Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are unable to work as a result of sickness or accident for a period of more than 14 consecutive days , then your monthly Home Improvement Loan repayments will be made for you , until you are fit enough to return to work . |
| 2 | ( ii ) where the specified event happens in respect of a beneficial owner of a share , a member may , notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the beneficial owner or , as the case may be , his trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance of this sub-paragraph . |
| 3 | ( ii ) where the specified event happens in respect of a beneficial owner of a share , a member may , notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the beneficial owner or , as the case may be , his trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator from a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance of this sub-paragraph . |
| 4 | The systematic application of energy to a surface or substance over a period of time with the intention of removing dirt . |
| 5 | Here the company offering the contract agrees to offer a replacement car or plane for the period of time in which the vehicle is down for maintenance , repairs etc . |
| 6 | You can work towards a degree or diploma over a period of years — or choose single courses lasting a few weeks or months , from an enormous list of topics ranging from childcare to computer science . |
| 7 | If a mother contracts a disease or infection during the period of pregnancy , it can have harmful consequences for the unborn child . |
| 8 | Traditionally in anthropology , the ethnographer has studied a social system or culture through a period of intensive participant observation in the field . |
| 9 | The decision was to pursue the first option with some changes to current legislation : stronger investigative powers for the Director General of Fair Trading ; permitting the Director General to accept enforceable undertakings from companies before an investigation under the Competition Act , or in lieu of a monopoly reference under the Fair Trading Act ; and scope for interim orders under the Competition Act to prohibit specific activities by a firm where there is a risk of serious damage to a competitor , supplier , or customer during the period of the MMC's investigation . |
| 10 | There is , however , a specific exemption from the general requirement to spread variations from regular cost : ‘ Where a refund that is subject to deduction of tax in accordance with the provisions of the UK Finance Act 1986 , or equivalent legislation , is made to the employer , the enterprise may depart from the requirements of paragraph 80 and account for the surplus or deficiency in the period in which the refund occurs . ’ |
| 11 | He admitted ten charges of possessing and supplying cannabis and speed over a period of a year . |
| 12 | After superficial induction to bureau life , through discussion and self-study over a period of approximately four weeks , trainees will take a two-day course in basic interviewing skills . |
| 13 | ‘ As we had maintained our large weighting in overseas equities and cash throughout the period of UK membership of the ERM , this cautious perception of the political and economic risks being run has stood us in good stead . ’ |
| 14 | Paintings , drawings and sculpture from every period of art during the last 350 years will be on display ranging from a Tudor portrait to contemporary British art . |
| 15 | The first consultative draft and Structure Plan Review is not yet at hand , ie there is no indication of the officials ' initial views as to what scale of additional development should be addressed and what strategies should be adopted to guide location and timing in the period to 2005 . |
| 16 | The changes , which were taking place in the economy and society during the period of formative influence on the functionalist style , provide us with a further dimension to consider . |
| 17 | The effect was to make it difficult for children to contribute to their own support , let alone the support of other people , thus removing the reciprocal nature of support between the young and their parents ' generation , and establishing childhood and youth as a period of one-way dependence of the young on their parents ( Pinchbeck and Hewitt , 1973 ; Anderson , 1980 ; Gittins , 1986 ) . |
| 18 | Personal income may be defined as the algebraic sum of ( 1 ) the market value of rights exercised in consumption and ( 2 ) the change in the value of the store of property rights between the beginning and end of the period in question . |
| 19 | In the meantime , a slight disagreement between doctor and patient on the period of recovery . |