Sentence examples for shift is short from inspiring English sources

The day shift is short of nurses.

His shift is short, only about three hours long — common for nuclear workers — but the hourlong drive to and from a staging area, where he dons the protective suits, lengthens his working day.

Back then, garages and drivers split the proceeds down the middle, and shifts were shorter, lasting 8 hours rather than a grueling 12.

The system has been locked in by police contracts since 1993 in Suffolk and 1995 in Nassau, replacing systems in which shifts were shorter, more frequent and rotated around the clock.

This was not the case in the watersheds of the northern Sierra Nevada that reached the Sierra crest (excluding the Bear, Cosumnes, and Calaveras watersheds) where timing shifts were shorter between T4 and T6 than they were between basecase and T2.

This cataclysmic shift is nothing short of a second independence for the country, long under the boot of the hegemonic Constitutional Democratic Rally party (RCD).

But the political shift is nothing short of extraordinary for many opposition legislators who are still learning parliamentary rules and how to wend their way through a building most had only seen on television.

She argues that more states should adopt so-called reporting-pay laws, which guarantee payment for a minimum number of hours if a worker's shift is cut short.

If the start lane is short, shifting is your own choice.

Bees and humans both have trichromatic vision, but bee vision is short wave shifted compared to humans.

Even with the necessary reinforcement to withstand the furious onslaught of the Z06's supercharged, 650-horsepower engine, shift throws are short and effortless, and clutch-pedal action is as light as possible without losing the critical feel for the friction point that drivers need for smooth getaways.