Example sentences of "a period of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transition is a personal and confused process for the individual but for national , local and voluntary departments and agencies it is a period of divided responsibilities and fragmentation . |
| 2 | Development under a detailed planning approval must be commenced within a period of live years , beginning with the date on which the permission is granted or , where an earlier outline approval has been obtained , the date of that permission . |
| 3 | Adolescence is a period of progressive transition from childhood to adulthood and as experience of life is acquired and intelligence and understanding grow , so will the scope of the decision-making which should be left to the minor , for it is only by making decisions and experiencing the consequences that decision-making skills will be acquired . |
| 4 | the accident , occurred during a period of Continental Use previously notified to us . |
| 5 | the accident happened during a period of continental use that you had told us about . |
| 6 | the accident happened during a period of continental use that you had told us about . |
| 7 | the accident happened during a period of continental use that you had told us about . |
| 8 | the accident happened during a period of continental use that you had told us about . |
| 9 | It looked a pleasant enough place in which to spend a period of compulsory leisure and I was glad I did not have to share it with anyone . |
| 10 | But after a period of sheer copying , some themes took off . |
| 11 | The immediate post-Aden period , 1927–30 , was in many ways a period of momentous change in Nizan 's lifestyle , a moment when his individual existence stabilised , a moment of transition when a line was drawn between his bourgeois past and his communist future : 1928 , the birth of his daughter , Ann-Marie ; 1929 , the death of his father ; 1930 , the birth of his son , Patrick ; 1929 , the passing of the agregation and the consequent termination of his formal education ; 1929–30 , collaboration in La Revue marxiste . |
| 12 | The eighteenth century was not a period of gradual progress towards democracy in Britain , as Whig historians have tried to suggest , but of a determined retreat from it . |
| 13 | First , says Mr Rabin , there must be a period of Palestinian self-government under Israel . |
| 14 | Its base at Amboyna was overrun in 1623 and some of its garrison tortured to death in an episode Dryden reckoned would still be remembered when he wrote a play about it in a period of anti-Dutch feeling 50 years later . |
| 15 | Indeed , the magazine took the opportunity to address the whole post-1960 transformation : " The elections of 1960 and 1988 are brackets enclosing a period of astonishing transformation — change that has placed the two campaigns in different eras . |
| 16 | ‘ Whenever I have had some sort of public success , ’ he reported in his autobiography , ‘ it has inevitably been followed by a period of personal financial distress and prolonged unemployment . ’ |
| 17 | Alfonso entered a period of personal success which nearly eclipsed El Cid for some two years . |
| 18 | A period of personal retreat followed this exhausting tour and the rumour , expounded even by Knopfler himself , that Straits had split seemed underlined both by the band 's non-activity and the growing involvement of the frontman with a variety of other artists . |
| 19 | This incident finally convinced Charles that he should abandon his efforts to work with parliament , and he embarked on a period of personal rule , which lasted until 1640 . |
| 20 | It has to be admitted that the railway has passed through a period of financial difficulty but now appears to be settled and operating a successful service of trains . |
| 21 | It must be stated , however , that the rebuilding of reserves in a period of financial stringency , when the unit of resource is reducing and greater efficiencies are constantly being required of universities , is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve . |
| 22 | Maintaining a healthy body of scientific research in a period of financial stringency is a problem of widespread concern . |
| 23 | The reopening of the Cadiz house , and the opening of a London house in partnership with his eldest son under the style ‘ Antony Gibbs & Son ’ , marked the beginning of a period of real prosperity . |
| 24 | £150 a year might seem expensive for an actress at the beginning of her career , but look what you got for it , and with Charles sharing the rent as well as the bed , what could be more acceptable in a period of economic pressure when whisky cost the exorbitant price of 12s. 6d. a bottle ? |
| 25 | According to Ian Hawkins : ‘ The recession has tested the ability of management to cope with a period of economic downturn deeper and longer than anyone expected , and the venture capitalists ’ ability to negotiate their way through it . |
| 26 | Perhaps , humanly speaking , some of us had doubted during a period of economic recession that we would achieve such a level of giving but God had been honoured . |
| 27 | President Allende took office at the end of a period of economic recession . |
| 28 | The 1560s marked the beginning of a period of economic dislocation and social upheaval which stunted the development of Muscovy 's fragile ‘ proto-bourgeoisie ’ . |
| 29 | This need for cooperation is especially pressing during a period of economic recession , since nations are then more concerned with gaining a competitive advantage over their rivals so that domestic employment levels can be maintained . |
| 30 | Since one of these — the LFS — spans a period of economic growth , and since it is argued that the demand for temporary workers grows faster than demand for labour as a whole in periods of rising economic activity , this finding is particularly striking . |