Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In March of the following year Mr Henderson was appointed treasurer of the Building Fund and the cost of the building scheme was estimated at £18,000 a sum which could be met over a period of 7 years . |
| 32 | The stimulus to demand would be felt during a period of expansion and so would exacerbate any inflationary pressures which might be building up . |
| 33 | Kenneth Clarke , when Home Secretary , announced the establishment of secure training centres where young people aged up to fifteen years could be sentenced for a period of up to two years . |
| 34 | Thus the process of convergence to the play in the full information game can be interpreted as a period of temporary reputation . |
| 35 | If so , the guarantee will be renegotiated for a period of two years and Harley will receive a royalty on sales of two per cent . ’ |
| 36 | It did suggest that the principles of confidentiality should be preserved for a period of fifteen years instead of thirty , but that there should be no new machinery for enforcement since offenders would carry the risk of social and political sanctions , and , of course , if they came within the rubric of any existing legal restraint , such as the Official Secrets Act , they would run the risk of legal proceedings . |
| 37 | Is not the timing of that exercise particularly insensitive , and is there any reason why it should not be postponed for a period of , say , a week as a mark of respect to the crew of the Antares , all of whom perished when the vessel was sunk ? |
| 38 | We 're having with effect from next Monday to reduce er our service to urgent cases only : accidents , emergency cases , those that need urgent medical care , they will be dealt with , but patients who are awaiting this type cases , for orthopaedics , gynaecology , general surgery er will have to be postponed for a period of about 5 weeks . |
| 39 | They may also be interrupted by a period of unsettled weather — when the winds blow from anywhere at any strength ! |
| 40 | A gigantic undertaking like the invasion of Europe needed at least a few days of good weather to give it a chance , and we appeared to be settled into a period of wind , rain and low cloud . |
| 41 | A firm may also be restricted for a period from accepting certain types of new appointments without the committee 's consent . |
| 42 | We want to be judged by a period in government . |
| 43 | The occupational mobility of labour can often be overcome by a period of retraining , but this takes time and may be costly for the unemployed worker . |
| 44 | In primary sclerosing cholangitis standard liver function tests may improve after diagnosis — a result of diagnosis tending to be at times of maximal abnormality in a fluctuating course and likely therefore to be followed by a period of partial remission . |
| 45 | Overtaking behaviour at a number of locations will be monitored over a period of several months using video-recording equipment . |
| 46 | Sleep can be defined as a period of reduced consciousness usually occurring at night , during which most body functions are slow or inactive . |
| 47 | When waves break it has been observed that a jet of water at the crest of the wave may move forward with twice the velocity of the wave as a whole , so that high pressures may be exerted for a period of a second or two on the cliff face . |
| 48 | In practice , therefore , Directory Integrity Check may be run after a period of development/integration , and any updates either entered automatically via the routine or entered manually . |
| 49 | As stated above , the samples of dementia sufferers were to be generated over a period of one year ( 1 April 1984–31 March 1985 ) ; and the development officers were to continue to provide their service for one further year ( until 31 March 1986 ) though no further sample members ( project clients in the case of the action sample ) were to be generated during the second year . |
| 50 | Development under a detailed planning approval must be commenced within a period of live years , beginning with the date on which the permission is granted or , where an earlier outline approval has been obtained , the date of that permission . |
| 51 | In the treatment of gonorrhoea with complications , a longer course of antibiotic therapy is needed and this must usually be combined with a period of rest , preferably in bed , preferably alone . |
| 52 | The 3 qualifying subjects must be passed within a period of 12 months . |
| 53 | Mail messages may be retained for a period of time after initial inspection . |
| 54 | 11.1.1 either party commits any material breach of this Agreement and fails to remedy it within a reasonable period ( which , where the breach consists of non-payment of sums due under clause 5 , shall be construed as a period of one ( 1 ) calendar month ) after receiving written notice from the other party , |
| 55 | Note that where directions or rules of court require any action to be taken within a period of seven days or less , only business days need be taken into account . |
| 56 | Broadly speaking , transformation into a common market was to be spread over a period of between 12 and 15 years , with a stepwise progression through stages of four years each . |
| 57 | Because of the size of block used , laying is an easy job which can be spread over a period of time . |
| 58 | The recommendation before , therefore is that a second phase of the county experiment be implemented for a period of three months to six months , whichever is felt necessary , to allow the effects of |
| 59 | It was announced that supplies of oranges would be available from local shops from April 24th and be reserved for a period of five days at the rate of one lb. per head to children only . |
| 60 | In the case of production contracts , which will be repeated over a period of time , pricing is sometimes based on historical rates with the learning curve applied to reduce them year by year . |