Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] the period " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did , in fact , feel better , certainly better than when the X-rays had been taken , and much better than the period immediately before that . |
| 2 | To cope with the traditional use of variable hours , so that the period of daylight always comprised twelve , Andronicus is thought to have used a system that is described in detail by his Roman contemporary , the architect Vitruvius . |
| 3 | If they agree a venous blood sample is taken and another appointment arranged within 24 hours to give the result so that the period of uncertainty and anxiety is minimised . |
| 4 | We hope the court proceedings will be concluded quickly , so that the period of uncertainty is kept to a minimum . |
| 5 | So if the period of a quake 's main vibrations are 0.5 seconds , five-storey structures will be particularly vulnerable . |
| 6 | The minister will generally have to decide only whether the period required for retribution and deterrence is that recommended by the judge , or by the Lord Chief Justice , or is some lesser or greater period . |
| 7 | It is nearly a quarter of a century — longer than the periods between the first and second world wars — since Labour last had the support of as many as four votes in 10 . |
| 8 | Additionally , there have been those employers who have moved from site to site , merely to enjoy the subsidies that come from siting ‘ new ’ jobs in areas of high unemployment , and have left as soon as the period of the subsidy has come to an end . |
| 9 | The Russian and Irish revolutions stimulated this radicalism still further and the period between 1910 and 1926 has been extensively treated as a potentially revolutionary period.4 Certainly there was a revolution , but it created the Irish Free State rather than the Socialist Commonwealth . |
| 10 | The Muses have been traditionally at war with Christ , ever since the period of late classical antiquity , when Jerome and Augustine both viewed literary excellence with the gravest suspicion . |
| 11 | Athens raised Potidaia 's tribute from six to fifteen talents as early as the period 438–434 , which means that she was pressurizing Potidaia ( ‘ encroaching ’ on allies of the Peloponnesians ) much earlier than Thucydides implies . |
| 12 | Naturally , no source , especially those written later than the period they describe , can be trusted implicitly . |
| 13 | Compulsory admission for treatment ( section 3 ) is possible , but the conditions are now more stringent than formerly and the periods of initial and subsequent detention have been reduced to six months , a further six months and then for one year at a time , and the patients ' rights of appeal to the Mental Health Review Tribunal have been strengthened . |
| 14 | Hon. and learned Member for Warrington South , Mr. Mark Carlisle Q.C. , on 1 March 1985 that no life sentence prisoner will be detained for more than 17 years without a formal review of his case even where the period thought necessary to meet the requirements of retribution and deterrence exceeds 20 years . |
| 15 | Your employer may not be able to refund all of your study expenses , particularly if the period of study involved is extensive . |
| 16 | Moreover , Hodson LJ said that as well as the period of restriction , an added circumstance which has to be taken into account in assessing reasonableness was the fact that many of the customers covered by the covenant had been introduced by the defendant . |
| 17 | In conclusion , I wish to emphasize that all the charge rearrangements discussed in this section occur very fast , much faster than the period of oscillation of the magnetic field . |