Example sentences of "[adv] [art] short " in BNC.
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1 | An enterprising parents ' association at one primary school took on the short term lease of a shop in the local High Street in the pre-Christmas period and made a substantial profit by buying in stock from discount warehouses and retailing in competition with other traders . |
2 | It is a truism that the executive search consultant hired has a stronger influence on the person eventually put on the short list of candidates than the client . |
3 | → Thanks to everyone who sent in information and recollections concerning Levin guitars — especially the short , concise ones ( just kidding , Bob ! ) . |
4 | London 's Waterloo & City tube line , where the 1940 vintage cars sport NSE livery on the outside and Southern Railway ventilator grilles on the inside , and the individualistic Manchester-Bury line , where Lancashire & Yorkshire influence still shines through with battered 1959 BR stock rattling up and down the short , but unique 1,200V DC side contact third rail complete with semaphore signals . |
5 | After mid-morning Sunday mass many come from the church , walk down the short steep hill of Santa Maria in Portico , cross the Riviera di Chiaia and stroll along the Villa Nazionale for a sight of the sea and the majestic sweep of the rocky shore of the Bay of Naples . |
6 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |
7 | As Sister and Nurse Robins are swigging coffee with that drag Jones , I took him down the short cut through Eyes and shoved him into 15 . |
8 | Continue down the short valley of Mosedale to the road , which you follow eastwards until it crosses the River Duddon ( 1.75 ) . |
9 | We walked on until we reached an unlit stretch of the Corniche , then climbed over a low wall and down the short slope to the river 's edge where we were out of sight of the sentries . |
10 | Scott wandered down the short set of steps to Carol 's door , noticing that there was a pint of milk on the step . |
11 | He had been on board the Santa Maria some two hours or more working out with the Argentine naval lieutenant and the tug 's engineers just what was required to get the tow safely down the short cut into the Beagle Channel and thence to Ushuaia . |
12 | Thorfinn , looking down the short length of the table to his wife 's cousin opposite , said , ‘ I heard about your wife . |
13 | Take-off time arrived and the oil temperatures were still somewhat below the criteria , but I opened the throttles and very shortly the tail was up and I was heading down the short runway into a brisk headwind , pointing straight for the little pub outside the camp that had become a second home for us . |
14 | as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position . |
15 | To his credit , Lord Whitelaw having been forced to bring in the short sharp shock , dropped it when it was proved not to work . |
16 | This has one tiresome consequence , that if one knows only the short title and calendar year , the statute may sometimes be in either of two volumes , and nothing but a process of trial and error can ascertain which . |
17 | Three of these subclones ( R342A4-B14 , R342A4-B15 , and R342A4-C3 ) were found to contain only the short arm of chromosome 10 , as shown by chromosome painting ( Figure 4a , b ) of normal human metaphase spreads with DNA fragments derived from the hybrids by Alu-PCR ( 19 ) . |
18 | Consistent with this is the presence of ZNF25 in somatic cell hybrids R342A4-B14 and JF1-23B13 , which contain only the short arm of human chromosome 10 ( data not shown ) . |
19 | Erm and there are basically a short term pension is available . |
20 | And if you had no tongue , no celebrating language , you 'd do this : cross your hands at the wrist with palms facing towards you ; place your crossed wrists over your heart ( the middle of your chest , anyway ) ; then move your hands outwards a short distance , and open them towards the object of your love . |
21 | Winds at the beach are perfect for novices , with enough stronger breezes to satisfy early intermediates , especially a short distance out to sea . |
22 | Here the last thing you expect to see is one of the most exquisite small houses in the land ; yet here , glimpsed down a short straight avenue of completely inappropriate young cherry trees , is Lodge Park . |
23 | Susan followed her down a short , dark passage and into the second sitting-room , which , ugly and over-full as it was , looked comparatively cheerful with its blazing fire . |
24 | They led him , left hand aloft , through into the house , down a short passage and then some cellar steps . |
25 | The BAA intends that a qualification scheme will soon be in place , with a graded multi-tier system of certificates available , from Assistant Supervisor ( where one is merely allowed to assist with abseiling a small group down a short drop ) through the Abseil Instructor and Abseil Coach . |
26 | The main route is a very high level long ridge walk to the summit of Fairfield — with brilliant views over Ullswater — followed by a descent down a short , steep , twisting little valley called Dovedale . |
27 | Finally she turned and disappeared down a short flight of stairs . |
28 | She led the way down a short and curving hall into the lounge — a rugged expanse of blue and gold that seemed to glow in the light admitted by three high windows . |
29 | When Terry went upstairs to change , Ellie went with her , and when they came down a short while later , when Terry and Declan were ready to leave , Ellie was right there beside them . |
30 | His hand beneath her elbow , Michele directed her down a short flight of steps to a central sunken garden where Neptune , brandishing a trident , guarded a splashing fountain . |