Example sentences of "and [verb] a [adj] period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be trying to understand and explain a whole period of the past or they may be concentrating on one individual problem . |
| 2 | The human being ( a far more complex creature inhabiting a far more complex world ) needs to be highly adaptive and has a long period of play in which to build up a vast repertoire of behaviours . |
| 3 | The long-term effect was to damage severely the profitability of the county 's coastal trade , to raise the levels of taxation and to cause a lengthy period of economic decline . |
| 4 | Predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion although with a substantial Roman Catholic ( Uniate ) minority , Kievan Rus had been the origin of the Russian state in the ninth century and enjoyed an extended period of independence , but then came under Lithuanian , Polish and ( from the seventeenth century ) Russian control . |
| 5 | Now , by the chaos of war , and because the exiled Napoleon had returned to France and thrust a new period of battle on Europe , Sharpe was a lieutenant-colonel in the 5th Belgian Light Dragoons , a regiment he had never met , had no wish to meet , and would not have recognized if it had formed line and charged him . |
| 6 | They have to be outstanding academically , and must show that having served pupillage and completed a limited period of practice in this country they intend subsequently to return to their country of origin , and that the experience of English pupillage and practice will be of significant benefit in establishing a practice in their home country . |