Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steers ( 1953 ) has quoted examples from the east coast : in Holderness in a thirty-seven year period towards the end of the last century the average loss from the coast was a strip 65 m ( 215 ft ) wide , or an average annual loss of about 1.75 m ( 6 ft ) , while the district suffering the most severe erosion lost 82 m ( 273 ft ) in the same period . |
| 2 | Biff Vokins looked up from his desk — this was meant to be a private study period — and gave an enquiring glance . |
| 3 | This will be particularly important in our efforts to explore the ways in which the private traumas of married couples have found their way on to the public agendas of churchmen , politicians , policy makers and others over a fifty year period . |
| 4 | However , there was no immediate indication of whether the SOC would drop its reservations about the UN peace plan , under which the SNC would assume temporary sovereignty of Cambodia during a UN-supervised transition period to free elections . |
| 5 | One month has been suggested as a possible suspension period . |
| 6 | Material not designed for the classroom may well be too long for a normal lesson period , so you will want to note points at which you could come in and out of the programme . |
| 7 | LIFESPAN notifies users when an intermediate development version of a module is no longer in use and if the user does not indicate a requirement to maintain this module version , LIFESPAN will automatically delete it after a configurable latency period . |
| 8 | LIFESPAN can be set to automatically offline modules which have not been accessed for a configurable latency period . |
| 9 | They consist of a clearly stated objective , which is feasible and practical , stated in terms of quantity when applicable and achievable in a definite time period . |
| 10 | achievable in a definite time period |
| 11 | Yes , we are the Tourist Boards , the National Tourist Boards which include Scotland and Ireland ( northern Ireland ) and Wales have combined together , and we are going to combine together to produce a high profile advertising and marketing campaign to encourage millions of holidaymakers to make nineteen ninety one the summer to explore Britain erm and in a concentrated peak period from the twenty third of March to the twenty eighth of April over eighty five per cent of the U K's adult population will be continuously exposed to the message ‘ Britain 's Great ’ , and I think they will hear it on radio , they will see it on T V , there will large colour supplements and four page advertisements in every popular national newspaper from the Sunday Times to the Sun . |
| 12 | Without a specific perpetuity period of at least the length of the term ( if the term exceeds 21 years ) plus a few additional years to cover holding over under the 1954 Act , there would be no right to use pipes placed under the premises during the 23rd year of the term . |
| 13 | A CD is a negotiable bearer instrument issued by a bank which certifies that a stated sum has been deposited for a specific time period at a particular interest rate . |
| 14 | Each target is attempted five times in Figure 4.10 within a specific time period , usually a week . |
| 15 | Similarly , deliberately walk slowly and set yourself a specific time period for a relaxing lunch-break . |
| 16 | A resource report shows assignments for a specific time period with planned , actual and notes in a convenient format . |
| 17 | Lamb , of 34A Howard Place , Edinburgh , has denied the allegations , which cover a four-and-a-half year period between 1985 and 1988 . |
| 18 | I am anxious to make sure they have a good family background and a stable growing-up period . ’ |
| 19 | The better practice in such cases is to attempt service even after the stated time-limit : a trial or other procedural step is unlikely to follow immediately after the expiry of the time-limit , so belated service may still give the defendant a useful opportunity to intervene ; and under Article 1591 a six-month waiting period is often imposed before proceedings can be taken to the stage of a default judgment . |
| 20 | We would have preferred a six-month trial period and controls to prevent abuses . ’ |
| 21 | After a 43 year period of ownership , Terrt Brain has decided to sell the venerable aircraft . |
| 22 | Both groups of students will be tracked over a 2 year period . |
| 23 | The data were collected over a 22 year period during which the frequency of diagnosis of endometriosis increased dramatically , with , for example , the reported incidence at time of laparoscopic sterilisation rising from <5% to 18% . |
| 24 | They would even be prepared to take Rosy on a one-year loan period , if that suited the player and Liverpool . |
| 25 | Since it was carried out over a four-month summer period ( May-August ) , the practices of these industries with summer peaks will have been better captured than the practices of those with peaks at other times of the year . |
| 26 | The association between Cryptosporidium , chronic diarrhoea and a proximal small intestinal mucosal enteropathy was reviewed over a six and a half year period . |
| 27 | The truckles are lightly pressed for 24hr , then turned and pressed more firmly for a further 24hr period , during which more whey is lost from the cheese . |
| 28 | Begun about 300 B.C. , work was continued between 1751–50 B.C. and a further construction period in Roman times resulted in various alterations about A.D. 150 . |
| 29 | After a further rest period of 10 minutes the balloon was inflated with water at a constant rate of 50 ml/minute using a peristaltic pump ( Minipuls 3 , Gilson 312 , Villiers Le Bel , France ) ( ramp inflation ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr Manners farmed the land until 1987 and the landowner began to re-negotiate a further Licence period . |