Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | a false indication that a price is expected to be increased or reduced or maintained ( whether or not for a particular period ) ; |
| 2 | Many of the debts sued for , all undefended , had been outstanding for three , four , five and six years , or even for a longer period . |
| 3 | I think the number of er er ex I think the fact that this is merely an exception a major exceptions policy that deals only with exceptional cases and the the Humberside structure plan refers to possibly once or twice over a planned period erm might er indicate it 's not intended to open to subvert section fifty four A. |
| 4 | Unlike offices , the level of income fluctuates although sometimes over a longer period it fluctuates at a higher level than commercial . |
| 5 | The battle of the Catalaunian Plains was proof that the imperial policy could work , if only for a limited period of time . |
| 6 | Fifty years later they captured Delphi , if only for a brief period . |
| 7 | Secondly , a director is likely to be restricted by his service contract from competing with his employer at any time while employed by the company , and probably for a short period afterwards . |
| 8 | He was soon posted to England and then for a short period to Brussels before leaving the Bank in 1975 . |
| 9 | And subsequently after a long period of time , the opinions of our members generally was that we should change the , the procedure . |
| 10 | And therefore in a recessionary period when pressure is on people spending er , that sort of figure is under tremendous pressure . |
| 11 | But obviously in a recessionary period , which we are certainly not out of yet , you have to remember that Alton Towers has a per cap of something like fourteen pounds a head at the moment , er , average of all people . |
| 12 | Grimsbury Secondary Modern was on the other side of the town , and had to be accommodated — I believe it was , successfully — within the plans , but only for a transitional period . |
| 13 | In the end we all agree that AZT is an effective drug , but only for a short period . ’ |
| 14 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 15 | But they do , they get paid a lot of money but only for a short period of time . |
| 16 | In the event , two professors — Moorcroft and Coleman — were appointed , but only for a brief period . |