Shortened forms of this laborious dialogue, short, simple ways to achieve great new European solutions do not and will not exist.

- Shortened form of a motto often ascribed to, or associated with, Thomas a Kempis.

The word lunga (Shortened form of the Italian lunga pausa, meaning "long pause") is sometimes added above a fermata to indicate a longer duration.

For the others, class time will be shortened by at least 10 minutes a day.

The life of the government is likely to have been shortened.

The course of study once again shortened to two years.

The school week was shortened from 6 to a 5 day one.

At some time the east end of the church was shortened.

The name was later shortened to the current form in 1978.

In 2009, the company name was shortened to the present form.

The name was shortened to its present form some time later.

A few have even had their life shortened by treatment.

Even that time could be shortened if he had young children.

What we were trying to do was shorten the game.

To be sure, some parents have tried to shorten their hours.

It was shortened down to a little over four minutes.

It will be further shortened to 12 months in 2009.

This, then, shortened the running time from 175 minutes to 167.

As a result, each team period is shortened to 52 minutes.

I do not think, he said, that the way could have been shortened.

However, much of the game's story was changed or shortened in the process.

It was then shortened to a 3-hour show a few years later.

At the same time as this move the school shortened its name to the current form.

"But the whole plan was try to shorten the game for them."

He would shorten the training period to six years from eight.

The stay in hospital could be shortened for patients as well.

I come to a question that may shorten the business.

Shortening it down will help us stay on top of the world.