Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , resolution that Synod appoints Jo , John as Synod clerk for a period of up to three years to commence at a date mutually convenient to him and the present Synod clerk . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) The following classes of cases are usually not subject to the doctrine : ( a ) those which include a restraint which does not involve the convenantor in giving up a freedom which he would otherwise have enjoyed unless the restraint creates a positive duty to do something which restricts his freedom during the period of its operation ; ( b ) those which , under contemporary conditions , may be found to have passed into the accepted and normal currency of commercial or contractual or conveyancing relations ; and ( c ) those in which the purpose and nature of the restraint is coterminous with the purpose of the contract . |
| 3 | A growing number of the University 's courses provide an opportunity for a period of study in another country of the European Community . |
| 4 | Taken on around Whitsuntide , such men were provided with a cottage for the period of the hire , and in return were expected to supply from their own meagre resources a ‘ bondager ’ — a woman who would perform field-work or any other menial farm duty required of her . |
| 5 | The Bio-Medical Care Clinic is conducting a clinical study on the AIDS Virus using a safe , non-toxic energy and homeopathic formula , we are seeking the co-operation of Candidates to take part for a period of 21 days . |
| 6 | An underwriting deficit for the period of $4m compares with losses of $65m in the same quarter last year and $42m in the final quarter of 1992 . |
| 7 | It was a miserable time for Anne as she was unable to attend dances or the cinema during the period of mourning for her grandmother . |
| 8 | Records of public weighings must be retained for inspection for a period of at least two years . |
| 9 | Moreover , an ant under the sway of a dope-peddling caterpillar eventually enters a state called ‘ binding ’ , in which it becomes inseparable from its caterpillar for a period of many days . |
| 10 | While the milk from such farms was declared unfit for sale , farmers were also prevented in most cases from selling their cattle for slaughter for a period of several months . |
| 11 | It became conventionally acceptable to bemoan the difficulties involved in living a cultivated existence during a period of poverty and dislocation , often expressed in terms of the inevitability of failure , the absurdity of effort , and the necessity of resignation . |
| 12 | ( b ) any claim arising out of circumstances notified to the insurer during the period of insurance as circumstances which might give rise to a claim . |
| 13 | If it is disallowed then he will , presumably , continue to receive reduced Income Support for the period of disallowance . ’ |
| 14 | Throwing Muses are one of a handful of groups who write about adolescence as a period of maladjustment and withdrawal , who resist the now-pop version of youth as healthy , extrovert , unproblematic hedonism . |
| 15 | He regarded adolescence as a period of sexual apprenticeship . |
| 16 | Marshall ( 1974 ) , for instance , insists on the necessity for a period of " scrambling " ( others call it " gestation " ) between the experience or stimulus and the writing . |
| 17 | Well as an association , we naturally get ourselves involved with many other aspects of the university activities in that erm both the students are applicants of ours and come and talk to us about projects which they may like to see emerge , and other departments of the university , the music department etc. , sometimes find that our knowledge of the area , or certain aspects of some of the schemes that we 're operating , coincide with what they 're trying to do and it turns out to be that campuses like this are often useful places for residencies and artists will come and take up residency in a university for a period of time , and that 's often been exploited by the Association . |
| 18 | This method — removing an aggressive nursery school child from play for a period of one minute — was compared by researchers with a scolding and orders not to hit and with a further method of distracting ( i.e. redirecting ) him to other play . |
| 19 | 1.1 The National Curriculum English Working Group was set up on 29 April 1988 by the Secretaries of State for Education and Science and for Wales to advise on attainment targets , programmes of study , and associated assessment arrangements for English in the National Curriculum for the period of compulsory schooling . |
| 20 | The National Curriculum English Working Group was formally set up on 29 April 1988 by the Secretaries of State for Education and Science and for Wales to advise on attainment targets , programmes of study and associated assessment arrangements for English in the National Curriculum for the period of compulsory schooling . |
| 21 | Employees who are redeployed to posts outwith their recognised employment field will be given priority consideration for any subsequent vacancy which arises in that field for a period of one year following the date of redeployment . |
| 22 | ‘ This is to certify that Color Serjeant William Nicholl served in the 8th ( or The King 's ) Regiment of Foot for a period of Twenty One Years , during which time he has invariably conducted himself as an honest , trustworthy , sober man — Given under my hand at Plymouth , This 4th day of August 1825 , J. Duffy Lf Col Commg 8th or King 's Reg . ’ |
| 23 | The third pattern is the post-experience one in which students come to theoretical or systematic study of the field after a period of practice . |
| 24 | Recent studies from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food ( MAFF ) have now seen evidence of the migration of dioxins from chlorine bleached milk cartons into milk after a period of storage . |
| 25 | I 've got the price of that product up and also get him his reduction after a period of time . |
| 26 | You will note that they are initially indicating that you should hold some of the Flybynight stock for a period of two years . |
| 27 | For instance he would have to pay the equivalent of the rent during the period of his occupation between the date of the order and the date of giving up possession . |
| 28 | the only forms of prevention which actually prevent mental handicap are concerned with advising the mother of the possibly harmful effects of certain courses of action during the period of pregnancy , and ensuring high standards of antenatal and postnatal care to prevent a healthy born or unborn child from becoming mentally handicapped . |
| 29 | The cost of all this will be a restructuring charge between $95m and $110m to be taken against the third quarter figures , leading to a loss for the period of over $100m or $2.00 per share . |
| 30 | ( 7 ) The period of the suspension of a licence under this section shall be a fixed period not exceeding one year or the unexpired portion of the duration of the licence , whichever is the less , and the effect of the suspension is that the licence shall cease to have effect during the period of the suspension . |