Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [adj] period [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maximum period of suspension is one year or the unexpired period of the licence whichever is the less ( subs . |
| 2 | SO impressive has been Wigan 's play of late that it seems reasonable to conclude that the transitional period from the control of Graham Lowe to that of John Monie is complete . |
| 3 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
| 4 | During the Battle of Britain and the succeeding period of the so-called ‘ blitz' — the night bombardment of cities throughout the autumn and winter of 1940–41 — it became still more difficult to conduct party activity . |
| 5 | If the district registry had appreciated the urgency and the short period of the order without doubt they would have sought directions and the result would certainly have been that the appeal would have been set down at some other convenient centre or , as happened , in London at or before the beginning of this term and would have been heard within a few days , that is , the appeal would have been heard approximately a month ago . |
| 6 | The apples produced all the weight-control benefits of low ingestion , high bulk and a lengthy period in the stomach and they did not lead to rebound hunger . |
| 7 | The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations . |
| 8 | Moreover , from the annual and diurnal growth patterns of organisms , preserved as fossils , it has been established , for example , that about 380 Ma ago there were about 400 ‘ days ’ in the year and as the orbital period of the Earth is very unlikely to have changed the ‘ day ’ must then have contained only about 22 hours . |