Example sentences of "the [num ord] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally assumed that endogenous LH release occurs IS -20 h after the midpoint of the second dark period following PMSG administration . |
| 2 | It was the second longest period of party power , uninterrupted by either an election or a change of leadership , of this century . |
| 3 | Proposals for a maximum carcase weight of 380kg , which was more than likely to be introduced this July , could mean heavier animals having to be marketed earlier before the second qualifying period . |
| 4 | Daly suggests that before the first interglacial period there were no coral reefs in the modern sense , which is disputable . |
| 5 | Elsewhere the 70 m ( 230 ft ) terrace is sometimes attributed to the first interglacial period . |
| 6 | I would say that they were accurate when they were produced and there produced on the basis of accuracy at the time and they would be reviewed after the first financial period |
| 7 | after the first er effectively after the first financial period |
| 8 | However it is important to take reliable contraceptive precautions until the operation is performed , and some doctors also advise the use of contraceptive precautions until the first normal period after the operation . |
| 9 | He will learn very quickly after the first stressful period when he leaves his litter-mates . |
| 10 | The first big period of interest in earthen structures in this century began in the 1930s and lasted until the early 1950s . |
| 11 | A decade after the end of the first post-war period in Britain ( that is , during the sharp oil price rise mentioned above ) social mobility was characterized both by heightening opportunities of rising socially , as well as increased risks of being caught in a downward spiral — particularly for those of working-class origin , who are among those who most easily fall prey to recruitment into the underclass . |
| 12 | b ) plants transferred to 5°C midway through the first light period after Time 0 ; |
| 13 | This is an extra allowance , worth £1,720 a year at current rates , specially given to widows to assist them over the first difficult period . |
| 14 | Armed with sophisticated sensors to detect subtle chemical and microparticle changes that are known to occur annually , the GISP2 team set out to measure annual layers in the Summit ice core one at a time from the surface to the last glacial period some 18,000 years ago . |
| 15 | The general melting of the ice sheets of the last glacial period has resulted in widespread drowning of coasts , but at earlier stages of the Pleistocene the sea level was higher than at present as is witnessed by remnants of raised beaches . |
| 16 | The last glacial period , the Weichsel glaciation , is represented upstream by a terrace which rises about 30 m ( 100 ft ) above the river at Sisteron . |
| 17 | It describes events which took place in the distant past towards the end of the last glacial period and the start of our own , warm , interglacial epoch . |
| 18 | ‘ Substantial rents were paid over to the Crown Estate during the last five-year period when the industry was losing money . |
| 19 | The immediate post-war years had been the last classic period of the film as social sermon and one can almost sense the relief as the studios discovered that social context did not need quite as much emphasis . |
| 20 | The ages of the fetuses and babies are listed in Table I. The maturity of fetuses is given in weeks of gestation since the last menstrual period and was confirmed by antenatal ultrasound assessment and fetal foot length measurements . |
| 21 | Since oestrogen is a potent inhibitor of bone resorption , we investigated changes in calcium metabolism in women with hot flushes. 37 postmenopausal women ( at least 9 months after the last menstrual period ) were divided into groups according to the frequency of hot flushes over 4 weeks : ( A ) subjects without flushes ( 18 ) , and ( B ) with less than 2 ( 7 ) , ( C ) 3–9 ( 6 ) , and ( D ) 10 or more a day ( 6 ) . |
| 22 | It would be much more constructive for a consortium of donors to sit down with governments and review their need for aid finance over , say , the next three-year period . |
| 23 | Under the Act the L.T.E. was required , so far as was practicable , to make up any deficit incurred in one accounting period within the next such period . |
| 24 | Evidently there had been a series of mass extinctions followed each time by the appearance of an entirely new set of species that formed the population of the next stable period . |
| 25 | We are lucky enough to be living during a warm period ( interglacial ) of this ice age , but our luck can not last forever ; at some time during the next few thousand , few hundred or even just few years the next cold period ( glacial ) will commence unless humanity 's pollution contributes so much to the greenhouse effect that global warming prevents the glaciers from spreading . |
| 26 | The Secretary for Economic Co-ordination , Orlando Ferreres , announced on Oct. 2 that the monthly inflation rate target for the next six-month period would be 9 per cent and that salary increase guidelines would be implemented . |
| 27 | The congress was reported to have unanimously endorsed proposals to ( i ) establish a multiparty system in the country which also guaranteed respect for human rights , freedoms and democracy ; ( ii ) replace centralized economic planning by a " state controlled market economy " based on diverse forms of ownership in order to stimulate basic industrial development and modernize agricultural production ; ( iii ) reform taxes ; ( iv ) create new welfare benefits and increase wages and pensions during the next five-year-plan period of 1991-95 ; and ( v ) pursue an independent non-aligned foreign policy . |
| 28 | As the next moonless period was in early March , there was some time for reorganization , and with the Eighth Army dug in defensively along the Gazala line there was no major offensive in the offing . |
| 29 | The next likely period for the initiation of planned villages would be the eleventh to mid twelfth centuries , as demonstrated by June Sheppard when she looked at village plans in relation to early fiscal arrangements . |