Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] period " in BNC.

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1 Erm , resolution that Synod appoints Jo , John as Synod clerk for a period of up to three years to commence at a date mutually convenient to him and the present Synod clerk .
2 Ground Engineer 's licences , " A " - " C " and " X " categories , a Wireless Air Operator 's licence and an Instructor 's rating — in preparation for the period when he entered civil aviation .
3 In the most recent annual report of the Commissioner , which reports on her activities during the period 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992 , it can be seen that the Commissioner received 345 enquiries and 64 formal applications for assistance .
4 ( 2 ) The following classes of cases are usually not subject to the doctrine : ( a ) those which include a restraint which does not involve the convenantor in giving up a freedom which he would otherwise have enjoyed unless the restraint creates a positive duty to do something which restricts his freedom during the period of its operation ; ( b ) those which , under contemporary conditions , may be found to have passed into the accepted and normal currency of commercial or contractual or conveyancing relations ; and ( c ) those in which the purpose and nature of the restraint is coterminous with the purpose of the contract .
5 By notice of appeal dated 15 February 1991 Mr. Smart appealed against that refusal on the grounds that the Divisional Court had erred ( 1 ) in holding that the principles of natural justice did not endow a prisoner serving a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with the right to know the factors ( including the views of the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice ) which the Secretary of State took into account when fixing the tariff , the right to make informed representations to the Secretary of State about the length of the tariff to be applied and the right to be provided with the reasons for the period chosen by the Secretary of State as the tariff period ; and ( 2 ) in holding that the practice of the Secretary of State in murder cases of fixing a tariff in excess of that recommended by the trial judge and/or the Lord Chief Justice was lawful .
6 A growing number of the University 's courses provide an opportunity for a period of study in another country of the European Community .
7 JEB Fasteners had purchased all the shares in a private company having relied on its accounts for a period of about a year since incorporation .
8 Companies House has bowed to pressure from MPs and the business community and agreed to send ex gratia payments to companies that were forced to pay a late filing penalty after their accounts for the period to 30 September 1991 were delivered to Companies House on 31 July 1992 .
9 The adjusting amount to be an amount equal to the difference between the net assets as disclosed by the consolidated audited accounts for the period from [ ] to completion ( ‘ Completion Accounts ’ ) but after :
10 Taken on around Whitsuntide , such men were provided with a cottage for the period of the hire , and in return were expected to supply from their own meagre resources a ‘ bondager ’ — a woman who would perform field-work or any other menial farm duty required of her .
11 If you rent your TV and video you can save money by suspending or even cancelling your contract for the period you are away .
12 Certainly , similar questions were posed in the Renaissance and given that the study of language , particularly rhetoric , lay at the heart of humanist education programmes during the period this is not surprising .
13 The Bio-Medical Care Clinic is conducting a clinical study on the AIDS Virus using a safe , non-toxic energy and homeopathic formula , we are seeking the co-operation of Candidates to take part for a period of 21 days .
14 The main source for the history of Jacobitism is the Stuart papers , but they have survived only in part for the period before 1715 , since the Stuart papers kept at the Scots College in Paris were almost totally destroyed by fire during the French Revolution .
15 That the document containing the statement was produced by the computer during a period over which the computer was used regularly to store or process information for the purposes of any activity regularly carried on over that period , whether for profit or not , by any body , whether corporate or not , or by any individual ;
16 For example , a company 's budget will normally detail a sales budget for a period whilst the published accounts will show sales for the year .
17 An underwriting deficit for the period of $4m compares with losses of $65m in the same quarter last year and $42m in the final quarter of 1992 .
18 There was a satisfactory first quarter result in the US where the underwriting deficit for the period was down from $41.2m in sterling terms to $38.2m , with an overall improvement in the operating ratio of just over one point .
19 Im also ‘ concerned ’ that he always seems to be the catalyst for the periods when Leeds start ‘ buzzing ’ .
20 He used daily data for the spot and futures prices of the S&P500 and NYSE Composite indices for the period from 1982 to 1986 .
21 It was a miserable time for Anne as she was unable to attend dances or the cinema during the period of mourning for her grandmother .
22 He was also a member of various CNAA Boards concerned with the validation of first and research degree proposals during the period 1976–1988 .
23 It can order the charge to be effective : ( i ) as against an administrator and liquidator , if it is satisfied that the inaccuracy did not prejudice any unsecured creditor or that no person became an unsecured creditor during the period when the registered particulars were defective and ( ii ) as against a person who acquires an interest , if that person was not misled by the unregistered particulars .
24 The statement , signed P. O'Neill , Dublin , said : ‘ Volunteers of the IRA across the six counties will temporarily suspend hostile military operations for a period of 72 hours . ’
25 However , under U.S. GAAP unrealized gains and losses on contracts yet to expire are measured at each balance sheet date and included in the results of operations for the period then ended .
26 Records of public weighings must be retained for inspection for a period of at least two years .
27 Using monthly data on the NYSE Composite for the period from January 1983 to November 1987 , these predictions were tested .
28 Here 's an example of the Revenue 's tactics : ‘ Warning — we have not received payment for the period ended January 5 .
29 The certificate should indicate the name of the contract , contract number , name of sub-contractor , nature of work , the gross payment to date , previous payments and current payment for the period , together with details of deductions for such items as retention , insurance and CITB levy .
30 The work has led to the development of a conceptual framework for a period which is both a phase and a process .
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