Example sentences of "for [adv] a short time " in BNC.
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1 | Sadly , Mr Cod was destined to be with them for only a short time . |
2 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
3 | Lonsdale 's history of women poets through the century allows them to be understood against developments in the poetry written by men whose dominance of fashion was challenged for only a short time toward the end of the period . |
4 | The problems result from long-term exposure , so families who change homes every few years may not suffer because they are exposed to levels above the action level for only a short time . |
5 | Why does the snow settle for only a short time on the north west coast ? |
6 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
7 | Of course , we were here for only a short time and what time we had we spent with Debbie . |
8 | A spokesman for a major insurance company commented , ‘ If they were there for only a short time , we could arrange cover , probably without charge . ’ |
9 | But these devices allow it to remain out of water for only a short time . |
10 | Full employment , competition between employers for labour and high levels of labour turnover might mean that many people are working for only a short time in any particular job . |
11 | Sachs therefore concluded that the syntax of sentences is held for only a short time , after which only their meaning is retained . |
12 | At high stepping rates each phase is excited for only a short time interval and the build.up time of the phase current is a significant proportion of the excitation interval . |
13 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
14 | This adds a bit of fun to the proceedings , but the same questions crop up repetitively , so its quite easy to cheat by remembering the answers after playing for only a short time . |
15 | ‘ For only a short time . |
16 | I have been in the House for only a short time , but since I have been here I have been involved in a number of private Bills . |
17 | This has been attempted with some success using the gene for human factor IX , though synthesis continues for only a short time , and immune response in the mouse receipients proved a problem . |
18 | In both cases the behaviour is not completely predictable , but observation for only a short time makes it so for all subsequent times . ) |
19 | For just a short time I had become a part of the village community on a day that ‘ introduces everybody to everybody else ’ . |
20 | Hearing : After they have been in their homes for quite a short time , people who live near railway lines cease to hear the sound of the passing trains , even though the noise may seem deafening to a visitor . |