Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a period [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A growing number of the University 's courses provide an opportunity for a period of study in another country of the European Community . |
| 2 | She may be able to work different hours for a period of time while her burden is shared by another member of the family or a neighbour . |
| 3 | It became conventionally acceptable to bemoan the difficulties involved in living a cultivated existence during a period of poverty and dislocation , often expressed in terms of the inevitability of failure , the absurdity of effort , and the necessity of resignation . |
| 4 | Throwing Muses are one of a handful of groups who write about adolescence as a period of maladjustment and withdrawal , who resist the now-pop version of youth as healthy , extrovert , unproblematic hedonism . |
| 5 | Well as an association , we naturally get ourselves involved with many other aspects of the university activities in that erm both the students are applicants of ours and come and talk to us about projects which they may like to see emerge , and other departments of the university , the music department etc. , sometimes find that our knowledge of the area , or certain aspects of some of the schemes that we 're operating , coincide with what they 're trying to do and it turns out to be that campuses like this are often useful places for residencies and artists will come and take up residency in a university for a period of time , and that 's often been exploited by the Association . |
| 6 | Whereby the whole church family , broke up into groups for a period of education , and then came together for a time of celebration and worship . |
| 7 | The third pattern is the post-experience one in which students come to theoretical or systematic study of the field after a period of practice . |
| 8 | BET has been struggling to pay off debts after a period of over-expansion combined with the recession to hit profits . |
| 9 | The move was described by the Independent of April 20 as marking " a renewal of close co-operation between France and [ West ] Germany after a period of uncertainty generated by the speed of German unification " . |
| 10 | Recent studies from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food ( MAFF ) have now seen evidence of the migration of dioxins from chlorine bleached milk cartons into milk after a period of storage . |
| 11 | I 've got the price of that product up and also get him his reduction after a period of time . |
| 12 | Our evaluation of PNP caught schools during a period of transition , from laissez-faire to the much greater LEA intervention that PNP signalled , and from a largely local orientation to one framed by national policies and directives . |
| 13 | This could , depending on the gravity of the matter , suspend the individual from practice for a period of time or even permanently . |
| 14 | be required to work in the industry for a period in order to improve his management competences before undertaking a project on a new topic area . |
| 15 | I was seized one day with the desire to go to the United States for a period of study . |
| 16 | Owens ( 1984 , 174 ) has commented that the 1970s saw a hiatus in recreation research as a period of evaluation replaced the previous period which had been characterized by : |
| 17 | Extract from a letter received from an ex-member of the Womens Royal Air Force after a period of convalescence at Richard Peck House ‘ It was my good fortune to be given a period of convalescence at Richard Peck House after major surgery . |
| 18 | The main characteristics of a period of standstill are : |
| 19 | It matters little whether the " facts " have been produced by questionnaires , found by searching through records , or are the result of a period of participant observation . |
| 20 | Following assessment and successful completion of a period of consolidation the nurse is then encouraged to proceed into a two part professional studies programme which leads to the National Board for Scotland Diploma in Professional Studies . |
| 21 | The Diploma is awarded on the successful completion of a period of study which comprises coursework and a dissertation . |
| 22 | Unable to accept concessions in negotiation , Law now saw much the same deal offered in public by the Liberals themselves , when Asquith announced an Amending Bill to satisfy Ulster 's fears of Home Rule with a period of exclusion . |
| 23 | Example 4:10 Tenant 's power to make time of the essence ( 1 ) if the landlord fails to take any step in the procedure for rent review within a period of time prescribed by this lease ( whether or not that step could also have been taken by the tenant ) the tenant may give the landlord written notice : ( a ) referring to the step which the landlord has failed to take ( b ) requiring the landlord to take that step within such period of not less than 21 days as may be specified in the notice and ( c ) informing the landlord that if he fails to take that step within the period specified in the notice he will be precluded thereafter from taking it and that time is of the essence of the period so specified ( 2 ) if the landlord fails to take the step specified in a notice under paragraph ( 1 ) within the time specified in that notice ( time being of the essence ) he shall thereafter be precluded from taking it |
| 24 | The aim of the research is to arrive at an interdisciplinary understanding of particular cases by intensive study over a period of time , using both flexible interviews and questionnaires ; and by the incorporation of survey data and through theoretical interpretation to generalise to wider organisational and occupational areas . |
| 25 | SAYS Kinsey : ‘ What we have seen in newspaper editorials and in political speeches over a period of time , is a latching on to the problem of crime and a series of assertions about the so-called welfare-dependent underclass . |
| 26 | Good examples of activities to maintain motivation are collecting inspiring dieting case histories from slimming magazines ; going out to buy a dress one size smaller than your present size ; looking at charts and graphs that show good overall weight loss over a period of time . |
| 27 | There is no obligation to buy any books over a period of time . |
| 28 | Itzhak Shamir , the Prime Minister and Likud leader , announced at the end of a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 31 that he was dismissing Weizmann from the Cabinet , claiming that Weizmann had maintained contacts with the PLO over a period of time . |
| 29 | This gives judicial support to the view that financial statements have a limited useful life ( of less than 15 months ) and depreciate in usefulness over a period of time . |
| 30 | The third method of issue involves the Bank of England taking stock on to its own books and then selling this as a tap stock over a period of time in day-to-day dealings with GEMMs . |