Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] a period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perhaps typical of Ferguson that his home debut for Scotland after a period of prolonged difficulty on and off the field should be an unfettered display of the forward 's rich gifts . |
| 2 | But this is surely nitpicking , in what can be viewed as a significant contribution to our knowledge of so many aspects relating to the ordinary citizens of Florence over a period of more than 200 years . |
| 3 | November 1989 Australia unveils a peace plan involving UN administration of Cambodia during a period of transition to free elections [ see pp. 37186-87 ] . |
| 4 | The weather had been typical for August with a period of heavy rain and the men returning to work found that a land slip had occurred . |
| 5 | At the height of Celtic 's success , the club 's disciplinarian manager Willie Maley took his team to a luxury hotel in Dunbar for a period of training and relaxation . |
| 6 | On 22 May 1807 he joined the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth for a period of eighteen months after which , as a midshipman , he served in Lavinia in the Mediterranean and north Atlantic for more than three years . |
| 7 | Plants in some 34 families were used in Borneo over a period of 16 months and all but 5 were sources of fruit . |
| 8 | In each case a small working party met within SHHD over a period of a number of months . |
| 9 | 1979 ) to measure the time delay for reflections from Mars over a period of 14 months . |
| 10 | Rosemount 's own calibration standard , which is an essential part of their absolute pressure transducer production capability , was sent to the National Institute for Standards Technology ( NIST ) in America for a period of ten weeks for recertification . |
| 11 | As well as establishing a nominated Senate and a Legislature elected by universal male suffrage , it gave the presidency to Louis-Napoleon for a period of ten years . |
| 12 | ‘ He sent a message to the governor explaining that the thefts continued to take place at a time when the firm had transferred me to England for a period of six months . |
| 13 | The stardom sort of crept up on Nicholson over a period of weeks . |
| 14 | In this way many kept an account going at Gieves over a period of years for a modest monthly sum of two or three pounds . |
| 15 | Barry remembers his time at Ealing as a period of intense learning : ‘ It was very much a team effort there , with an awful lot of give and take . |