Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an application for the discharge of a care order , or the substitution of a supervision order for a care order is unsuccessful no further application may be made without the leave of the court for a period of six months ( s91(15) ( a ) ( d ) ) . |
| 2 | If an application for discharge of a supervision order is unsuccessful no further application may be made without the leave of the court for a period of six months ( s91(15) ) . |
| 3 | It shows remarkable warming and cooling of the sea over a period of just 10 days . |
| 4 | The third pattern is the post-experience one in which students come to theoretical or systematic study of the field after a period of practice . |
| 5 | Struck at such moments as the end of a verse , these enhanced the impact of rituals performed to promote harmony and enhance the dignity of the state over a period of at least three millennia from the Shang to the Qing dynasties . |
| 6 | The use of the model for policy analysis generally presupposes that a forecast of the economy over a period of several years is available . |
| 7 | A recent report by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) said the iodine-131 may have killed 13 people through cancer of the thyroid over a period of decades . |
| 8 | For every site , however , the archaeologists ' main concerns are to recover the sequence of plans that result from the changing occupation and use of the site over a period of time ; the stratigraphic sequence of layers ; the relationship of any features such as walls , pits and ditches to one another ; evidence for the dating of these features and of the site as a whole ; evidence for the climate and local environment when the site was occupied ; and the relationship of the site to other sites , both in the locality and further afield . |
| 9 | It was intended to see if the total programme of instruction-orientation , introduction and advanced courses in information retrieval affected the pattern of use of the library over a period of five years . |
| 10 | First name Surname Form Author 's name Book title Type in data in the order given pressing RETURN after each item PRESS " ESCAPE " TO RETURN TO MENU Option 4 gives a status report and is useful in collecting statistics on the use of the library over a period of two years . |
| 11 | The statistics on use of the library over a period can prove useful in presenting reports to the school hierarchy and arguing for increases in resources . |
| 12 | 1973 when he became chairman of the corporation for a period of three years . |
| 13 | The court did , however , renew the validity of the writ for a period of four months , notwithstanding the expiry both of the writ and the limitation period , to allow alternative means of service to be used . |
| 14 | The rural development centre CEPROR ( Centro de Romocion Rural ) ran special courses for young women , Sister Asuncion , who was in charge of the programme over a period of two years ( 1975–7 ) , helped train approximately 2.000 young women in community work . |
| 15 | They are then reactivated and , still as L3 , are passed in the milk of the bitch for a period of about three weeks after whelping . |
| 16 | To avoid large outflows of funds on the redemption of a large government debt issue , the maturing stock is bought by the Issue Department ( see below ) of the Bank over a period of time to avoid shocks to the financial system . |