Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | A footnote in the report of the select committee records that there were 2,927 mandatory life sentence cases in a period of slightly more than 23 years , an average of 127 a year . |
| 2 | As a result , shop stewards have been more closely tied to their work groups , and in several industries created spontaneous , coordinated organisations at factory level to take advantage of increased bargaining opportunities during a period of high economic activity . |
| 3 | As a result , shop stewards have been more closely tied to their work groups , and in several industries created spontaneous , coordinated organisations at factory level to take advantage of increased bargaining opportunities during a period of high economic activity . |
| 4 | The prize is intended to support research projects over a period of several years . |
| 5 | On Oct. 12 three former Matrix Churchill executives had come to trial charged with breaching export regulations over a period of more than two years prior to Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 , in particular by falsely describing the equipment as for civilian use . |
| 6 | The librarian should normally plan a long-term programme of stock revisions over a period of , say , one to three years , selecting a number of specified priority subjects to be revised during that period . |
| 7 | Work-shadowing , whereby a student follows a business person during her normal work routines over a period of a few weeks is becoming increasingly commonplace in the UK . |
| 8 | However , two further characteristics made this group a particularly interesting one for the study of the labour market experiences of older male workers in a period of high unemployment and rapid economic and social change . |
| 9 | However , as a sociologist , I was interested in observing routine cases over a period of time in order to look for regular and recurring patterns of action and interaction that might allow certain generalisations to be made . |
| 10 | General statutory and business warranties for a period of 2-3 years . |
| 11 | And even if you lose your statutory job rights for a period while working abroad , you may regain them if you return to work in this country . |
| 12 | Scotch whisky must be matured in oak casks for a period of not less than three years . |
| 13 | It had already been confirmed on Sept. 24 that the government had banned Nomura , Daiwa , Nikko and Yamaichi from bidding for government bond issues for a period of one month , as a penalty for their actions . |
| 14 | The respondents agreed to buy a van on the basis that the price could be paid " on hire purchase terms over a period of two years " . |
| 15 | This trial is the first to prospectively follow elemental diet or prednisolone induced remission in adult patients over a period of a year . |
| 16 | This section has described policy developments in a period in which the Conservatives and Labour alternated in power . |
| 17 | The absence of new gilt issues for a period from 1988 to 1991 and the steeply inverted yield curve for much of that time meant that the eurosterling bond market developed strongly . |
| 18 | At 0830 h , after an overnight fast ( from 2200 h on the evening before the test ) each subject ingested 200 ml water containing 10 g lactulose ( Duphalac-Duphar , Holland ) , 20 g dextrose , 40 mBQ 9 9 m Tc-sulphur colloid and 50 radio-opaque plastic markers over a period of 2 minutes . |
| 19 | However , this appears to be inconsistent with other cases ( see Victoria Fur Traders Ltd v Roadline ( UK ) Ltd [ 1981 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 570 where the plaintiffs had received air waybills over a period of 25 years and never read the terms on them ) and it seems clear that constructive notice of the terms will suffice . |
| 20 | And this is a very , very difficult thing to do because a teacher , I think , sort of maintains control in a classroom and is able to handle the situation because they 've developed working routines over a period of years . |
| 21 | This project will monitor the development of contracting between three Age Concern Groups and both their local Social Service Department and Health Authorities over a period of three years , with special attention to the effects of the new ‘ contracting culture ’ on |
| 22 | Although the United States accepted the case for the dollar eventually being convertible into SDRs , in its view this had to result from the dollar being sufficiently competitive to generate enough capital and current account surpluses over a period to make convertibility a reality . |
| 23 | Placed on assessment list : social worker visits over a period of months — discusses adoption , views on bringing up children |
| 24 | Forecasting employment land requirements over a period of fifteen years is of course a difficult exercise at any time . |
| 25 | For example , it is clear from work with an English- and Punjabi-speaking family in Newcastle upon Tyne , where a young white woman carried out modified participant observation sessions over a period of several months , that no male , regardless of age or ethnicity , would be allowed into the house ( Scothern 1985 ) . |
| 26 | They stay in the reception classes for a period of up to three years , after which they are usually dropped into the lowest streams of the schools to which the classes are attached … |
| 27 | The time resolution is excellent - the growth of maize seedlings over a period of a few minutes can be detected . |
| 28 | Suppose that the authorities wished to see a rise in interest rates in a period when forecasts suggested that there would be no net flow of funds towards the government . |