Example sentences of "only for short " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tranquillizers should be prescribed only for short periods to help patients through crises where their levels of anxiety are such that their coping ability is grossly impaired . |
| 2 | This is why the breast ( wing muscles ) of chickens are white , because chickens use their wings only for short rapid flights , whereas their legs , used mainly for standing on , are dark . |
| 3 | The original airstrip was designed only for short nights to the mainland in the days when the Foreign Office was encouraging the seduction of the Falklands by Argentina . ’ |
| 4 | It is therefore helpful to develop those interdependent bonds by taking battling males out as much as possible , even if only for short , on-lead walks . |
| 5 | Practise only for short periods , never when you are tired . |
| 6 | Attention is focused on the problem only for short time-spans . |
| 7 | But those who stay only for short periods of weeks or months are much more likely to be suffering from serious mental disorder than long term residents . |
| 8 | Such features are not consistent with the idea that the peninsula was built by longshore drift from the east , unless such drift was active only for short periods while during the intervening time the drift was predominantly from the west . |
| 9 | The archive material has been found to be remarkably full , where it exists , but to have considerable gaps , so that only for short periods in particular cities can the levels of illegitimacy be assessed and compared with regional levels . |
| 10 | The court heard that Mr Prescott , 28 , and his teammates Bernard Bryan , Colin Osbourne Wright and Jacqueline Watson used the drugs only for short periods of time for training in the run-up to a major event . |
| 11 | The court heard that Mr Prescott , 28 , and his teammates Bernard Bryan , Colin Osbourne Wright and Jaqueline Watson used the drugs only for short periods of time for training in the run-up to a major event , as is common . |
| 12 | will be co-ordinating the event and would appreciate all offers of help ( if only for short periods during the day ) Offers of display items to as soon as possible please . |