Example sentences of "be [art] [adj] period [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 It 's been the driest period since the 1930s .
2 The years immediately following 725/6 must have been a crucial period in the establishment of Aethelbald of Mercia 's domination of southern England .
3 The last years of Henry VII had been a prosperous period for the port — the average annual sum paid in customs dues from 1504 to 1509 was over £10,000 , and in the early years of Henry VIII a group of merchants had maintained voyages to Brazil .
4 The guidelines took effect on 1 August , but there will be a transitional period for the sake of students and members who began their pre- or post-qualification training before that date .
5 Must this period last until an agreement is reached by both parties , or will it be a finite period at the end of which the unions must accept the propositions put forward by their employers ?
6 She added that the translation of a directive into national law gives rise to difficulties and suggested that there should be an open period for the EC and national governments to argue out any differences that arise .
7 New Year 's Eve is the busiest period of the year for emergency services , with up to 300 calls an hour .
8 It 's no coincidence that this is the likely period of the next general election .
9 Nobody is pretending that we are having a great time , but it is important to recognise the factors which have affected us in what is a transitional period for the club .
10 For the ninth century was a crucial period in the ecclesiastical history of western Europe .
11 The union representing the performers were militantly opposed to British dancers taking work from them and there was a lean period for the sixteen Girls left .
12 Following the overthrow of the Achaemenid dynasty by Alexander of Macedon in 331 BC there was a confused period in the history of Zoroastrianism until its revival as the state religion under the Sassanian dynasty ( AD 226–651 ) .
13 This was a hard period for the Prime Minister — she lost the confidence of senior colleagues , was widely regarded as an electoral liability and lost battles in the Cabinet .
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