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

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1 The following years are the period in the cycle that produce bags of medium-sized fish .
2 It seems that there has been no period of time during which man has endeavoured to conduct and control his affairs without providing for himself a worshipable entity or being to whom he can appeal , and to whom he has attributed powers of control over all that happens in the universe , particularly on earth .
3 But now she said , as if there had been no period of silence between them , ‘ Neil 's my friend , OK ?
4 This is significant , because there has been a period during which it looked as though , because of the societies ' successful opposition in 1990 to the then Italian Foreign Secretary Gianni De Michelis 's plan to site Expo2000 in the Veneto , the Italian government would no longer pay for the Unesco office .
5 Even then , there were land development issues associated with local state support for the new system of owner-occupation but , in comparison with developments after 1975 , the 1930s seem to have been a period during which previous social forms were suspended rather than transformed .
6 The 1980s have been a period of considerable and long-overdue change .
7 As a mixed show catalogue statement put it : ‘ The past decade in America has been a period of great creative activity in painting .
8 Officials said that , had Labour won , there would have been a period of uncertainty , although Mr Kinnock 's policies had changed and he was no longer the frightening prospect he seemed to the US administration a few years ago .
9 Already , even before the move , Herbert was ‘ going his own way ’ , and there had been a period of separation the previous year when Grace took the children to stay in Cape Town for six months or more .
10 Helen 's main problems since she moved into her own home have been a period of illness , which caused her much discomfort , and a spate of difficulties in accepting personal care from temporary staff .
11 For England and Wales , this has also been a period of considerable growth , with the prison population more than doubling between 1950 and 1980 , from 20,400 to 50,000 .
12 Before this speech he had carried Neville Chamberlain with him in such rejection , but a week later , when there had already been a period of some pressure against the pound in the foreign exchange markets , Chamberlain thought that events would ‘ beat down Baldwin 's native instinct against coalition ’ . ’
13 For Richard it seems to have been a period of reconciliation : with Sebrand Chabot , who was allowed to return to his see in April 1180 , and with Aimar of Limoges , who arrived back at Christmas of the same year .
14 Taking over as she did at very short notice when our last Treasurer became ill , she has always managed to administer the Society 's finances in an extremely capable way despite the fact that the last six years has been a period of considerable change and economic difficulty .
15 I do not think there has ever been a period in history when there has been such a violent and irreversible change in the political and social order ( unless it be the long-term consequences of the Russian Revolution ) .
16 This is another welcome return as having been available running under SuperCalc 5 there has been a period in which this was no longer available .
17 The first five years of life are a period of rapid development .
18 The ‘ teens ’ are a period of profound changes : physiological , psychological , and social .
19 According to this framework the late 1970s and the 1980s are a period of structural change partly because this new international structure of production has been put in place .
20 This will be the period during which the estate owners have owned the property .
21 ( 2 ) The permitted hours for premises in respect of which a public house licence or a refreshment licence is in force shall be the period between eleven in the morning and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between five and eleven in the evening , except for Sundays when the permitted hours shall be the period between half-past twelve and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between half-past six and eleven in the evening but only in the case of premises in respect of which an application for Sunday opening has been made to and granted by a licensing board in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act , which shall have effect .
22 ( 2 ) The permitted hours for premises in respect of which a public house licence or a refreshment licence is in force shall be the period between eleven in the morning and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between five and eleven in the evening , except for Sundays when the permitted hours shall be the period between half-past twelve and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between half-past six and eleven in the evening but only in the case of premises in respect of which an application for Sunday opening has been made to and granted by a licensing board in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act , which shall have effect .
23 ( 3 ) The permitted hours for premises in respect of which a hotel licence a restricted hotel licence , a restaurant licence , an entertainment licence or a licence under Part III of this Act is in force or which are a registered club shall , on weekdays , be the period between eleven in the morning and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between five and eleven in the evening and , on Sundays , be the period between half-past twelve and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between half-past six and eleven in the evening .
24 ( 3 ) The permitted hours for premises in respect of which a hotel licence a restricted hotel licence , a restaurant licence , an entertainment licence or a licence under Part III of this Act is in force or which are a registered club shall , on weekdays , be the period between eleven in the morning and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between five and eleven in the evening and , on Sundays , be the period between half-past twelve and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between half-past six and eleven in the evening .
25 ( 1 ) A registered club may apply to the sheriff for any one of the following orders : ( a ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on weekdays shall not be those set out in section 53(3) of this Act , but shall instead be the period between eleven in the morning and two in the afternoon and the period between four and half-past ten in the evening or alternatively be the said periods on weekdays other than Saturday , and on Saturday be the period between one in the afternoon and half-past ten in the evening ; or ( b ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on Sundays shall not be those set out in the said section 53(3) , but shall instead be the period between half-past twelve and two in the afternoon and the period between four and nine in the evening ; or ( c ) an order which contains both the aforesaid provisions ; and the sheriff shall , if in his opinion the conditions set out in subsection ( 2 ) below are satisfied , make the order applied for .
26 ( 1 ) A registered club may apply to the sheriff for any one of the following orders : ( a ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on weekdays shall not be those set out in section 53(3) of this Act , but shall instead be the period between eleven in the morning and two in the afternoon and the period between four and half-past ten in the evening or alternatively be the said periods on weekdays other than Saturday , and on Saturday be the period between one in the afternoon and half-past ten in the evening ; or ( b ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on Sundays shall not be those set out in the said section 53(3) , but shall instead be the period between half-past twelve and two in the afternoon and the period between four and nine in the evening ; or ( c ) an order which contains both the aforesaid provisions ; and the sheriff shall , if in his opinion the conditions set out in subsection ( 2 ) below are satisfied , make the order applied for .
27 ( 1 ) A registered club may apply to the sheriff for any one of the following orders : ( a ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on weekdays shall not be those set out in section 53(3) of this Act , but shall instead be the period between eleven in the morning and two in the afternoon and the period between four and half-past ten in the evening or alternatively be the said periods on weekdays other than Saturday , and on Saturday be the period between one in the afternoon and half-past ten in the evening ; or ( b ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on Sundays shall not be those set out in the said section 53(3) , but shall instead be the period between half-past twelve and two in the afternoon and the period between four and nine in the evening ; or ( c ) an order which contains both the aforesaid provisions ; and the sheriff shall , if in his opinion the conditions set out in subsection ( 2 ) below are satisfied , make the order applied for .
28 The high point in the ramp 's history has to be the period from 1984 until just before the recent skateboard boom that started around 1986/7 .
29 I think there must be a period for a start when the office or elsewhere is a bit on the nervous and inefficient side as smokers are deprived , but he does not mention this .
30 It proved to be a period of strained relations with the English liberals , who were allies of the Irish party , but who were also in favour of bringing schooling more and more under state rather than church control ( Miller 1973 : 81–7 , 120–38 , 268–92 ) .
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