Example sentences of "for only [art] 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 . ) |