Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | ( 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 . |
| 4 | A growing number of the University 's courses provide an opportunity for a period of study in another country of the European Community . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If you rent your TV and video you can save money by suspending or even cancelling your contract for the period you are away . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ; |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Records of public weighings must be retained for inspection for a period of at least two years . |
| 16 | Using monthly data on the NYSE Composite for the period from January 1983 to November 1987 , these predictions were tested . |
| 17 | Here 's an example of the Revenue 's tactics : ‘ Warning — we have not received payment for the period ended January 5 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The work has led to the development of a conceptual framework for a period which is both a phase and a process . |
| 20 | Moreover , an ant under the sway of a dope-peddling caterpillar eventually enters a state called ‘ binding ’ , in which it becomes inseparable from its caterpillar for a period of many days . |
| 21 | While the milk from such farms was declared unfit for sale , farmers were also prevented in most cases from selling their cattle for slaughter for a period of several months . |
| 22 | To make the point , consider the striking contrast during the period 1973–85 ‘ between the serious economic setbacks suffered by the newly oil-rich Mexico and the notable strides made by the oil-poor and oil-hungry Brazil ’ ( Hirschman , 1986 ) . |
| 23 | It became conventionally acceptable to bemoan the difficulties involved in living a cultivated existence during a period of poverty and dislocation , often expressed in terms of the inevitability of failure , the absurdity of effort , and the necessity of resignation . |
| 24 | ( b ) any claim arising out of circumstances notified to the insurer during the period of insurance as circumstances which might give rise to a claim . |
| 25 | So , the appearance of the story during the period when many legends were being interwoven is 200 years after the time of Godiva and her husband Leofric , c . |
| 26 | If it is disallowed then he will , presumably , continue to receive reduced Income Support for the period of disallowance . ’ |
| 27 | Throwing Muses are one of a handful of groups who write about adolescence as a period of maladjustment and withdrawal , who resist the now-pop version of youth as healthy , extrovert , unproblematic hedonism . |
| 28 | He regarded adolescence as a period of sexual apprenticeship . |
| 29 | Cover includes transit by sea , air or rail during the period and in or between the countries mentioned in the Green Card . |
| 30 | We begin therefore with an outline of the political background and an indication of the nature of urban and regional change during the period . |