Yesterday he concentrated on one thing and one thing only in his relatively brief net: hitting the ball as straight as possible.

Even on a relatively brief cruise, passengers are easily bored between the excursions, and liners provide distraction in on-board lessons and entertainment.

The existence of these organisms, and complex life in general, could therefore be linked to the amount of oxygen present during that relatively brief period.

That was the prelude to the start of a diabolical summer, when torrents of rain poured down with only relatively brief spells of sunshine.

For him, an absence from snooker, albeit relatively brief, has made the heart grow fonder.