The phrase "a very tight time" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is little time available to complete a task or meet a deadline.
Example: "We have a very tight time to finish this project before the presentation next week."
Alternatives: "a short timeframe" or "a limited time".
"It is a very tight time in higher education right now," Ms. Dow said.
We have a large agenda and a very tight time line (Jan . 3 to try and make recommendations that are sound and doable.
"What's amazing to me is the range of the problems, and the fact that we have a very tight time frame to solve them".
"Voters are faced with a choice between parties with differing degrees of enthusiasm for implementing major measures in a very tight time frame," said Kevin Featherstone, who heads the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics.
Legislators are juggling many unknowns as they struggle to put together a budget that closes a deficit of more than $100 million, and must do so on a very tight time schedule.
"There is a universal recognition that Darfur is a disaster, that the government of Sudan is culpable and that action on a very tight time frame is essential," John C. Danforth, the American ambassador to the United Nations and formerly President Bush's special envoy to Sudan, said in arguing for swift passage of the resolution.
"But it is a part of the Nasa of old – in which Nasa was launching a lot of missions very quickly on very tight time schedules". That is an important message for Nasa, at a time when America, and the world, is again scrutinising space exploration.
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"Because of this very tight time frame it is not uncommon to remove organs before new ones arrive.
Some disciplines even favor the contemplative or the careful over being speedy and Type A. Even if one were trying to test for speed-related skills, there are far better ways to do so than by placing (not very tight) time limits on every section of the test.
