Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] period [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 2 | However , fearing that the UN force would legitimize the loss of its territory to Serbia , Croatia also continued to insist that the force should be deployed only on the 560-km front lines and only for a period of six months . |
| 3 | if either party is by any cause ( other than a cause directly attributable to the other party ) prevented from performing its obligations hereunder for a period of 3 ( three ) months or for a total period of 6 ( six ) months in any period of 12 ( twelve ) consecutive months . |
| 4 | Design a chart the parents can fill in for a period of one week . |
| 5 | These courses have 4 hours tuition daily for a period of four weeks and are aimed specifically at people who for reasons of trade or technical co-operation require sound practical Portuguese to work efficiently in Portuguese-speaking Africa or Brazil . |
| 6 | A very considerable number of sub-licences which were normally for a period of six to 12 months were granted during the relevant years of assessment and the aggregate profit therefrom during these years amounted to some HK$57m . |
| 7 | This registration is normally for a period of twelve months and during this time the student will begin work for the research project . |
| 8 | Relief can be granted for limited periods when a property first becomes unoccupied and unfurnished , generally for a period of 6 months . |
| 9 | LVMH added £30m to the £246m pre-tax profits Guinness announced yesterday for the period to 30 June , when only a 16 per cent stake was accounted for . |
| 10 | And Financial Assurance ( 081–367 6000 ) was paying 8.05% on £5,000 or more for a period of four years . |
| 11 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 12 | Is the Minister aware that , by 9 January , Bir Zeit university will have been closed continuously for a period of four years and that a generation of young Palestinians will have been denied the right to higher education , which is surely one of the basic fundamental human rights ? |
| 13 | The post is initially for a period of two years , commencing as soon as possible . |
| 14 | He was very soon found to be a satisfactory workman , and was engaged initially for a period of 2 years . |
| 15 | Works of art of ‘ the same high quality ’ as the Guggenheim Museum in New York , and encompassing ‘ all the essential works in the Guggenheim collection ’ will be loaned to the new museum , initially for a period of twenty years , though this may be extended to seventy-five years or indefinitely , according to the agreement . |
| 16 | As part of the Initiative , datasets derived from the Census are being held at Manchester Computing Centre and the Census Dissemination Unit has been set up initially for the period from 1992 to 1997 to support them ; the Census Microdata Unit has also been set up in the Econometrics department of Manchester University . |
| 17 | The evidence of division lists , voting patterns of peers and MPs , organisational structure , and ideological dispute , all serve to confirm the impression of a basic Whig–Tory conflict in England at this time , at least for the period after 1696 ; indeed , we can even talk about a two-party system . |
| 18 | After at least 3 weeks the intervention programme should stop and the baselines be measured again for a period of one week . |
| 19 | Tony Finnegan-Butler , chairman of Frinton and Walton Town Council , said yesterday he had managed to persuade the district council to switch the lights on again for a period of four hours at a reduced expenditure . |
| 20 | On 12 July 1984 , Mr Morris tried the same question again for the period since 1973 . |