Example sentences of "[vb infin] for a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Would these be shared between you and the operator , in the sense that they will be paying a keener price — from the operator 's point of view — then they would otherwise have for a shorter contract ? |
| 5 | That will not happen immediately or alternatively it will only happen for a short period of time . |
| 6 | ‘ No , I think I 'll go for a short walk along the seafront . |
| 7 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 8 | Such a right would give a monopoly in the program , thus protecting the underlying ideas more effectively than copyright , but the right would last for a shorter period than a patent , say 5 or 7 years maximum . |
| 9 | Some authorities might argue for a shorter span , giving Baudelaire a title as father of modern art criticism or Wölflinn the key part in the development of art history . |
| 10 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |