Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer modellers forecast a cold period ahead , with a dip in northern-hemisphere temperatures reaching 0.5°C late this year or early in 1984 . |
| 2 | A request by opposition parties to allow a transitional period during which the newly formed parties could prepare for elections was refused on the grounds that the election dates were specified in the Constitution . |
| 3 | The total drop in the audit fee of £0.7m is made more dramatic because of the fact that in the previous year the audit fee covered a 15-month period . |
| 4 | That room still exists and although the crucifix has given way to an omnidimensional cross cum globe , for twenty minutes every morning , before our regular sessions started , Christopher Pilkington led a quiet period of meditative prayer . |
| 5 | In El Salvador , the peace agreement ended a 60-year period of military dominance by forcing the colonels back into their barracks , and giving guarantees to the left that they could participate in electoral politics without being killed . |
| 6 | The coup attempt followed a prolonged period of economic recession within Trinidad and Tobago , which saw gross national product ( GNP ) fall by more than 30 per cent between 1982 and 1990 and unemployment rise to over 22 per cent . |
| 7 | On Oct. 5 both chambers of the US Congress approved a foreign-aid appropriation for fiscal 1993 which included the hitherto controversial US$10,000 million loan guarantee package covering a five-year period in support of Israel 's settling of immigrants . |
| 8 | In the horse , T. axei has a prepatent period of 25 days while in game birds infected with T. tenuis it is only 10 days . |
| 9 | Selfridges did not do too badly , thanks to returning tourists , but a £7m cut in non-shoe retailing profits reflects a shocking period 's trading at Wallis and Horne . |
| 10 | COURTAULDS Films Polypropylene at Swindon as achieved registration to the prestigious ISO9002 quality assurance standard following a six-month period of preparation . |
| 11 | After this , the figure of El Cid entered a dark period in which historian after historian , following a 1849 work of the Dutch orientalist R. Dozy , contrived to portray Rodrigo as a cruel , treacherous and often barbarian character . |
| 12 | Such rationalisation initiatives created a turbulent period for ICI in 1991 , and Hampel reported that this process would continue in 1992 . |
| 13 | ( Duncan Cubitt ) Above : Warbird reflections as the fighter Collection 's Hellcat , a pair of Beech 18s and the Dutch B–25 Mitchell enjoy a brief period of sunshine during Sunday 's display . |