Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employees who are redeployed to posts outwith their recognised employment field will be given priority consideration for any subsequent vacancy which arises in that field for a period of one year following the date of redeployment . |
| 2 | Where a person enters into a covenant to pay sums to another person for a period which can not exceed six years those amounts shall be treated as the income of the person who is paying the same and not the income of any other person ( TA 1988 , s660(1) ) . |
| 3 | The water in the bare tank is agitated by using an airline to disperse the chlorine in the fresh water for a period of 24 hours . |
| 4 | Both parties wish to enter into an agreement whereby category ‘ A ’ and ‘ B+ ’ paintings which include the most significant paintings of the Collection be loaned to a Spanish Foundation for their maintenance and public exhibition for a period of up to ten years . |
| 5 | It should also recognise that there is a need to protect such exercises from public scrutiny for a period so that teachers have time to acquire evaluative skills . |
| 6 | If the court finds that councillors have acted illegally , then councillors can be surcharged and barred from holding public office for a period . |
| 7 | They might also be banned from holding public office for a period determined by the courts . |
| 8 | Eleven Clay Cross councillors were surcharged for the money which would have been obtained had the Act been implemented and they were also disqualified from holding public office for a period . |
| 9 | ( E ) The conference nominates his excellency , Ali Mahdi Mohammed , as provisional President of the Somali Republic for a period of two years from the day on which he takes the oath . |
| 10 | You will be required to embark upon a course of study , in order to obtain the qualification the Diploma in Trading Standards , within a maximum of 5 years , on the successful completion of which you are required to remain with the Lothian Regional Council for a period of not less than 2 years . |
| 11 | This is a full-time appointment , and in most universities a permanent one , though some ( notably Oxford , Cambridge and London ) elect their vice chancellor for a period of several years at a time . |
| 12 | There are , however , some patients who , though not in an acutely disturbed state , will need extra security for a period because they have been a risk to the public at some time in the recent past or are considered to require special containment while assessment continues in conditions of moderate security . |
| 13 | Any private business which has been set down for consideration at Seven o'clock on an allotted day shall , instead of being considered as provided by Standing Orders , be considered at the conclusion of the proceedings on the Bil on that day , and paragraph ( 1 ) of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) shall apply to the private business for a period of three hours from the conclusion of the proceedings on the Bill or , if those proceedings are concluded before Ten o'clock , for a period equal to the time between Seven o'clock and the conclusion of those proceedings . |
| 14 | The work has led to the development of a conceptual framework for a period which is both a phase and a process . |
| 15 | The following new Article 143 shall be inserted in the Basic Law : " Article 143. ( 1 ) Law in the territory specified in Article 3 of the Unification Treaty may deviate from provisions of this Basic Law for a period not extending beyond Dec. 31 , 1992 … |
| 16 | ( A ) The conference had decided to adopt the 1960 constitution for a period of not more than two years from the date of signature of the present agreement , the formation of the government shall be agreed between the various movements . |
| 17 | the fire al your domestic system for a period of thirty six to forty eight hours . |
| 18 | As shown in Fig. 2 , chilling of the cotyledonary petiole to 4°C completely stops translocation of 11 C-labelled photosynthate through the chilled region for a period of at least ten minutes before a spontaneous recovery . |
| 19 | When the Shavante train boys to become warriors who can both take and give orders , they systematically constrain the youngsters in age-set seclusion for a period of five years during which time they are trained to endure suffering ( see below ) . |
| 20 | DW warrants that upon delivery by DW/LD the diskette on which the Program is distributed is free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of ninety ( 90 ) days from the date the Program is delivered . |
| 21 | It begins after the aims and general content for a period of ward experience have been defined . |
| 22 | I immediately placed all the money I had collected on deposit in the Bow Building Society at 102 Cheapside for a period of one year at a rate of four per cent . |
| 23 | If a farmer dies having occupied his agricultural property for a period of at least two years , no inheritance tax is payable . |
| 24 | The PhD degree involves the candidate in supervised research for a period usually of 36 months full-time , or 48 months part-time . |
| 25 | This last index has been a boon to many UK fund managers concerned over relative performance , since it has been weighed down by the Tokyo market , which has been in sustained fall for a period of nearly three years . |
| 26 | It commits all signatory states to ( i ) use the best available techniques for controlling pollution , ( ii ) reduce discharges of toxic waste to harmless levels by the year 2000 , and ( iii ) refrain from all dumping of radioactive waste for a period of 15 years . |
| 27 | suggested in Ex parte Benson ( No. 2 ) , The Times , 21 November 1988 , the decision in Handscomb had been that detention for a period equivalent to a determinate sentence of 27 years exceeded by such a wide margin any determinate sentence passed in recent years for the offence of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility , and was thus in the absence of reasons irrational , I would not disagree . |
| 28 | The board is exposed to UV light for a period of up to 20 minutes or so . |
| 29 | Vibration tests on a suitable vibrator for a period of some hours should be carried out in appropriate instances . |
| 30 | Pro-democracy groups [ see pp. 37428-29 ] reacted with consternation to an announcement on Feb. 26 by the Amir of Kuwait , Shaikh Jabir al Ahmad al Jabir as Sabah , placing the country under martial law for a period of three months . |