Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a [adj] period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says the most obvious way is to use it for fireproof doors — for ceilings , lining internal paritions , all of which require to prevent fire going from one room to another for a given period of time . |
| 2 | They must prove to Thadeus that they 're here to destroy what he hates , and they 've got to do this in a reasonable period of time . |
| 3 | Unnecessary confrontation is avoided , but some supervisory strategies are necessary , such as a mandatory period of bed rest after meals to prevent surreptitious vomiting or strenuous exercising . |
| 4 | I consider they will accept the continued need for a night sleeper for now on but that within a short period of instituting a full paid up carer regime they will revert to a regime which includes only one paid carer and will provide the further physical assistance between them . |
| 5 | So if y if the chemicals will do that over a long period of time to rubber , think what it would do to your skin . |
| 6 | erm it 's a case of whether I , I would 've expected that , that an analysis of that over a significant period of time w would even out , really . |