Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] in a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was simply lucky , perhaps , that the land which he sold had been allocated for residential purposes in a period when a new suburban city was coming into being . |
| 2 | The abandonment of the gold standard and the devaluation of sterling removed the theoretical justification which the Treatise supplied for public works in a period when bank rate was too high for purposes of domestic equilibrium . |
| 3 | Maintaining a healthy body of scientific research in a period of financial stringency is a problem of widespread concern . |
| 4 | Thus , as a case study in business history , the Stockton and Darlington Company provides important insights into the process of managerial decision-making in a period of economic history which has hitherto been under-researched at the level of the individual firm . |
| 5 | The 1991 Opening Shots Forum considers the opportunities for new directors in a period of great change for the film and television industries , but also in a climate of fast dwindling resources . |