Example sentences of "[adv] a [adv] short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practical terms , a checklist may take only a very short time to complete , providing that the teacher or therapist is familiar with the child being assessed . |
| 2 | The political and social hegemony of the Austrian bourgeoisie ( Bürgertum ) came very late , very suddenly , and lasted only a very short time . |
| 3 | Indeed on being presented with a picture , pupils may look at it for only a very short time and give only the most cursory replies when questioned about various features . |
| 4 | Well no , now you see , now is , what 's happened is this tt we argued er the case after we saw the notice , but we only saw the notice about a week before it went into com into committee , so we 'd only a very short time to get everything organized , well we got letters and this petition , we sent it in to the council , Stanley came round and talked to one of the young men round our place , not like that , but he was saying oh we 'll do this , that and the other , but when he came round and now we know they 'd lobbied all the committee that were good and they knew it was gon na be passed , they knew before they went in it was gon na be passed |
| 5 | A week or two spent in preparation is really a comparatively short time to plan the necessary changes . |