Example sentences of "[prep] [art] short [noun] of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least for the short period of time he expected the combat to last . |
| 2 | And thirdly we have to satisfy you that in the circumstances of the operation the police were justified in restraining Mr with handcuffs for the short period of time that he was restrained and in addition Mrs who you will remember was restrained in her lounge , she was told she could n't leave the lounge , again for a few minutes . |
| 3 | They dived down from out of the sun to the south and in view of the short space of time that had elapsed since the aircraft had landed it is almost certain that the enemy aircraft must have seen the Sunderland in the air . |
| 4 | He did n't seem to notice , and continued , his voice rising even more : ‘ I believe when people come here on vacation they come to escape the perpetual grey in their lives for a short space of time . |
| 5 | The UK 's objection to the proposed Directive was that it was ‘ unreasonably restrictive ’ to designate large river catchments ‘ simply because , for a short period of time in the autumn , the water may temporarily exceed 50 mg/litre although throughout the rest of the year it will be well below that figure . ’ |
| 6 | After fertilization the eggs form larvae that are pelagic and become a part of the plankton for a short period of time before settling on a hard surface to grow into new colonies . |
| 7 | This is because the egg can only be fertilised for a short period of time following its release . |
| 8 | When a particular task requires expatriates to work overseas for a short period of time , it is common for employers to hire people with the necessary skills on short , fixed-term contracts . |
| 9 | The service flat , however , may be rented for a short period of time and fill the gap between the employee 's arrival in Britain and the completion of the house purchase . |
| 10 | Our study design explains how we could detect a significant difference in urinary albumin excretion between two treatments in a small number of subjects for a short period of time : monthly measurements over 12 months increased the precision and consequently the power of our trial . |
| 11 | Within my own panel courts have agreed to adjourn hearings , and make an order for a short period of time to enable a more thorough assessment . |
| 12 | You can borrow small sums for a short period of time or you can borrow large amounts for many years , such as a mortgage . |
| 13 | Really , this is another way of saying that capital is sunk , but for a short period of time , because whilst the plane is in use it is not available for alternative flights . |
| 14 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
| 15 | Algicides are sold by many aquatic plant nurseries and garden centres and while these are effective for a short period of time , they are not a substitute for a properly balanced pool . |
| 16 | These were doubtless satisfactory for the individuals who had collected them and for a short period of time , until perhaps superseded by rulings that were seen to be more appropriate . |
| 17 | That will not happen immediately or alternatively it will only happen for a short period of time . |
| 18 | Erm yeah for a short period of time perhaps about two years ago . |
| 19 | for a short period of time which will have the same affect of building it up over the twenty five year period and you can use the money for er er other things . |
| 20 | But they do , they get paid a lot of money but only for a short period of time . |
| 21 | It is more important for them to defer their childbearing and to compress it into a short space of time in their married life . |
| 22 | That is , whether spaced out advertising — the " drip " — over a long period would work better than heavy advertising , the " burst " , concentrated into a short space of time . |
| 23 | In the short space of time it took him to walk across the room arm-in-arm with Mme de Ratho , he thought he saw … . |
| 24 | … and in the short space of time allocated to me I would like you to know that this is an occasion at which I am indeed proud — extremely proud — to be present . |
| 25 | In the short space of time she had been in the ATS she had become aware how easily she attracted the opposite sex , a power which did not appear to have been conferred in anything like the same degree on her contemporaries . |
| 26 | He should n't be in her thoughts at all , and yet she found that in the short space of time since she had met him he had sunk in , wormed his way into her mind with his disturbing home truths . |
| 27 | Asked by Crown counsel how Aindow had regained his balance , taken aim and fired in the short space of time available , the accused replied ‘ I do n't know ’ . |
| 28 | Substantial doubts had been raised by the difficultly of Coleman 's having committed the crime in the short space of time for which he had no alibi on the night of the murder , and by numerous statements gathered after the trial attesting that another resident of the small town of Grundy had boasted of having committed the crime . |
| 29 | Within a short space of time referrals were regularly coming in . |
| 30 | In April 1962 he wrote ‘ Blowin' in the Wind ’ , and within a short space of time he had been adopted as the spokesman of the civil-rights movement . |