Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a group wittingly shares an attitude over a relevant issue but does so only for a limited period of time before falling into disarray , it would be difficult to refer to the group as an elite in any meaningful sense since the outcomes would be insignificant . |
| 2 | The battle of the Catalaunian Plains was proof that the imperial policy could work , if only for a limited period of time . |
| 3 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
| 4 | But they do , they get paid a lot of money but only for a short period of time . |
| 5 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 6 | Only for a short period in the mid-1980s , when commodity prices and demand for semi-conductors slumped , did Malaysia risk hitting its borrowing ceiling . |
| 7 | Count Mandred , the acclaimed defeater of the Skaven , was elected Emperor and his respected generalship and charismatic personality held the Empire together during a vulnerable period of recovery . |
| 8 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 9 | All ten residents had been long-term patients in a large psychiatric hospital , were severely disabled and had been discharged only after a lengthy period of active rehabilitation . |
| 10 | Only after a considerable period of experience do infants give clear signs that they are aware of the extent of their own bodies and the division between themselves and the wider world . |
| 11 | The reference to ‘ Eventually ’ in the last sentence implies that it was only after a commendable period of restraint that horses were ordered in . |
| 12 | This would consist of day release throughout one academic year together with a four-week period of block release and should become a requirement before 1981 , if possible . |
| 13 | Heavy corporate borrowing in the 1980s ( encouraged by government deregulation ) together with a sustained period of high interest rates and , from 1990 , with a contracting economy , proved a fatal combination for many companies . |
| 14 | Thus there was a confusing number of elements on earth , above it and below it which contributed to the afterlife , representing ideas which had been brought together over a long period of time . |
| 15 | The last US military personnel based in the Philippines were withdrawn on Nov. 24 , thereby ending a presence which had existed since 1898 ( broken only by a three-year period of Japanese occupation during the Pacific War ) . |
| 16 | The Fitzwilliam Quartet recorded their cycle originally in the mid-1970s , shortly after a concentrated period of study with the composer . |
| 17 | If all the etch-resist is completely stripped away in a short period of time , then perhaps the whole board has been exposed at some stage to too much UV light . |
| 18 | Three , you could arrange payment of the deposit as requested , possibly for a certain period of time and possibly for a smaller amount than demanded , this would no doubt by in the process of the licence . |
| 19 | He had sought and received asylum in the Senegalese embassy in Conakry only a month after his return home from a long period of exile [ see p. 38181 ] . |
| 20 | He has been Professor of Architecture at the University of Belgrade , and was also for a brief period in the early 1980s the Mayor of the city . |
| 21 | British immigration officials have extended Natasha 's visa until February 1993 and have said that it will be renewed automatically for a certain period of time after that . |
| 22 | Observers suggested that a programme of negotiated , " rolling reforms " would now ensue , probably over a considerable period of time , and that de Klerk would face strong opposition from some elements of the white electorate who sought to maintain protected political rights for the white minority . |
| 23 | There are , however , instances where fixed term contracts are renewed automatically over a considerable period of time and can reasonably be described as ‘ rolling ’ contracts . |
| 24 | Duncan Smith , defending , said : ‘ It appeared to be a fairly well laid out scheme which was used successfully over a considerable period of time . |
| 25 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 26 | By sheer grace God will not permit us to live even for a brief period in a dream world … . |
| 27 | Furthermore , if by the nature of the goods and/or the work , any defects therein or any failure thereof to conform as aforesaid does not or would not become apparent ( despite the carrying out of any examination and/or such tests ) until after use we may reject the same even after a reasonable period of use . |
| 28 | Salesmen who underperformed even over a short period at the futures bucket shops , were put on " terminal ! " |
| 29 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 30 | Conversely , some econometricians have argued that it is more cost effective to use a ‘ drip ’ system , advertising more or less continuously over a long period at a very low weight . |