Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through contacts formed in a previous period of field work with poor urban women of this category , the investigator is proposing to hold long open-ended discussions with a sample of older women and their daughters on the subject of AIDS : e.g. their knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease , the method of its transmission and finally their assessment of their own risk of contracting the disease . |
| 2 | For these species , therefore , about half of the bones expected to be present , based on the numbers of prey animals consumed over a measured period , were recovered from the pellets . |
| 3 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 4 | Such factors may include , for instance , a previous experience of loss which was dealt with badly , unresolved grief , past experience of failure , a lack of a sense of self-efficacy , a low self-esteem , a previous history of psychiatric disorder , and an absence of close relationships established over a long period of time . |
| 5 | But a study of the distribution of the hoards deposited in a well-documented period such as the English Civil War has shown that both of these assumptions are incorrect ( fig. 27 ) . |
| 6 | Investors there would nevertheless be permitted to write off against tax 50 per cent of costs entailed in a one-year period , while employees there would have their tax allowances increased , and companies would not have to pay the same local property and capital taxes as in western Germany . |
| 7 | Revenues realized in a particular period ( measured by the selling prices of goods and services delivered to customers ) less related expenses ( measured by the cost of goods and services used ) gives a profit for the period in question . |
| 8 | It was the result of a carefully planned experiment based on numerous other experiments performed over a long period . |
| 9 | The objective reality of such an energy distribution system is thoroughly documented by Dr Hiroshi Motoyama of Tokyo , who has spent thirty years researching the subject of Bio-energy and from results of tests conducted over a fifteen-year period qualifies his work in these words |
| 10 | At its meeting on 25 January the National Executive agreed to a statement surveying Cripps ' " past campaigns waged over a long period " , " his wide departure from the Party 's Programme , Principles and Policy " , and his " organised effort fundamentally to change the Party 's direction and leadership " . |
| 11 | Gross domestic product measures the value of all final goods and services produced during a particular period of time in the UK . |