Example sentences of "an [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time . |
| 32 | Predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion although with a substantial Roman Catholic ( Uniate ) minority , Kievan Rus had been the origin of the Russian state in the ninth century and enjoyed an extended period of independence , but then came under Lithuanian , Polish and ( from the seventeenth century ) Russian control . |
| 33 | Young people from working-class backgrounds , for instance , are more likely to spend time with a boy/girl-friend whereas young people from G middle-class backgrounds continue to move around in mixed sex groups for a longer period , perhaps anticipating an extended period of dependence on parents as they head for further or higher education . |
| 34 | Like just about everything , they had a history and , like most other phenomena based on biological processes — for the ego and superego , although purely psychological agencies , nevertheless require a brain in which to function — evolved over an extended period of time . |
| 35 | ‘ In view of this the prisoner was advised that he would now be eligible for an extended period of 24 hours Compassionate Home Leave to attend the funeral , whenever it was arranged , ’ it said . |
| 36 | There clearly was quite an extended period between Eadwine 's marriage to Aethelburh — some time before c . |
| 37 | It is far better for the buyer and the seller to avoid all these arguments by providing for an express period of time in which defects will be remedied . |
| 38 | We want our pupils ' time here to be an exciting period of hard work and play , and of discovery about ideas and feelings . |
| 39 | This new hobby developed during an interesting period for the British press . |
| 40 | Indeed he treated his children 's holidays and an uninterrupted period of married life as a stern duty for which he was prepared to make the supreme sacrifice . |
| 41 | In order to provide an adequate period of relief it should be at least as long as the first sentence of the theme . |
| 42 | Strategies of looking , in turn , break down this process and insist upon an adequate period of delay so that the offerings which emerge are firmly anchored within the work . |
| 43 | The Council … believes strongly that a first degree course in Educational Studies lasting three years may be designed to lead to an Honours award … the concept of a three-year degree course in Educational Studies , leading to an Honours or an unclassified degree , will be acceptable provided it combines an adequate period of practical experience in the classroom with a requisite minimum of academic studies . |
| 44 | It may be considered that a three year period in 7.6.5 is too long and that two years is an adequate period for reinstatement to take place , but the landlord will probably hold out for the longer period . |
| 45 | The building owner must establish whether the structure will provide an acceptable period of fire resistance in its unmodified state or if it can be simply modified to meet mandatory requirements . |
| 46 | As in the past , the cost to the union would be high , and an enforced period of recovery and retrenchment would — not for the first time — follow . |
| 47 | The information , collected for the Arts Council by the British Market Research Bureau , shows that in an average period of four weeks during 1988-89 , 6 per cent of the adult population went to the theatre , 4 per cent to an art gallery , 2 per cent to classical music and 1 per cent to jazz . |
| 48 | It was noted that of those 35 patients who did not have dermatitis herpetiformis , 15 had attended their general practitioners and hospital outpatient clinics on several occasions over an average period of 28 years ( 0.5–50 years ) with unexplained symptoms or abnormalities in blood tests but the diagnosis of coeliac disease had been missed . |
| 49 | 11.3 At the end of the Term of this Agreement , may continue for an additional period of six ( 6 ) months to complete orders and sell off its existing stocks of the Licensed Products and will pay to all royalties attributable to such sales in accordance with clauses 5 and 6 . |
| 50 | In the event , they were also retained to act as consultants for an additional period in order to ensure the continued success of the system . |
| 51 | An economical explanation of the features just presented is that HDE 226868 and Cygnus X-1 form a binary pair with an orbital period of 5.6 days : the time-varying spectral shift of the optical partner is then simply the Doppler shift produced by its orbital motion . |
| 52 | However , neither would contemplate any direct involvement without ‘ an appropriate period of due diligence ’ . |
| 53 | If an antidepressant is indicated , it should be used in a full therapeutic dose and continued for an appropriate period of time . |
| 54 | Its surface bears some evidence for an early period of crater erasure , and for a long subsequent period of slight internal contraction , presumably the result of cooling . |
| 55 | Rounding-off an incredible period in the Museum 's history , Pat Twite presented Roger Bryan on behalf of all at NAM with the 1990 Twite Award on September 11 . |
| 56 | All this is important because it meant that by the end of the 1930s British town planning was in a stronger position than would have been thought likely , to respond to the national emergency of physical destruction , which led to an unprecedented period of planned rebuilding . |
| 57 | The last few years have witnessed an unprecedented period of economic depression for Wales accompanied by massive youth unemployment . |
| 58 | 4 In consideration of the above payments the Publisher will be entitled to distribute the Video worldwide and for an unlimited period of time for non-broadcast use only and to use any still photographs in any books published to accompany the Video or in any publicity or promotion material for the Video and accompanying books . |
| 59 | 4 In consideration of the above payments the Publisher will be entitled to distribute the Video worldwide and for an unlimited period of time for non-broadcast use only and to use any still photographs in any books published to accompany the Video or in any publicity or promotion material for the Video and accompanying books . |
| 60 | In line with decisions made by a policy-making National Conference in February 1990 the Constitution was suspended , the National Assembly was dissolved , and the country entered into an 11-month period of transitional government when legislative power was vested in a 50-member High Council of the Republic , to culminate in contested elections in 1991 . |