Example sentences of "[prep] a period which " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the degrees of confidence that can be applied to such scientific dates are inadequate for a period which can be viewed in terms of generations ( Campbell , Baxter and Alcock 1979 ) . |
| 2 | The work has led to the development of a conceptual framework for a period which is both a phase and a process . |
| 3 | Term Characteristic Six months Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 does not apply to a tenancy for a term of years certain not exceeding six months unless : ( 1 ) it contains provision for renewing the term or extending it beyond six months from its beginning ; or ( 2 ) the tenant has been in occupation for a period which , together with any period during which any predecessor in his business was in occupation , exceeds twelve months ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s43(3) ) . |
| 4 | Where a person enters into a covenant to pay sums to another person for a period which can not exceed six years those amounts shall be treated as the income of the person who is paying the same and not the income of any other person ( TA 1988 , s660(1) ) . |
| 5 | He was too depressed even to care about travelling back on the tube with his right wrist in a sling during a period which the Tooting Guardian had described as a peak time for knife attacks . |
| 6 | Based upon a systematic analysis of 1971 and 1981 Census small area statistics , this study seeks to document social and economic changes in Aberdeen and its suburbs during a period which saw the city becoming a major international centre for the oil industry . |
| 7 | The other is that the English landscape has never been static but has always been changing , for better or worse Today we are passing through a period which can perhaps be regarded as a disaster . |
| 8 | His book is good reading , social history and full of sociological insights into a period which saw great social changes . |
| 9 | Few thoughtful people do not now fear nuclear catastrophe within a period which is infinitesimal when set against the history of mankind . |
| 10 | Police methodologies of controlling the dangerous classes may well reflect that we are in a period which Foucault ( 1980 ) has described as the ‘ end of an historical epoch ’ . |
| 11 | There is truth in this but it is also likely that , in a period which Eliot considered to be one of cultural decay before the onset of " barbarism " , he was genuinely sceptical about the importance or permanence of his work . |
| 12 | This is usually for the length of the publishing agreement ( normally about three to four years ) plus a period which could range from five to twenty-five years , depending on the writer 's bargaining position . |