Example sentences of "spend a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he refers it to the Court of Appeal , Courtney may well spend a proper period in jail . |
| 2 | They could therefore spend a considerable period of time in the towers , in full uniform , in temperatures of anything up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit , or more . |
| 3 | The successful candidate will be based at Jealott 's Hill but will spend an initial period at Leuven . |
| 4 | A recent study by Professor Pat Carlen shows that of 39 female adult criminals , 22 spent a substantial period of their childhood and adolescence in care . |
| 5 | The schoolmaster then spent an endless period fussily sorting out his things — extracting a folded newspaper and a small bag of plums from his case , arranging the case on the rack , examining the seat minutely for anything unpleasant and giving it a brush with the back of his hand , folding his jacket and his jumper with ritualistic care , adjusting the window in consultation with the lady , but without reference to me or to the young Swede , getting his case down again for some forgotten item , checking his hankie , readjusting the window . |
| 6 | The meeting was timely because Hamish Kidd , a Cambridge chemical engineer who had spent a long period in general management consultancy with P-E Consulting Group , had developed systems to introduce executive search into P-E when it was sanctioned as an allowable technique by the Management Consultants Association ( MCA ) . |
| 7 | He had spent a short period there as a singer , then formed a reputation at Bordeaux and elsewhere as a gifted opéra director and arranger . |
| 8 | It is conceivable that Kim had spent a brief period with the CCP at Yenan in the later 1930s . |
| 9 | Former Sun Microsystems Inc UK marketing manager , John Coon , is now heading-up Data General Corp 's UK marketing operation after spending a brief period at one of Sun 's satellites . |
| 10 | to develop from a small beginning in manageable steps rather than to spend a long period identifying ‘ all ’ institutional needs and all required data items followed by software development of a ‘ complete ’ system on an unmanageable scale ; |
| 11 | It provides them with an opportunity to spend a short period of time , usually two or three weeks , at work , doing a job , but also asking questions and canvassing a range of opinions on a variety of issues . |
| 12 | This was made more complex by differentiation of those who intended to spend an appreciable period of time in the village ( such as the retired and salaried immigrants ) , and those , such as career-oriented spiralists , who were merely passing through . |
| 13 | Students of foreign languages , many of whom later become teachers , are normally required to spend an extended period abroad as part of their degree course . |
| 14 | They spend a short period at home full time while their children are small , then look for a job that will fit in with their family commitments . |