Example sentences of "a [adj] period [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er our colleagues I think have chosen a different period trend . |
| 2 | Constanza says it 's a French period face , Clouet , the portrait of Monsieur Pienne ( clean-shaved ) . |
| 3 | The Boat House has been sensitively converted into the museum of his life and work by Carmarthen District Council and includes audio and visual presentations , original writings , a charming period tea room , an art gallery and a themed bookshop . |
| 4 | If we found that responses in later surveys were more favourable towards breaking the law among respondents of all ages , this would be interpreted as a pure period effect . |
| 5 | This technique is also open-loop in nature , with the position of maximum overshoot from the initial half-step being determined by a fixed period timer . |
| 6 | The bonds , which offer a fixed rate return for a stated period subject generally to some conditions , have been marketed by some sales agents as an alternative to building society deposit accounts . |
| 7 | For children there is an exciting lakeside Adventure Playground , while for adults there are extensive grounds , beautiful gardens , a superb house filled with mainly 18th century objets d'art , plus a large period costume collection . |
| 8 | For a brief period Amy Dillwyn became a national celebrity . |
| 9 | For a brief period Peron was besotted with Tank until he started decimating the Argentine 's supply of test pilots . |
| 10 | The photographs are required to form part of a static fashion show that will include a 10-set period dress display , comprising both photographs and mannequins . |
| 11 | One disadvantage of this to all parties is that over a long period memories fade and evidence becomes more difficult to establish . |
| 12 | However , while climatic conditions could lead to some long-term changes in the economy and to sharp annual variations in food prices , there is no reason to doubt that over a long period movements in prices and wages do indicate whether population was rising or falling . |
| 13 | The secret operation followed a long period gathering information on criminals in the town . |
| 14 | In one case that I know of , a subsidiary of a major UK company got itself into difficulty through totally misunderstanding its product costs as engineering costs , written off as a lump-sum period cost , increased with the production of more advanced products . |
| 15 | For example , at the end of 1986 a small fund owned and administered by a group of workers in a nationalized industry which we shall call ‘ The General Sickness and Funeral Fund ’ had the following investments : Notes : The figures for the gross yield on equities takes into account the time over which the investment has been held ( unstated ) and can not be used as a holding period return for CAPM as the periods are unequal . |
| 16 | Over a five-year period Kiselev transformed the administration of the lands between the Pruth and the Danube to such an extent that it was to be hard , thereafter , for the sultan or outsiders to prevent the eventual emergence of an independent Romania . |
| 17 | Overseeing the project was Anne Wallwork , a television-trained period costume cutter specifically hired by Laura for the project . |
| 18 | Somehow we survived it all , just as I have survived 20 years of a lead-piped water supply and a further 20 years as an adult working in a concrete hut insulated on the inside with sprayed-on asbestos ; to say nothing of a like period supervising students using the Haldane gas analysis apparatus , a machine that not infrequently spewed mercury from its taps into the air , whence it fell onto the bench , or sometimes the floor , to be duly swept up by the lab boy at the end of the session for recovery . |
| 19 | It is now a beautiful period residence , restored with great care and until recently kept as a private home . |
| 20 | After a short period Lymn took Rambush into partnership , forming the gas and chemical engineering firm of Lymn & Rambush . |
| 21 | Veronica 's ideal would be a small period house , perhaps a cottage in a country area . |
| 22 | So we need a ‘ transactional model ’ rather than a critical period model if we are to understand the course of child development — transactional in the sense that we recognize the constant and progressive mutual modifications of parent and child at all stages of growth . |
| 23 | He based the latter on his research into Victorian and Edwardian ‘ salon ’ music and showed what can be done by looking into such highways and byways of music when a particular period atmosphere is needed . |
| 24 | As for the merits of the original illustrations as works of art , to my own taste at least the first impressions were of a certain period quality — with Wade 's occasional curvaceous nudes and sports car profiles intruded into the abstract geometries bringing memories of Victor Vasarely 's more lamentable lapses into commercial vulgarity , In the end , however , Wade 's sheer enthusiasm and invention persuaded me into a renewed fascination . |
| 25 | THIS production is the British premiere of a 17th Century work by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega , but any assumptions we may have that it will be a genteel period piece are dispelled with the first few lines of dialogue . |
| 26 | Ruth Lowinsky 's book is a true period piece , which is to say that in its time it was bang up to date . |