Example sentences of "[noun] for [adv] [art] short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
| 2 | The problems result from long-term exposure , so families who change homes every few years may not suffer because they are exposed to levels above the action level for only a short time . |
| 3 | Hearing : After they have been in their homes for quite a short time , people who live near railway lines cease to hear the sound of the passing trains , even though the noise may seem deafening to a visitor . |
| 4 | But these devices allow it to remain out of water for only a short time . |
| 5 | I have been in the House for only a short time , but since I have been here I have been involved in a number of private Bills . |
| 6 | In both cases the behaviour is not completely predictable , but observation for only a short time makes it so for all subsequent times . ) |