short amount of time
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshort,amountandtime
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short
adjective
uk/ʃɔːt/us/ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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time
noun
uk/taɪm/us/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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(Definition ofshort,amountandtimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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An explanation for this result could be the relatively large number of psychotherapy sessions in ashortamountof time.
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In a relativelyshortamountof time, pupils were able to generate sounds that they felt re-ected the initial stimulus which they had chosen.
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A relatively recent upstart, gender and colonialism history has come a long way in a relativelyshortamountof time.
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It has been effective in eliciting a range of lexical aspect categories in ashortamountof time.
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One of the basic findings of this survey was theshortamountof time between the diagnosis of end-of-life and death.
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They should allow people to solve problems in ashortamountof time that currently take hours or longer.
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It may be three years but three years is ashortamountof time.
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Given theshortamountof time that we have, the more he yawns, the longer this will take.
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The other thing which seems to me strange is theshortamountof time for which people are permitted to come here.
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It is no mean achievement and it is all the more impressive given theshortamountof time that the headquarters has been established.
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I feel it is remarkable what it has managed to achieve in just thisshortamountof time.
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We have been spared that by theshortamountof time.
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I am sure that he has broken all records in theshortamountof time that he took to give that summary.
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I will use theshortamountof time available to me to concentrate on the second aspect, for the euro really is an open door to the future.
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It is a tribute to their professional training that they have been able to do it so effectively within theshortamountof time available for speeches.
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I have ashortamountof time.
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For the first time, employees will be able to take ashortamountof leave when a dependant falls ill, which will help them make longer term care arrangements.
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I fear that we have a ridiculouslyshortamountof time in which to debate a measure that will affect the life and livelihood of thousands of people.
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The plunger lock allows a user to quickly close and lock several cabinets in ashortamountof time.
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One-time passwords are similar to session tokens in that the password expires after it has been used or after a veryshortamountof time.
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