Example sentences of "the [noun] of a period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available . |
| 2 | 7.6.5 If upon the expiry of a period of [ 3 ] years commencing on the date of the damage or destruction the Premises and the Retained Parts have not been rebuilt or reinstated so that the Premises are fit for the Tenant 's occupation and use either party may by notice served at any time within [ 6 ] months of the expiry of such period invoke the provisions of clause 7.6.6 |
| 3 | That the quality of the reactions of a period of life in which the superego did not as yet exist should be the pattern upon which is modelled the manic state ( the basis of which is temporary withdrawal of the superego ) is exactly what we should expect . |
| 4 | The delay had been the result of a period of frantic bargaining between the Likud and its smaller orthodox or nationalist coalition partners . |
| 5 | It matters little whether the " facts " have been produced by questionnaires , found by searching through records , or are the result of a period of participant observation . |
| 6 | In areas of endemic haemonchosis it has often been observed that after the advent of a period of heavy rain the faecal worm egg counts of sheep infected with H. contortus drop sharply to near zero levels due to the expulsion of the major part of the adult worm burden . |
| 7 | The beginning of that evolution is usually dated to the constitution which Solon produced for the city in or around the year 594 BC.Solon 's intervention was itself the outcome of a period of conflict between " the masse and " the notable , according to the account given by Aristotle in The Athenian Constitution . |
| 8 | ‘ We are in the midst of a period of considerable change , ’ said breed society president Wilson McCracken , Co Antrim . |
| 9 | Deindustrialization , on whatever basis it is assessed , has prompted discussion over whether we are now in the midst of a period of major structural change , whether the UK economy is at some kind of turning-point . |
| 10 | The Robbins Report , and its acceptance in broad terms by the Conservative government of the day , marked the beginning of a period of rapid expansion . |
| 11 | Gotz Adriani 's latest show for the Tübingen Kunsthalle , ‘ Cezanne 's paintings , masterpieces from four decades ’ marks the beginning of a period of radical reassessment of the artist 's career . |
| 12 | The 1560s marked the beginning of a period of economic dislocation and social upheaval which stunted the development of Muscovy 's fragile ‘ proto-bourgeoisie ’ . |
| 13 | In the first , the shape into which the social formation is predisposed to settle , though contested , is obvious and is a powerful influence on the culture ; the second — despite an underlying complexity in the cultural relationships — possesses brilliant if temporary clarity arising from its historical position at the beginning of a period of great situational adjustment . |
| 14 | The reopening of the Cadiz house , and the opening of a London house in partnership with his eldest son under the style ‘ Antony Gibbs & Son ’ , marked the beginning of a period of real prosperity . |
| 15 | It continued : " The Supreme Soviet declares the beginning of a period of transition which will culminate in the formation of the constitutional organs of state power in the Republic of Estonia . " |
| 16 | At the beginning of a period of technological change , the long term implications may appear remote . |
| 17 | The end of the campaign in North Africa marked the end of the ‘ classic ’ phase of SAS warfare and the beginning of a period in which Stirling 's high-level contacts were to be sorely missed . |
| 18 | The writing of Utopia and Wolsey 's proceedings mark the start of a period in which enclosure was vigorously condemned by some , although still practised by others . |
| 19 | But the successful intervention of the communist Chinese in the Korean War proved to be the start of a period in which the British , while they clung of necessity to the Atlantic alliance , were often fearful of some impulsive or extreme action by the United States which would lead to an unnecessary intensification of East–West conflict and even , possibly , to the Third World War . |
| 20 | Even though the Treaty of Brêtigny represented a retreat from the terms Edward had offered in 1358 , it was the culmination of a period of outstandingly successful warfare . |
| 21 | In Les Gommes ( 1953 ) , Robbe-Grillet adopts a mock-Oedipal detective story format : the detective Wallas , at the end of a period of 24 hours , kills the man whose ‘ murder ’ he had been sent to investigate . |
| 22 | TELEVISION STUDIO IN GHANA IN 1966 AT THE END OF A PERIOD OF FAIRLY HIGH SPENDING ON THE MASS MEDIA BY THE GOVERNMENT OF KWAME NKRUMAH . |
| 23 | President Allende took office at the end of a period of economic recession . |
| 24 | The completion of the computer system for Phase 1 of the New OED Project marks the end of a period of intensive and innovative software development . |
| 25 | At the end of a period of unemployment , however , the unemployment benefit office notifies the claimant of the amount of taxable benefit that has been paid to them . |
| 26 | To set as your aim an examination seen only dimly at the end of a period of many months is to invite failure in your studies . |
| 27 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Wednesday 5th February , notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) , the Motions in the name of Mr. Secretary Hunt relating to Local Government Finance ( Wales ) may be proceeded with , though opposed , until half-past Eleven o'clock or the end of a period of one and a half hours after the first of them has been entered upon , whichever is the later , at which time Mr. Speaker shall put the Question necessary to dispose of them ; and those Questions may be decided after the expiry of the time for opposed business . |
| 28 | The failure of the Guadalajara offensive marked the end of a period of change discernible in Franco 's military tactics . |
| 29 | The failure of the Younger Pitt 's Poor Bill of 1797 perhaps marks the end of a period of " sympathetic paternalism " towards the poor . |
| 30 | If the partners unanimously or by a prescribed majority feel that one of their number should no longer remain with the firm they are given power to require him to retire at the end of a period of notice , typically six months or not less than six months to expire at the end of the firm 's accounting year . |