| I just thought, OK, a little flash in the pan, make some quick money, and we're out of here. |
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| Perhaps this is just another flash in the pan but I think it is significant. |
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| It is not a flash in the pan but something that's been maintained over a long period. |
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| No flash in the pan, no gimmick needed, they back up their chops with integrity and experience. |
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| And his form so far this season has proved that his success last year was no flash in the pan. |
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| This wasn't just a flash in the pan, they fought back like tigers to win this match. |
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| We keep on top of all the latest developments and examine them closely to determine what's flash in the pan and what's here to stay. |
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| Most of the proposals need not be discussed at all, so it is nothing more than a flash in the pan. |
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| Over the coming two days, we have the challenge of showing that this initial success was not a flash in the pan. |
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| The conference speech confirmed that he wasn't a flash in the pan. |
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| Clover, a longstanding environment campaigner, denies that this support may be a mere flash in the pan. |
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| Are they a flash in the pan, though, or are they here to stay? |
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| Experts believe the upsurge in racing throughout the county is more than a flash in the pan, with attendance figures increasing at larger and smaller meetings in Yorkshire. |
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| Although it was just a flash in the pan, the goodwill involved in setting up such a festival is still commented upon favourably by scholars today. |
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| A year ago I would have written the band off as a flash in the pan, but now I'm thinking that they've got what it takes to stick around for a while longer. |
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| But at the same time, investment in infrastructure must not just be a flash in the pan. |
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| Indeed, the team managed by Michito Harada has a twofold objective: to confirm their status as a continental power and show that the fine 5-3 victory over Belgium was no flash in the pan. |
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| The concept turned out to be merely a flash in the pan and is no longer used. |
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| He was named best new director of 1940, but his career was a flash in the pan. |
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| The burning question remaining is, was this summer of fun for the children just a flash in the pan, or was it the spark for engendering true accessibility in the leisure sector over the longterm? |
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| The first figures of January this year compared to the same period last year demonstrate that a fivefold increase in imports of clothing from China is not a flash in the pan. |
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| It would be a flash in the pan, destined to burn itself out. |
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| He stressed that there was an acceptance that the positive momentum Africa had built since the turn of the decade was neither a flash in the pan nor a false dawn. |
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| Let us create the conditions for success, for it is important that this enlargement is not a flash in the pan, not just a symbolic decision that will go on to create problems. |
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| Another group is neglected by the budget, despite a flash in the pan announcement which drew everyone's attention when there was talk about revamping the student aid program. |
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| Thomas initially took a de haut en bas attitude to Nazism, expecting it to be a flash in the pan. |
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| It is to be hoped that awareness by the international community will not be a flash in the pan and that the promises in support of agriculture will be longer lasting than the emotion that the riots aroused. |
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