Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to imagine , as the swifts circle and the vast Edwardian lawn rollers rumble in the middle distance , while maids in pale grey and broderie anglaise move silently through a Zoffany interior , that only a short journey away lies the centre of Manhattan . |
| 2 | This only a short account of the main points of the Convention to alert exporters to what has been , up to now , an important aspect of International Trade which tended to be overlooked . |
| 3 | It was identified as such only a short while after Delta Cephei itself , and if it had been found a few months earlier the short-period stars would probably have been known as Aquilids rather than Cepheids . |
| 4 | ‘ It is possible that the body was taken to the Close only a short time before it was discovered , ’ Morton said . |
| 5 | Even if she said so herself , she was barely recognisable as the young woman who 'd been so distraught just a short while ago . |