Example sentences of "shorter [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will also be series of shorter case histories and articles bearing the points of argument . |
| 2 | Students attending shorter university courses , i.e. less than six months , will normally receive free care for minor illnesses ( i.e. those which can be dealt with in general practice ) but , to cover any necessary hospital care , they must arrange medical insurance through the University , which will pay for this insurance . |
| 3 | When Jordan launched his shorter hours campaign in 1989 , it was greeted with scepticism by union and industrial leaders . |
| 4 | Alternatively the low levels detected could be the result of disproportionate priming of the shorter PCR products . |
| 5 | The combination of these methods provides optimum cooking quality and shorter cooking times of up to five times less than conventional methods . |
| 6 | My source tells me : ‘ The firemen were very helpful and attempted to remove the offending smoke sensor but could not isolate it from the system so the demonstration continued with shorter cooking times and lower temperatures to reduce the flames . |
| 7 | Steaks and chops retained their natural juices without drying out , and this was assessed as being because of the much shorter cooking time . |
| 8 | [ Josiah Cox Russell and John Paul Heironimus , The Shorter Latin Poems of Master Henry of Avranches , 1935 ; Peter Binkley , ‘ Thirteenth Century Latin Poetry Contests Associated with Henry of Avranches ’ , Ph.D . |
| 9 | A difficulty in interpreting laterality reaction time data according to a fixed anatomical model is that shorter response latencies for uncrossed as compared with crossed reactions would be expected simply on the grounds of stimulus-response ( S-R ) compatibility . |
| 10 | An obvious corollary is that coins with a long circulation life will have been lost in greater proportions than coins with shorter circulation lifetimes . |
| 11 | Our treatment success rate lies within other authors ' experience with local endoscopic treatment , reporting success rates ranging from 82 ( 1 ) to 100% , with much shorter study periods , however . |
| 12 | The truncated enzymes also show a shorter DNAaseI footprint than the wild-type enzyme and protection against hydroxyl-radical cleavage does not extend further upstream from position -42 ( lower strand ) ( data not shown ) . |
| 13 | The proceeds of the two offerings will be used primarily to re-finance existing shorter term US dollar debt . |
| 14 | Flexibility is still possible in that there are in any one year at least as many shorter term visitors available which we can not feature on the Grid system . |
| 15 | It could be that there are major goals which businesses fulfil , such as maximising the return on capital , whilst having shorter term aims , such as increasing turnover . |
| 16 | Shorter term cost cutting measures by P-E resulted in the disposal of Marketing Quality Assurance Ltd through a management buyout ; Marketing Intraface , which was closed down ; and Applied Skills for Management Ltd , which was sold back to its former owner . |
| 17 | The subsequent Framingham Study in 1977 reported a shorter term follow-up and included serum lipids and lipoproteins in a multivariate analysis in a total cohort of 4939 subjects ( Garcia et al , 1974 ) . |
| 18 | Particularly acute problems appear to be found in the area of raising seed-corn capital ( pre start-up capital , less than £250,000 , the riskiest type of venture capital ) and that venture funds are looking for shorter term returns ( BEQB 1990 ) . |
| 19 | Shorter term fix at very low rates , medium term fix medium rates , and so on . |
| 20 | Shorter Term Objectives — ‘ How To Start Getting There ’ |
| 21 | The shorter term deal carries a £135 arrangement fee , while the five year offer has an up-front charge of £195 . |
| 22 | Now we had originally had this extra facility available er so that we could trade off life against the extra thrust in an emergency but there was clearly the possibility erm that that might be used er when it really was n't necessary and we would end up with extra costs , extra life cycle costs , shorter engine life and it was felt on balance that with a reduced threat overall that it was sensible to take out that facility and to accept a longer engine life , but not , there 's no reduction in the total normal thrust but its merely its override combat facility . |
| 23 | It was to be expected that Britain as the leading maritime power should take a lead in scientific voyages , which could be directly linked to shorter passage times and greater safety , and the general advancement of trade . |
| 24 | These effects are less marked with fentanyl because of its shorter serum half-life . |
| 25 | After the second Mercedes had stopped , Schlesser emerged from a shorter pitstop 8secs in front of Schumacher . |
| 26 | Clearly , an important long term objective for any large organisation should be the production of a comprehensive negotiating suite , capable of forecasting the cost of any " standard " agreement , shorter work week , x per cent on basic pay , y per cent on differentials , reduction of retirement age , changes in shift premiums , call out payments , etc . |
| 27 | Shorter range cruise missiles would be excluded from the agreement . |
| 28 | But for the sake of the pigs we would obviously prefer Sir Richard 's shorter phasing-out period . ’ |
| 29 | People who had said — during another part of the interview — that they preferred the smallest possible individual instalments turned out to be just as likely to switch to a shorter repayment schedule ( given lower APR and credit costs ) as people who had said they preferred the shortest possible repayment schedule . |
| 30 | For people in this position , choice of a shorter repayment schedule in response to APR/credit cost disclosure would in practice be mere wishful thinking . |