Example sentences of "[verb] to a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | This dormer was added to a period property by Priory Loft Conversions |
| 2 | Given that a detailed examination of every transaction of a business is impossible , auditing concentrates on a sample confined to a period of time or to a type of transaction which is singled out for detailed examination . |
| 3 | When questioned at the time , and for some time afterwards , as to what the novel was ‘ about ’ , I would reply vaguely that it referred to a period in my life in the 1960s , when I was married to a successful pop star and spent much of my time travelling up and down motorways , lulled with anti-depressants and sitting , an immobile non-person , in the back of a sealed , silent and chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce . |
| 4 | Instead of a young person being sentenced to a period in custody , which means that it is all too likely that he or she will continue in a life of crime , become a professional criminal and never get out of the criminal world , the alternative makes both moral and economic sense . |
| 5 | Indeed , considering the dating of later , Orpheus mosaics in the north of England ( part IV , section 3.2 , where the radial arrangement of the Tyche mosaic from Brantingham , is also dated to a period after 330 ) and the date of the Barton pavement , i.e. c. 300-320 , such duration seems likely . |
| 6 | By contrast , the legends concerning Atlantis and the others refer to a period of time only a few thousand years ago . |
| 7 | All now remain difficult to assign to a period after c. 340 , ( a date which corresponds more closely with that of other mosaics possessing single pairs of rotated squares , see below ) . |
| 8 | It belonged to a period of architecture that was both ugly and ornate , and it was fairly covered with scrolls and plaques and turrets and totally unnecessary little balconies . |
| 9 | These may correspond to a period of high lake levels found elsewhere in the rift . |
| 10 | Stonesfield , with its many stylistic parallels with the Woodchester mosaic , likewise , can be assigned to a period between 300 and 340 . |
| 11 | Perhaps the mosaic is correctly dated if assigned to a period of c. 300-330 . |
| 12 | If this is correct , the Rudston octagonal design is then assigned to a period similar to that of the four radial arrangements already discussed i.e. c.330-360 ( see section 3.2 ) . |
| 13 | It led to a period of sharp retrenchment and redundancies , a situation that at the time was very foreign to ICi which had been accustomed to unrestricted expansion in practically everything it undertook . |
| 14 | This led to a period of persecution when large gatherings were prohibited , but by A.D. 260 the authorities tolerated — if not legalized — Christian activities , and purpose-built structures began to be erected . |
| 15 | But the generally deteriorating economic situation , widening internal differences following the second enlargement of the Community and changes in government ( especially in the UK ) , led to a period between 1981 and 1984 of inactivity in the development of a Community social policy . |
| 16 | The War of the Spanish Succession is the name given to a period of European conflict from 1701 to 1714 , fought between Britain , Austria . |
| 17 | Minority Constituent Assembly groups not consulted , along with PL and Social Conservative Party ( PSC ) delegates in the Congress , strongly criticized the pact , claiming that it amounted to a period of " presidential dictatorship " . |
| 18 | The balance sheet does not relate to a period but sets out the book values of the assets , liabilities and capital as at a particular point in time . |
| 19 | The next extract refers to a period in Salisbury when Philip Parrish works eight hours a day in preparation for his Civil Service examination without too many lapses into dreaming . |
| 20 | The information recorded on the birth certificate refers to one point in time — when the child 's birth was registered — whereas the information reported at interview refers to a period of employment of three months or longer , at any time from three years before the child 's birth up until diagnosis . |
| 21 | ’ The policy of containment ’ refers to a period between 1946 and 1949 when the Western powers had decided that a stalemate had been reached , with the Soviet Union and that the power of communism had ceased to grow and expand . |
| 22 | However , the licensee 's liability is in fact limited to a period of 10 years . |
| 23 | In N. emarginata , it appears from initial observations that storage of viable sperm is limited to a period of two or three months . |
| 24 | Er , colleagues , before we turn to a period of , er , rule amendments and general motions , could I just advise congress that a pair of spectacles have been handed in er , Vision Express , look like , well they could be ladies or gents , multi-sexual these days , colleagues . |
| 25 | The Inner House of the Scottish Court of Sessions has held that the Prescription and Limitations ( Scotland ) Act 1973 ( the Act ) did not exclude the Crown 's claim to interest on overdue tax that related to a period more than five years before the Crown had acted to recover the tax and interest thereon ( see Lord Advocate v Butt and others [ 1992 ] STI 169 ) . |
| 26 | By law they were free to publish any work which related to a period before the Romanov dynasty came to the throne . |
| 27 | For example , he may be told that his alibi relates to a period between 2 and 5 p.m. last Thursday , when he left the refectory after lunch and took a train to a named neighbouring town and visited a friend in time for tea . |
| 28 | Apart from demonstrating one of the unwavering laws of British journalism , that nothing sells newspapers like royalty , and nothing makes a better editorial column than declamations of simple patriotism , the curious thing about these assaults is how much they belong to a period . |
| 29 | Though the Life says that Aethelbald 's happiness as king had grown in succeeding years ( since his accession ) ( Vita Guthlaci , ch. 52 ) , it is not certain that this means that Aethelbald was ‘ apparently at the height of his power ’ , and it is not impossible that the Life dates to a period before Aethelbald had asserted his authority outside his own kingdom — perhaps c . |
| 30 | As regards guarantors , in the absence of any contrary indication in the lease , a guarantee does not extend to a period after the expiry of the term of the lease where the tenancy is being extended under s 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 . |