Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adv] short " in BNC.
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| 1 | But only for a very short time . ’ |
| 2 | But only for a very short time . ’ |
| 3 | They saw the animal only for a very short time . ’ |
| 4 | She was hit by a wave of familiarity ; the sudden realisation that this was the man with whom she had shared so much , if only for a very short time . |
| 5 | If the oil film breaks down momentarily for a very short period of time that little bit of carbon that four percent carbon in the cast iron will actually stop the aluminium sticking to the cylinder . |
| 6 | Because the British planning system reinforces a natural tendency towards ‘ lumpy ’ growth , individual places tend to grow rapidly for a relatively short time and then consolidate more gradually , with the result that a place takes on a particular profile which then becomes relatively ‘ fossilized ’ . |
| 7 | It is one in which a repertory with a large a cappella element is cultivated on a daily basis by men and ( usually ) boys , all of them relatively young , who hold positions in a cathedral or chapel ( often for a relatively short time ) for which there is much competition . |
| 8 | I think tranquillizers can be useful as well for a very short time limited period . |
| 9 | On the one hand , ethnic minorities currently settled in Britain have been here for a relatively short period of time , and it seems that circumstances of migration and initial settlement are conditions under which support between siblings assumes greater significance than it might otherwise do — a point illustrated by the patterns of chain migration and of joint households which I discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 10 | I was only here for a very short while , during which time I saw . |
| 11 | A person who has been thinking intensely , for example , even for a very short time will leave these thoughts in the vapour . |
| 12 | But only very for a very short period . |