Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [art] period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was trying to ask what was so specific about the period of 16 months . |
| 2 | The project starts from the basic hypothesis that modernisation of agricultural and industrial regions was extremely uneven during the period of time here considered , and that this uneven development may have had important consequences for the development of the internal market for both agricultural and industrial products , even to some degree determining the structure and efficiency of production . |
| 3 | As a treat for her large staff , who had been so assiduous over the period of moving in , Amy encouraged them to go . |
| 4 | Although death-squad activities became less widespread during the period of President Duarte 's government in the mid-1980s , they did not cease entirely . |
| 5 | This need for cooperation is especially pressing during a period of economic recession , since nations are then more concerned with gaining a competitive advantage over their rivals so that domestic employment levels can be maintained . |
| 6 | A quick glance at Table 1 will show that by these measures the three major countries of the EEC , including Britain , have on the whole fared progressively worse through the period of their membership of the EEC . |
| 7 | , a weather forecast relating to a particular aerodrome , generally valid for a period of four hours from its time of issue |
| 8 | The ties of dependence that originated during the period of slavery became even more extensive in the period of the formal colonization of Africa , and after dependence too , creating economies substantially dependent on a limited range of cash crops and raw materials required by the metropolitan economies which retained control over major sectors of production , pricing and the flow of profits ( Brett , 1973 ; Leys , 1975 ; Howard , 1978 ; Rodney , 1972 ; Davidson , 1974 ) . |
| 9 | £150 a year might seem expensive for an actress at the beginning of her career , but look what you got for it , and with Charles sharing the rent as well as the bed , what could be more acceptable in a period of economic pressure when whisky cost the exorbitant price of 12s. 6d. a bottle ? |
| 10 | ‘ When the government decided not to ringfence the money , the future was still uncertain during the period of the judicial review . |
| 11 | The museum is mainly concerned with the local textile industry , and is particularly good on the period of the Luddite riots . |
| 12 | The appearance of the new form was an abrupt event and the product was quite stable over a period of years . |
| 13 | However , this did seem to be the indicated remedy , so she was then given a low potency ( 3X ) twice daily for a period of two weeks . |
| 14 | But drinking too much over a period of months or years damages far more than the nervous system . |
| 15 | Some African coins used to be attributed to the Numidian King Jugurtha ( 118–105BC ) , but the discovery of a hoard at Enna in Sicily in 1966 showed that these coins were actually contemporary with the period of democracy at Syracuse in 214–212BC , and the coins could therefore be redated and attributed to the Carthaginian expedition against Sicily in 213–210 BC . |