Example sentences of "has a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both classical and contemporary plays will be chosen , but problems are often encountered with the modern play which frequently has a short cast list . |
| 2 | A Narcissus triandrus about 8in high , it has a short creamy cup and backwards-slanting yellow petals . |
| 3 | It is widely believed he already has a short two per cent stake although Allied has not detected his presence on its share register . |
| 4 | At fifteen Deborah has a short story published in a collection and hopes to be a writer ; we had already met whilst I was working on another book . |
| 5 | This species has a short and fat abdomen , which preserves something of its original light colour . |
| 6 | Another Land Rover main agent told me I need part number GTR III — it has a short stem and a white top . |
| 7 | Within the everyday repetition of television — the routines of presentation , the everlasting serials , the standardizations of time-slot — difference has a short life , the unexpected quickly instituted as an expectation . |
| 8 | A forgiving strategy is one that , although it may retaliate , has a short memory . |
| 9 | Tit for Tat , as we have seen , is ‘ nice ’ , meaning never the first to defect , and ‘ forgiving ’ , meaning that it has a short memory for past misdeeds . |
| 10 | Russell , who has a short temper fuse , told her to fuck off . |
| 11 | Unbelief , on the other hand , has a short and ungrateful memory . |
| 12 | Wright has a short fuse , and without the goals going in his situation is worsening . |
| 13 | The species has a short life under water , and lives up to 6 months in the aquarium . |
| 14 | The setting of macro is usually done via the zoom lever which has a short amount of extra travel at the wide-angle end . |
| 15 | PSR1706–44 has a short period , 102.4ms , a rapid spin-down rate giving it a characteristic age of only 17,300 years and considerable timing noise ( S.J. , R.N.M. , V.M.K. , A.G.L. & N.D'A. , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 16 | It has a short half-life of five to 10 minutes and is normally degraded locally by lymphocytes ; if excess interleukin-2 reaches the bloodstream , however , it is rapidly cleared from the body by the kidneys . |
| 17 | To illustrate , let us consider the case of a word overlapping with two other candidates , the first of which has a long definition and the second has a short definition . |
| 18 | He has a short list . |
| 19 | Chervil is an easily grown herb which has a short life-cycle of one season . |
| 20 | Each facet of the compound eye , and each spider 's eye , is so small that it has a short focal length . |
| 21 | has a short beak ; |
| 22 | The wild boar can weigh up to 200kg and has a short , dense , brownish-grey coat and no facial warts . |
| 23 | Of course , Tom has a short temper , so it was n't a good idea . |
| 24 | Has a short sharp buzzard-like mew . |
| 25 | In fact no other sandgrouse with any black on belly at all has a short tail . |
| 26 | Each has a short opening paragraph ( ostensibly written by the editor ) which enables the reader to quickly grasp what the article is about . |
| 27 | A model has a short career , and a husband like Roman Wyatt would have compensations , as I 'm sure you agree . |
| 28 | NOT since Samson lost his strength through a haircut has a short back and sides caused such hairy day for a leader . |
| 29 | If the individual has a short position , his holding period return is . |
| 30 | Nitric oxide is freely soluble , diffuses rapidly , and has a short half life ( three seconds ) , being inactivated by formation of NO 3 - after contact with the superoxide anion , O 2 - . |