Example sentences of "[adv prt] at short " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will travel any distance and can often fill in at short notice , if required . |
| 2 | A quick reshuffle followed , and Cusick was brought in at short notice . |
| 3 | Chapman had already done one Doctor Who , ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ , brought in at short notice due to Cusick 's commitments on the ‘ Planet of Giants ’ story . |
| 4 | The three alien forms were originally to be realized by Roger Dicken ; but he completed the small forms only , and Rambaldi was called in at short notice to do the Alien head . |
| 5 | He was called in at short notice due to the unfortunate motor accident involving Design Director , Bill Naysmith . |
| 6 | An important working library on South-East Asia and much modern French literature has come to us by bequest of M. Jacques Dauphin , father of our former Lady Carlisle Research Fellow , Dr. Claudine Dauphin ; we owe special thanks to Dr. Dauphin and the army of Somervillian and non-Somervillian friends who helped transport this large collection of books across the Channel , and to Ann Raynes who stepped in at short notice to deliver the last consignment from London to Oxford . |
| 7 | In addition , Alexander Hardinge , who had replaced Wigram as private secretary to the King and who constantly saw his loyalty as lying with the institution and not with the person , was available to come over at short notice and did so . |
| 8 | The Newcastle-based steel fabricator and erector contracted to carry out the steelwork went into receivership early in the operation but fortunately Bone , Connel & Baxters of Motherwell was able to take over at short notice and , says Alan Muir , ‘ did a great job ’ . |
| 9 | Though the current talk is about establishing multinational units and of creating a European rapid-deployment force that could be sent off at short notice to cope with unexpected contingencies , Europe 's armies have too many of the wrong sorts of forces , doing the wrong jobs . |
| 10 | Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2–3 minute intervals , with a great roar of whirring wings . |
| 11 | Showing no ill-effects from the ‘ chucking ’ accusation he had faced earlier in the tour , the Middlesex man soon removed Wright , driving out of the rough and caught at slip ; ended Hartland 's defiant debut at silly point ; had Greatbatch snapped up at short leg after a couple of desperate drives ; and broke through Thomson 's forcing shot via an arm ball . |
| 12 | Many of the more glamorous film and photographic opportunities crop up at short notice , so you have to be flexible . |
| 13 | What are the cargoes we pick up at short notice and deliver to out-of-the-way ports in Africa ? |
| 14 | But there is a world of difference between these patients , discharged carefully to a community hostel , and those sent out at short notice after a few months in an acute psychiatric ward . |
| 15 | Do not invest money which you may need back at short notice . |
| 16 | ‘ County ’ men were transferred around at short intervals , while we were static in the city , never moving more than a mile or so between the three divisions to undertake real ‘ city work ’ . |
| 17 | At times like that , you call on your mates , and Kenny Everett kindly got us out of a spot of trouble there and agreed to come on at short notice . |