . |
| 8 | Given its success after only eighteen months , and the current plans to extend the Thameslink network , it now seems hard to believe that passengers have enjoyed the ability to cross London by regular electric BR services for such a short time . |
| 9 | For a short time we got on without much difficulty , but we were soon obliged to have recourse to our hands and knees , and clamber thus from one crag to another . |
| 10 | Sadly , Mr Cod was destined to be with them for only a short time . |
| 11 | I could never believe how much such a beautiful , tiny dog could alter the lives of so many people in such a short time . |
| 12 | The frequency is chosen to make sure that the core reaches saturation at each alteration , but does not spend any more than a short time in this condition so as to maximise the final output signal ; the circuit should produce as many saturation signals as possible . |
| 13 | However , he added : ‘ On my few visits prior to my appointment , and in my short time here since , I have found it very far from that . |
| 14 | A short time ago , it would have been difficult to imagine that the Conservative Party in Parliament would be in open revolt against bishops of the Church of England . |
| 15 | The addiction is to the ‘ rush ’ — an experience of great pleasure which lasts a relatively short time . |
| 16 | The philosophy is devastatingly simple , Charlton recognising that he can not hope to improve players technically in the short time available to him before matches . |
| 17 | The likelihood is that after such a short time in Vienna , he will stay on there , if with reduced involvement . |
| 18 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 19 | As I stared at the German with the white flag , I remembered ( as no doubt the five Frenchmen lying beside me also remembered ) a short time ago in Amfreville a small party of Germans had surrendered and , as the Commando patrol approached , one of the Germans had lobbed a grenade , killing and wounding several members of the patrol . |
| 20 | Just a short time ago the German soldiers were retreating through this town , hotly pursued by 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 21 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 22 | When he looked back upon his short time at the Choir School of King 's College , it was the meeting with Milner-White which he saw as the memorable gift from the school . |
| 23 | Later in life Ramsey believed that he learnt a lot from his short time at Liverpool . |
| 24 | Within a very short time several of those who were disappointed at his election swung over to gratitude for his coming and enthusiasm for what he did to the faculty . |
| 25 | So far from sending prices up , the abolition of licensing would immediately bring down the market price of existing houses and would in a short time begin to make an impression on the costs of new ones ; for the pressure of demand for new houses at a cost of nearly £2,000 apiece for a council-type is , in our opinion , very limited . |
| 26 | At the end of the First World War it was confidently and almost universally assumed that after a short time money would be back to its pre-war value and market prices ( including market rents ) to their pre-war levels . |
| 27 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 28 | A peaceful calm settles across the Centre for a short time before the parade . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Just a short time ago the forest was impenetrable … and safe . |