Example sentences of "[be] a [adv] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Home Secretary was n't persuaded then and there has n't been a particularly long period of time since , so it is not likely that there will be any review . ’ |
| 2 | It should be noted , though , that as yet there has not been a long enough period for what is banal and insubstantial to be dropped in favour of what is an enduring renewal of the tradition . |
| 3 | Those few brief months after their marriage had been a truly wonderful period of emotional bliss and happiness . |
| 4 | The dean of dental studies , Prof Philip Sutcliffe , praised staff for the way they had responded during what has been a very unsettling period . |
| 5 | To her surprise , this had been a very happy period . |
| 6 | But changing the corporate culture is a very long term solution ( up to ten years ) and can be a very difficult period for all involved . |
| 7 | The ‘ winter of discontent ’ and the subsequent return of the Conservatives for what proved to be a very lengthy period of rule seemed to most observers to mark a profound watershed . |
| 8 | I do think there are problems and difficulties , I do n't think it will be easy , not least because we do n't have a shared morality and a shared consensus , on the objectives for the voluntary sector , but it is a set of concerns which we must address , er , and I believe that if , if I 've done nothing else today , I 've kicked off a debate , or I 've contributed to a debate which was already rolling , erm , and that we must address those difficulties , and try and find ways through them , because there are opportunities as well as threats in the current situation and I believe we have to look at all of those er , so that we can move into the nineteen nineties which I believe will be a very exciting period for the voluntary sector , and one which the voluntary sector should er , see as exciting , grab the opportunities and move forward . |
| 9 | It is a prospect the Rowes dread and one which adds weight to Jan 's claim that unless something is done to eliminate the badgers carrying TB , there will never be a long enough period between outbreaks in the herd to do any sensible farming . |
| 10 | Fourteen days would seem to be a more reasonable period though the landlord may be concerned that this could leave little time for it to make a considered response where the notice is subject to a time restriction . |
| 11 | This should preferably be a fairly recent period of relative stability : since the base period is acting as a point of reference , it would be inappropriate to choose a period in which the price level was affected by any abnormal events , such as a war or a long dock strike which created a serious shortage of imported goods . |
| 12 | The 1930s and 1940s were a relatively warm period , followed by a cooler phase during the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 13 | At times it seemed a bit strange to have a university degree and be working so physically hard but in many ways those three years were a very good period . |
| 14 | Or maybe , overall , it 's a creatively fallow period , and that fact is simply reflected by people 's lack of interest . |
| 15 | Clearly , large numbers of new features were introduced , new types of settlement were constructed and new activities were carried out , but 400 years is a relatively short period in the life of the English landscape and to describe the Roman era as an interlude may , therefore , be correct in landscape terms . |
| 16 | The range is from 5.0 to 7.6 , so that the star is never too dim to be found with binoculars ; there is a very rough period of around 130 days . |
| 17 | ‘ In the life of any organisation , a centenary is a very considerable period of time , a good deal longer than is given to most of us . |
| 18 | Since 15 million years is a very short period in terms of evolution , we have to conclude that there were some big whales around at the time of the catastrophe . |
| 19 | Certainly night is a more solemn period than day , when the withdrawal of the sun 's influence enforces a caesura to activity . |
| 20 | One is that the small river or stream was low one night as it was a particularly dry period , the innkeeper deposited the body as per usual , but by the morning it had not drifted away . |
| 21 | Allison acknowledges that there was a slightly strained period when he first began working with the group , but he found Charman particularly antagonistic . |
| 22 | It was a most painful period altogether , and Ronald Duncan has described how Eliot , on his return from hospital , recounted in vivid detail the operation and its consequences . |
| 23 | In retrospect , this was a highly creative period , when the politics of urban changes were very much in flux ( McKay and Cox , 1979 ) ; the initiatives were largely ineffective except in as much that the period paved the way for the legislation , and the further , more focused action , that followed . |
| 24 | Penny left home at 15 and married at 18 , having a baby quickly — and after what she says was a fairly happy period of her life , she began to go downhill fast . |
| 25 | Mick Ronson : ‘ It was a really exciting period then because Tony DeFries got involved , which was about maybe a year and a half after I first played with David . |
| 26 | Because the 1980s in the UK was a very favourable period for customers , UK retailers did n't see those developments : most of them spent the 1980s massaging their profits and margins , which they euphemistically called ‘ adding value ’ ’ . |
| 27 | But it has long been known from careful palaeontological studies that even in the thick development in the Cotswolds , there is evidence of two major breaks and a period of folding in what otherwise was a very peaceful period in British geological history . |
| 28 | It was a very difficult period , because whereas retrenchment and redundancy are now something employees understand and accept , this was the first time it had ever happened in ICI since the war . |
| 29 | It was a very difficult period in my career , and the problem with the transfer was that everything was done out in the open . |
| 30 | But it was a very difficult period . |