Example sentences of "period of only [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same field as Iota ( 4.7 ) lies the rapid variable SX Phœnicis , which has a period of only 79 minutes — one of the shortest known . |
| 2 | They concluded that the level of violence was high and reported that , in a period of only one year , 59 per cent of women had experiences of violence . |
| 3 | However , new colonists in Gran Pajonal are employing a fallow period of only 7 years , which is likely to cause long-term nutrient depletion so that maintenance of crop productivity will only be possible with the addition of artificial fertilisers . |
| 4 | One dim system in the constellation of the Hunting Dogs has proved to have a revolution period of only 17½ minutes . |
| 5 | Second , the 20 years from the mid-fifties provided a period of only marginal differences in programmes both from election to election and between the parties . |
| 6 | For example in Office Angels Ltd. v Rainer-Thomas ( 1991 ) , it was held that a covenant precluding an ex-employee from opening an employment agency anywhere in an area only within 1,000 metres radius of the previous employer 's agency for a period of only 6 months was unreasonable as the area included most of the City of London . |