Example sentences of "[art] period of [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The period of calm after the year-end 1992 figures were out of the way and digested ended with a bang this week as Wall Street woke up to what we have been flagging over the past month — that estimates for IBM Corp 's first quarter performance were far too high , and that virtually no business was being done . |
| 2 | Writing about the earliest Ottoman historical text , Inalcik states : It is to be observed that the first compilation originated in the period of struggle for the existence of the Ottoman state alter the fateful defeat in 1402 . |
| 3 | Anyone observing the children at their play will no doubt be impressed by the freedom which characterizes the period of childhood among the Gikuyu . |
| 4 | The capital gain or loss calculated for corporation tax purposes on the disposal of property , plant , equipment or other assets is usually measured as the difference between the sale price and the base cost of the asset plus a deduction for indexation ( an allowance given for the effects of inflation during the period of ownership of the asset ) . |
| 5 | There is a considerable increase in retinoblastoma in children whose mothers have lived in Seascale during the period of operation of the Sellafield nuclear plant . |
| 6 | The period of development of the laws of war up to 1914 saw the establishment of two basic principles which continue to be applicable and are relevant to nuclear weapons . |
| 7 | Inter-pregnancy intervals that are used to measure the period of exposure to the risk of conception are reckoned from the end of one pregnancy to the beginning of the next one . |
| 8 | Another unwritten law was that no fire was lit before dark , so the period of dusk on the great day seemed never ending . |
| 9 | Subsequently , he also served a term on the NIH 's Recombinant DNA Molecule Advisory Committee ( RAC ) during the period of revision of the original guidelines . |
| 10 | In the period of expansion of the Inspectorate after the Second World War the tasks diversified and regular formal visiting declined ; in 1968 the Select Committee on Education and Science recognised this shift . |
| 11 | L.F. COSTERTIUM , FECIT ’ ( Marcus Agrippa , Son of Lucius , consul for the third time , built this ) — for many years gave rise to misconceptions regarding the period of building of the Pantheon . |
| 12 | A plastochron is the period of time between the initiation of one leaf and the next in the shoot apex . |
| 13 | First story ; a couple of sex therapists teaching extended orgasm techniques : Robin said it would be better to extend the period of time after the orgasm — ‘ you know , three days of sleep ’ . |
| 14 | It is true that the oil crisis dealt an important blow to the functioning of the system and had a major impact on the form and timing of the crisis — constituting a trigger for the crash which separates the period of overheating from the subsequent one of mass unemployment and stagnation . |
| 15 | In conclusion , I wish to emphasize that all the charge rearrangements discussed in this section occur very fast , much faster than the period of oscillation of the magnetic field . |
| 16 | The period of preoccupation with the anus and its products is linked with sadistic impulses in the child . |
| 17 | Nobody expected this : we can all remember the period of China-mania in the United States in the 1970s , and the anticipation of a ‘ tripolar world ’ . |
| 18 | The very young Aplysia has a nervous system consisting of relatively few neurons , while the period of onset of the capacity to show sensitization as a behavioural phenomenon matches that of a great increase in neuronal number ; yet if all that sensitization required was the facilitatory response in a set of three neurons of the network described earlier , it is hard to see why , by contrast with habituation , it should be dependent on such an increase in neuronal number . |
| 19 | Clauses 1 , 2 and 3 of Precedent 3 deal respectively with the identity of the parties , the period of validity of the agreement , and the general purpose of the agreement , all of which are self-explanatory . |
| 20 | Some amendments to the standard provision are advisable , however , and may be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) The period of grace before the forfeiture provision bites in respect of outstanding rents should be no less than 14 days and ideally 28 , though the usual compromise is 21 days . |
| 21 | The Cuban President had asked for a $500 surety per refugee , plus a subsidiary guarantee to cover food and lodging during the period of transit on the Isle of Pines . |
| 22 | Spalding has divided the period of growth of the labour movement into different stages ( Spalding 1977 ) . |
| 23 | The period of growth under the Fatimids , outside as well as inside Egypt , was checked with the coming of the Crusaders from Europe . |
| 24 | This last quality — encouraged by Ashcroft Noble — he had learned to recognize in himself during the period of growth between the boy naturalist of The Childhood and the much-sought-after undergraduate writer of Lincoln College who breathes freely through the ornate pages of his own Oxford . |
| 25 | More and more decisions seem to have been concentrated not merely in Westminster or Whitehall but , increasingly , and particularly during the period of office of the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , in No. 10 Downing street . |
| 26 | As a compromise , the BCP proposed that the President should be elected by the present parliament , but with a mandate extending to the period of office of the next Grand National Assembly . |
| 27 | The period of deposition of the laminated ooze ( from at least 15 to 4.4Myr ) coincides with episodes of major cooling and ocean reorganization . |
| 28 | Careful sampling of such beds at close intervals by boring tools which reduce the risk of contamination to a minimum , followed by laboratory treatment designed to separate the pollen grains , allows the investigator to build up a picture of the vegetation conditions prevailing during the period of deposition of the bed . |
| 29 | Where the absence extends beyond seven days , you must submit doctor 's statements to cover the period of absence beyond the seventh day . |
| 30 | However , it was the local authority 's plan that there should be a period of assessment of the relationship between L. and her mother , the mother 's skills as a parent and her willingness to respond to counselling , and that a programme of rehabilitation should be entered into . |