Example sentences of "be a [adj] [conj] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Retirement , in this sense , is considered to be a natural and inevitable period of peace and dignity , fully enabled and recognized by both law and social provision . |
| 2 | Fourteen days seems to be a fair and reasonable period , although a landlord will argue that the rent should be paid on the due date . |
| 3 | The seven years of his second marriage were a stable and satisfying period for Howard and the time when he largely established himself as a country gentleman . |
| 4 | There is a critical or sensitive period for the introduction of solid food between 7 and 10 months of age . |
| 5 | It was a violent and savage period , you understand . |
| 6 | Andreeva went on to complain of historical plays , such as those of Mikhail Shatrov , which were arbitrary in their interpretation and close to the views that had been put forward by Lenin 's opponents , and she deplored the obsessive interest in Stalin among many writers , obscuring the fact that his was a complex and transitional period in which industrialisation , collectivisation and a cultural revolution had brought the USSR into the ranks of the great powers . |