Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [art] [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the start of the heavy banqueting season , leading up to Christmas , which should be a busy period for a lot of hotel restaurants . |
| 2 | She added that the translation of a directive into national law gives rise to difficulties and suggested that there should be an open period for the EC and national governments to argue out any differences that arise . |
| 3 | For instance , a year may be a reasonable period for a washing machine , but five years , or even ten , may be expected for building works . |
| 4 | As the time approaches to use published materials , reading schemes or carefully-selected ‘ real ’ books , there may be a preparatory period of sight-vocabulary building , using flash-cards ( word-matching , word-reading , etc . ) . |
| 5 | The committees are empowered to suggest amendments , and the bill which is returned to the house ( if it ever is ) may be substantially different from its original form ; there may be a long period of debate between representatives of the two houses of the Legislature and the Executive before consensus can be reached . |
| 6 | There may be a latent period of 30 years before it actually erupts . |
| 7 | Instead it was understood that there would be a long period of commodity circulation and all that that implied . |
| 8 | Under the new proposal for mental health services in mid Essex , there will be a three-month period of public consultation , running until August 17 . |
| 9 | The guidelines took effect on 1 August , but there will be a transitional period for the sake of students and members who began their pre- or post-qualification training before that date . |
| 10 | The first 20 minutes will be a crucial period for a derby that will have a strong bearing on promotion and relegation issues . |