Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adv] a period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In statutory terms this is often a period of just three days . |
| 2 | Since this was also a period of great affluence , it can only be assumed that the wealthy customers who commissioned the Kamares cups — aristocrats and priestesses among them — could now afford cups of precious metal instead . |
| 3 | This was also a period of rapid industrialisation , and hence a period of high labour demand . |
| 4 | But this was not a period of straightforward centralized rule . |
| 5 | The seventies were certainly a period of great change in attitudes within the Customs & Excise in general , and on the cutters in particular we saw great improvements in many ways with the acquisition of better technical equipment such as highly sophisticated radio communication , and the development of international relations . |