Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must have in a short answer like there 's a definition , most of the concepts there will be erm defined effective protection , its optimal , optimal tariff , trained creation , or trained diversion , there will be concepts that need definition , economic jargon , so you must have an equal er definition in there and you must have examples of how this concept is used , right say erm er one of those about do n't make reciprocal dumping . |
| 2 | Once a snow arête becomes steeply angled you should revert to the short rope technique . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll tow on a short line , ’ Titch said . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I think I 'll go for a short walk along the seafront . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , give me a few minutes , ’ Mark said , ‘ and I 'll ring the Prime Minister 's office in Istanbul , to see if they 'll agree to a short postponement . ’ |
| 6 | Usually parents are permitted to stop using the alarm if the child has had fourteen to twenty-one dry nights , but need to be warned that the child may relapse for a short time . |
| 7 | In old age several major losses may occur within a short space of time . |
| 8 | I agree with the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington ( Mr. Forman ) that by far the most useful thing that we could do in the short run would be to fund a payments union among the commonwealth of independent states so that they could at least have a currency in which to trade with one another . |
| 9 | They argued that existing maps and digitized files from them are unable to meet these needs at global or regional scale and only remote sensing could help in the short term : the availability of stereometric data from the French SPOT satellite has already led to proposals for automated creation of global digital elevation models with a spatial ( XY ) resolution of about 30 m ( Muller 1989 ) . |
| 10 | Oil prices would spike in a short war , but quickly fall back to perhaps $20 a barrel . |
| 11 | But for most of the workforce this price is relatively high and short-lived ; money will motivate for a short time especially if it is a potentially large sum of money ( e.g. football pools , lotteries , gambling ) . |
| 12 | The watertable may rise when there is very heavy rain , perhaps to the height of the upper passage and its cavern where the stream will flow for a short time , making that passage just a little larger . |
| 13 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 14 | Fellow coach Robert Millington reckoned : ‘ Physiologically , they [ blacks ] are much better equipped than whites ; not so much with what they 've got to start with , but what they can achieve in a short space of time . |
| 15 | Following the implications of the McKinsey matrix , Porter states that there is usually little that the firm can do in the short run to affect industry structure and hence attractiveness . |
| 16 | Just how much things can change in a short space of time . |