Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a short time " in BNC.

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1 She fell asleep for a short time but it was about 3am that Mr and Mrs Phillips noticed she was not breathing , ’ said Mr Goldring .
2 All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured .
3 He considered this for a short time and concluded that he had to make a public stand for those things which he believed .
4 Someone tried to organise a concert party , and there was a great deal of enthusiasm for this for a short time .
5 It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water .
6 In this state it is not unusual for the subject to think that he has not been hypnotized at all , but has simply felt very relaxed for a short time .
7 He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital .
8 Neighbourhood Watch A meeting has been arranged for the residents in Baberton Crescent and the scheme should be operational in a short time .
9 Neighbourhood Watch A meeting has been arranged for the residents in Baberton Crescent and the scheme should be operational in a short time .
10 Improved performance will overcome these in a short time .
11 Improved performance will overcome these in a short time .
12 Because the spores are viable for a short time , Laboulbeniales are effectively restricted to arthropod hosts that have overlapping generations , especially in temperate regions ; that is they can not easily establish relations with those insects in which all the adults die at the end of the summer , with the species surviving in the form of larvae or pupae .
13 For example , imagine two cylinders of gas joined by a narrow pipe containing a valve that is at first closed , then open for a short time , then closed again .
14 At a time when computer technology was advancing rapidly and any given computer-based business management system tended to be technically obsolescent in a short time , a company made a reasonable decision that all such computers would be depreciated at 50 per cent per annum , making prudent financial provision against their short useful lives .
15 At a time when computer technology was advancing rapidly and any given computer-based business management system tended to be technically obsolescent in a short time , a company made a reasonable decision that all such computers would be depreciated at 50 per cent per annum , making prudent financial provision against their short useful lives .
16 It must be a problem if people sort of leave their children in nurseries all the time cos it 's nice for a short time but for a long long time they 're just not yours are they any more ?
17 The time out lasts only until the child has stopped the undesirable behaviour and has been quiet for a short time .
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