Example sentences of "[adv] in a period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maintenance of high academic quality , especially in a period of expansion , must be of paramount importance for this University and must not be prejudiced by inappropriate or excessive efficiency measures . |
| 2 | Such posts might not carry a large salary , for although Henry VIII had evidently raised the wages of household officials , Elizabeth held them down in a period of rising prices . |
| 3 | A typical building of 10 storeys will sway back and forth in a period of 1 second , giving it a natural frequency of 1 cycle per second or 1 hertz . |
| 4 | Both regimes are also in a period of difficult political transition , the Northern regime attempting a form of hereditary socialist succession , and the Southern regime a peaceful transfer of power to a fully civilian government . |
| 5 | They were a poor investment now in a period of inflation , even if ‘ free ’ golf was enjoyed . |
| 6 | It is equally true that firms and households are less likely to operate efficiently in a period of inflation , for a number of reasons . |
| 7 | For example , the analysis of stylistic details of the representation on a coin , such as the treatment of the hair or the eye , and its comparison with the same features in other well-dated art forms such as vase painting or sculpture , should enable a date to be applied to a coin series , particularly in a period of rapid stylistic change in the arts ( such as early Greece ) . |
| 8 | For him it was a question of identity rather than creed and , particularly in a period of rising anti-semitism , he could no more deny his ancestry than change his name . |
| 9 | Arguments about language , in any case , need to be separated from arguments about style , particularly in a period of fast linguistic change , such as the Merovingian Age . |
| 10 | Powder coatings , because they require no solvents , are environmentally friendly products whose market share is growing even in a period of overall slack demand . |
| 11 | Leaving aside this argument , however , we must also recognize that scholars have sometimes been more generally influenced by the notion that written language should be uniform , even in a period in which it plainly was not uniform , and they sometimes appear to chide the scribes for spelling variably . |