Sentence examples for for briefer from inspiring English sources

Jhering taught Roman law at Giessen (1852 68), at Göttingen (from 1872), and at four other universities for briefer periods.

And one purveyor of fine Japanese teas in Kyoto recommends making small cups of cold sencha with 5 times that ratio, infusing first for 15 minutes, then for briefer times.

More recently, supporters of Anglo-Saxon capitalism have produced a variant of this argument: firms will enjoy sustained growth if they favour the interests of long-term shareholders over traders who hold stock for briefer periods.This is not merely rhetoric.

France rampaged forward from the start but from about the 12th minute until seconds before the half-time, and for briefer periods in the second half, Germany's dominance was near-absolute.

In the new book we have to settle for briefer assessments of "underwriters," lyricists he wishes wrote as much for the theater as they did for movies and the pop charts; and "one-show wonders" like Richard Wilbur and DuBose Heyward.

This Twitter-like model should make for briefer and more focused discussion.

Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt came for brief respites.

Here Jerome lived, except for brief journeys, until his death.

For brief periods the overall outcome seemed nailbitingly close.

Today, we are too liberalized for Brief Encounter.

Twice before, the government has shut Kambora for brief periods.