Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] [art] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JEB Fasteners had purchased all the shares in a private company having relied on its accounts for a period of about a year since incorporation . |
| 2 | Liberated serfs would then redeem their debts over a period of years . |
| 3 | Companies House has bowed to pressure from MPs and the business community and agreed to send ex gratia payments to companies that were forced to pay a late filing penalty after their accounts for the period to 30 September 1991 were delivered to Companies House on 31 July 1992 . |
| 4 | According to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) , more than 280,000 people had left their homes over the period of the fighting . |
| 5 | The practical effect of this wording is that for a claim to be covered the casualty must be reasonably attributable to an identifiable accident the source of which is external to the craft — thus the craft filling with water on its moorings over a period of weeks and then foundering would not be covered . |
| 6 | Spiritual things are , therefore , the intangible products of the human mind , and are necessarily of human origin , that is , they have their origins in the period of evolution which started with the advent of life on earth . |
| 7 | She had lost 8 inches off her waist and a staggering 10 inches off her hips over a period of seven months . |
| 8 | If we were to extend this line of reasoning , we would also have to consider the materiality of services such as hairdressing , advertising and repairs which , arguably , take a tangible form and benefit their customers for a period of time after production . |
| 9 | He was far too honourable to approach Asquith with a deal which could only mean the compromise of both their principles for a period of artificial power , not unlike the last years of the Coalition ; and he saw that an anti-socialist alliance could only lead , in the end , to a major Labour victory . |
| 10 | On Sept. 30 , China had announced proposed measures to open its markets over a period of six months in response to US demands in August , but these had been rejected by Hills as " unsatisfactory " . |
| 11 | In modern Britain the State is generally acknowledged to have kept the peace and retained the allegiance of its citizens during a period of great social change . |
| 12 | The reformers argued that since departments built up their philosophies over a period of time and since new measures took a considerable period to negotiate , these processes should be opened up so that the informed public could make its reactions clear while principles were still being settled . |
| 13 | They know that the recruitment specialist will look after their interests , advise them if they are flying too high , encourage them if they are ready for advancement and indeed assist them in planning their careers over a period of time . |
| 14 | In it he described a succession of his dreams over a period of thirty years , which seemed to show glimpses of the future , and provided a theory of time to account for them . |
| 15 | A client is not easily detached from a solicitor who has been handling his affairs over a period of years , but a comparatively mild solicitation may deprive an insurance broker of valuable business which otherwise might safely be reckoned on for a period . |
| 16 | Antonov , the Tambov leader , probably never realized anyway the strength of his neighbours in a period of chaotic means of communication . |
| 17 | The package is designed to help you work out the best way of controlling your finances over the period of a year . |