Sentence examples for could prove short from inspiring English sources

And several said that more Iraqis might still celebrate the allied troops' arrival and that the Iraqi military's resistance could prove short lived.

The money could help calm fears that the region's relatively robust performance after the emerging-market turmoil of the late 1990's could prove short lived.

They called him day to day, but Kevin Correia's stay in the bullpen could prove short.

Yet it could prove short-lived.

Even so, his advantage could prove short-lived.

Yet any cheer Mr Hu generates between the two governments could prove short-lived.

Still, she noted, Californians are fickle consumers and faith-based beauty could prove short-lived.

There are also growing concerns about the balance of the recovery, with the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, warning earlier this week that the recovery could prove "short-lived".

If this backtracking continues, the relief in the peripheries' bond yields could prove short-lived, and the euro zone's recession will deepen.In China economic reform has stalled.

The benefits of the market calm for Spain could prove short-lived, though, if Mr. Rajoy cannot show he is in control of his country's economic problems.

Looking ahead, the IMF warned of a risk that the return of optimism to financial markets since the turn of the year could prove short-lived.