It was a brief but fascinating window into tactics used by federal agents once they believe a criminal has fallen into their hands.

He glanced down at them, giving her a very brief window of opportunity to sneak a peek around him and see his empty living room.

The domestic airline industry enters 2006 with a relatively brief window of opportunity to fix its finances.

"I'm sure you know that there's a very brief window to prepare for this mission," Peter said, suppressing a smile and trying to hide his surprise.

Such brief windows of rationality did not last long, but they gave mankind a much-needed break.

It stems from the notion that you just have a briefer window to succeed.

Nevertheless he continued to publish in a limited role, even enjoying a very brief window of official approval.

There would be a window, however brief, between the signing of the draft treaty and its ratification.

Before the lockout started and during that very brief window, right around the time of the draft, the feedback was excellent.

However, in the days following there were brief windows free of the cloud at different locations which were exploited to make a few aircraft movements.