Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [art] short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would undoubtedly cost a lot on money to implement in the short run , as would some of the more conventional changes proposed by that Frenchman who claims to run the sport with an impartial hand . |
| 2 | Ludens , steadying Marcus 's head with one hand , his fingers plunged into the short hair , and slowly and firmly moving the very sharp instrument , felt like an acolyte performing a dangerous task , perhaps intended as a test . |
| 3 | In sudden abandon she allowed her arms to creep up round his neck , her fingers to sink into the short hair at the back of his head while at the same time parting her lips and welcoming the exciting exploration of his tongue . |
| 4 | Many leading manufacturers now have women 's models in their ranges with designs catering for the shorter back length , wider hips and more pronounced bottom . |
| 5 | While referring to the Treasury waggon which had been taken near Quatre Bras , von Keller 's counsel omitted to say anything about one particular carriage grouped with other captured vehicles at the village of Villers Perwin situated at a short distance from the Charleroi road near Quatre Bras . |
| 6 | SURPRISINGLY conventional fare from the BBCSSO with a popular classical programme prefaced by a short piece by Henze . |
| 7 | The fuselage starts with a short nose followed by a quite large windscreen and , from the 1960 Apache G model onwards , three side windows . |
| 8 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 9 | Every nerve smouldered on a short fuse . |
| 10 | Cognitive–Behavioural treatments have been the most extensively evaluated interventions of all the psychotherapeutic schools in relation to these disorders and they do indicate that clients benefit in the short term , but little is known about the maintenance of change in the long term . |
| 11 | A local garage owner has leant them a car to help in the short term . |
| 12 | By chance , in December 1969 , Japanese glacial geologists surveying broad fields of blue ice inland from the Yamato Mountains ( officially , the Queen Fabiola Mountains ) at about 70°S ; 37°E , stumbled upon nine black meteorite fragments lying within a short distance of one another . |
| 13 | Each chapter ends with a short addendum entitled ‘ Further Reading ’ , which comprises two sections . |
| 14 | Frankie stared towards the shorter flight of steps leading to the landing . |
| 15 | The first list was a set of n-grams taken from a short dictionary ( 11,795 words ) , and the second was a list of n-grams taken from a larger dictionary ( 71,279 words ) . |
| 16 | Bert said with a short laugh and a shake of the head , " He was a bit of a character , that one . |
| 17 | For style without the cruelty , High Street chain Wallis has five fabulous fakes ranging from a short swing leopard ( £130 ) to a reversible shawl-collared number ( £175 ) . |
| 18 | You see the difference there was Thomson pulled for a short ball there and he was ignored . |
| 19 | The effect of the premedication did help Mr Reynolds to relax for a short while prior to going to theatre . |
| 20 | After the second Mercedes had stopped , Schlesser emerged from a shorter pitstop 8secs in front of Schumacher . |
| 21 | A fingerpost points to a short path descending amongst trees to a footbridge over the river , flowing erratically on and under its limestone bed . |
| 22 | A second exit at this point leads via a short path to Dalmeny station . |
| 23 | This is not an easy period to encapsulate in a short chapter , and in any case there is abundant literature , none more comprehensive than Cullingworth ( 1988 ) . |
| 24 | The M forty itself between junctions four and five , that 's between High Wycombe and Stokenchurch , there are two narrow lanes in both directions and a contraflow running for a short stretch about midway between the two junctions , there 's also down to single line traffic at times . |
| 25 | Moreover , the use by the courts of these common law devices of obstruction , breach of the peace and nuisance is difficult to legislate against as the essential purpose ( which before the 1960s had been more or less achieved with police co-operation ) is to permit ‘ reasonable ’ picketing , including the right to accost for a short period within which arguments can be advanced , without putting persons in fear or to immoderate inconvenience . |
| 26 | Charity was included in it too and Mona launched into a short sermon on her favourite subject , patriotism . |
| 27 | which can be thought of as a temporary , unexpected rise or fall in income ( for example , an unexpected increase in income resulting from a win at the races , or a temporary fall in income resulting from a short period of unemployment ) . |
| 28 | And indeed Ungar found that his active component was neither a protein nor a nucleic acid but a peptide — a generic name given to a short sequence of linked amino acids anything up to fifteen or twenty units long and administered by injection , so avoiding the digestive barrier offered by the gut . |
| 29 | All 60 delegates responded to a short self administered questionnaire . |
| 30 | Several minor changes occurring in a short space of time can have a totting-up effect , challenging and even overloading the resources people have at their disposal . |