Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davies v. Sumner is the leading authority on the meaning of the expression ‘ in the course of a business ’ and has been followed in a case under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , R. & B. Customs Brokers v. United Dominion Trust , where it was held that a business 's buying of two or three cars over a period of five years was an insufficient degree of regularity for the latest such purchase to be regarded as made in the course of the business ( see paragraph 10–18 above . ) |
| 2 | To move from ‘ art ’ to ‘ craft ’ is rather plainly a further contraction , or diminution : and it will be radically misunderstood unless we remember that for Pound the level of craftsmanship ( not just in letters , but in supposedly humbler trades also ) is a register , a thermometer-reading , of the good or ill health of a period or of a society . |
| 3 | Some will remain lone parents , some may have one or more cohabitees over a period of years ; many will remarry after a period of cohabitation and become a step-family . |
| 4 | Finally , ‘ higher doctorates ’ ( such as DSc , DLitt , DD ) are awarded for distinguished contribution to an academic field , actually on the basis of books or other publications over a period of years . |
| 5 | Both parties wish to enter into an agreement whereby category ‘ A ’ and ‘ B+ ’ paintings which include the most significant paintings of the Collection be loaned to a Spanish Foundation for their maintenance and public exhibition for a period of up to ten years . |
| 6 | Passages will be dictated at 110 , 120 , 130 and 140 wpm for a period of 5 minutes . |
| 7 | Passages will be dictated at 70 , 80 , 90 and 100 wpm for a period of 3 minutes . |
| 8 | Figure 8 is an example of such a study which recorded and classified accidents over a period of time . |
| 9 | Open and closed questions with a period of miming thrown in . |
| 10 | Usually the syndrome is associated with frequent coughing and slight tachypnoea over a period of a few days ; less frequently there is marked tachypnoea , hyperpnoea and in dairy cows a reduction in milk yield . |
| 11 | Sixty five patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( n= 57 ) or osteoarthritis ( n=7 ) and taking NSAIDs for a period of greater than three months ( mean 4.5 ( SD 3.1 ) years ) were recruted from a rheumatology clinic to undergo a screening upper gastrointestinal endoscopy before entry into a therapeutic trial that had been approved by the hospital ethics committee . |
| 12 | David Davies treasures some memories from a decade when a Spanish genius inspired British and continental players to a period of unparalleled success |
| 13 | Following assessment and successful completion of a period of consolidation the nurse is then encouraged to proceed into a two part professional studies programme which leads to the National Board for Scotland Diploma in Professional Studies . |
| 14 | It begins after the aims and general content for a period of ward experience have been defined . |
| 15 | She has not only suffered the anguish of over a quarter of a century of separation from her husband , but has also experienced unending persecution at the hands of the regime , such as banishment , Imprisonment , torture and sustained harassment over a period of more than two decades . |
| 16 | Holding that the dismissals were fair , the tribunal said that , whilst it accepted that the union did not specifically accept what was proposed by the company , it concluded that , by its continuing and sustained silence over a period of a month , the union had agreed to the compulsory redundancies being handled in the way the company had proposed . |
| 17 | Passages will be dictated at 50 and 60 wpm for a period of 3 minutes . |