Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] period of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager produces a whole hospital work-level profile for specific periods of time for a 7-day period . |
| 2 | This enables oxygen to be stored for several minutes , and during prolonged periods of submersion an accessor valve between the heart ventricles can be opened to bypass the function of the lungs . |
| 3 | In contrast , when hepatocytes are plated onto a model basement membrane , such as that derived from the Engelbreth Holm Swarm sarcoma ( EHS ) , or in coculture with epithelial cells , they retain their normal cell polarity and structure , and the products of constitutively expressed genes such as albumin continue to be secreted for prolonged periods of culture . |
| 4 | These animals possess the remarkable ability to withstand intense heat and drought for prolonged periods of time . |
| 5 | Studying the body clock for extended periods of time |
| 6 | There are occasional reports in the medical journals of people not sleeping for extended periods of time when suffering from illnesses interfering with brain function . |
| 7 | yes after different periods of time there not all |
| 8 | The number of consonants in a four-consonant sequence recalled after varying periods of time , using a within subjects design . |
| 9 | Frequent leave was recommended ‘ in order to regain sanity of outlook after long periods of loneliness ’ , and it was later added that : ‘ Intellectual geniuses are not required , nor anyone with ‘ nerves ’ or who is likely to become ‘ Masai-astic ’ … i.e. regard themselves as specialists ' . |
| 10 | All they ever saw of their guide was a faint distant tail-light , and then only rarely , at irregular moments after long periods of doubt when it seemed that they had lost the scent , made the wrong decision at some unmarked junction up in the stormy darkness . |
| 11 | A number of borough councils agreed to appoint workers with specific lesbian and gay responsibilities and , after long periods of consultation , Camden and Haringey agreed to set up their own lesbian and gay units . |
| 12 | No one wants a plastic telephone receiver which sags after sitting in its cradle for several weeks , or a car tyre that develops a flat spot if parked in one position for too long , or clothes made from synthetic fibres which become baggy and deformed after short periods of wear . |
| 13 | The counting of coloured spots , each representing one cell , was done with a stereo microscope after various periods of storage at 4°C . |
| 14 | The local authority were empowered to do the work themselves by section 10(1) of the Act of 1957 which provided that if the person in control of the house did not comply with a notice to execute work then after specified periods of time ‘ the local authority may themselves do the work required to be done by the notice … |
| 15 | Prisoners under sentence of death ( numbering some 256 ) were reprieved ; together with an estimated 43,000 other prisoners serving lighter sentences , they became eligible for release after minimum periods of imprisonment which varied according to the crimes committed and sentences received . |
| 16 | This inhibits her sexual cycles for varying periods of time depending on the species it 's about two years . |
| 17 | Part-time courses which are available for similar periods of study as for full-time courses usually involve an average of eight hours attendance at college each week , predominantly on a ‘ day release ’ basis . |
| 18 | Secured and unsecured personal loans — loans are provided for fixed periods of time , often at fixed rates of interest and equal instalment payments . |
| 19 | Moreover , some employers chose to make ex gratia awards not only as cash payments or share option schemes , but also in the form of extended periods of leave or the improvement of on-site research facilities . |
| 20 | Creation stories from eight cultures had been distinguished — Egyptian , Norse , African , Oceanic , Greek , Mexican , Indian and the Genesis account — and these could be divided amongst the eight groups very happily , with the addition of timetabled periods of art and music-drama for double groups , in which basic techniques were linked to suitable themes ( for instance , shrine-building , rain-making ceremonies ) . |
| 21 | So we may come to the third proposition of this book : THE SEDIMENTARY PILE AT ANY ONE PLACE ON THE EARTH 'S SURFACE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A TINY AND FRAGMENTARY RECORD OF VAST PERIODS OF EARTH HISTORY . |
| 22 | The official messages and the students ' despair which resulted were familiar to those of previous periods of liberalisation and backlash . |
| 23 | Introduction of indefinite periods of approval , subject to regular progress reviews . |
| 24 | Gold appears either in its parent rock or in placer deposits in which the products of long periods of erosion are concentrated in the alluvium of existing river systems or buried under later sedimentary or igneous rocks . |
| 25 | In other words , the history of any one part of the earth , like the life of a soldier , consists of long periods of boredom and short periods of terror . |
| 26 | St'lyan had an organ which acted like a supercharger , so that they were capable of long periods of exertion , and like the Yek they were able to endure remarkable extremes of heat and cold . |
| 27 | It has been suggested on the basis of short periods of observation that sleep depresses colonic motility , but this was not confirmed by some authors , and others noted a wide variability of rectosigmoid motor activity during sleep . |
| 28 | Showell Styles balanced the junior tales about Septimus Quinn with a sequence of adult novels built round a middle-aged naval officer who , at thirty-three , had moved only from midshipman to the unsatisfactory rank of acting lieutenant because of intermittent periods of unemployment at the end of the eighteenth century and a sad lack of useful patronage . |
| 29 | Mankind will have to accept that this product of immense periods of time was indisputably in existence inside the evolutionary story , waiting to be taken up as the only source available from which could be acquired a foundation for the God that man must ultimately have , and which was not completely imaginary , and therefore subject to unlimited interpretations . |
| 30 | When in the fullness of immense periods of time , emerging man found that he needed a ‘ god ’ , and a logical conception of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ , he had no alternative but to accept that the countless millions of operations which make up the law of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , had necessarily to be designated either ‘ good ’ , if they furthered the cause , or completely disregarded if they did not . |