Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] for a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the stomachs were perfused with saline for a period of 180 minutes after ethanol , repair of the gastric mucosa was seen in both vehicle and capsaicin pretreated rats ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 2 | Hong Kong island was ceded to the United Kingdom under the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ; the Kowloon Peninsula was acquired by the convention of Peking ( Beijing ) in 1860 ; the New Territories were leased from China in 1898 for a period of 99 years . |
| 3 | Hong Kong island was ceded to the United Kingdom under the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ; the Kowloon Peninsula was acquired by the convention of Peking in 1860 ; the New Territories were leased from China in 1898 for a period of 99 years . |
| 4 | From 1949 for a period of around four years he was a regular figure in Minton 's life , performing as his illustrative assistant whilst also doing free-lance work and other odd jobs . |
| 5 | It will be paid in full for a period of three years and will then be reduced by one-third each year over the subsequent three years . |
| 6 | The commons granted it again from 1343 to 1346 , from 1348 to 1351 , 1353 to 1356 , and in 1356 for a period of six years . |
| 7 | He said : Any contract by which a person engages to give his exclusive services to another for a period necessarily involves extensive restriction during that period of the common law right to exercise any lawful activity he chooses in such manner as he thinks best . |