Example sentences of "[art] [adj] period [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the sentences were to run consecutively , the court was reported to have reduced the total period of imprisonment by two years as a gesture of goodwill . |
| 2 | As its name implies , this is based on your average earnings over the total period of time that you are participating in the scheme . |
| 3 | It is conventional to code t from 1 to N , the total period of observation ; for example , the years 1948 to 1978 would be coded from 1 to 31 . |
| 4 | The normal period of study for the Scottish Doctoral Programme is three years . |
| 5 | The normal period of copyright will apply except for the right to prevent unfair extraction which will last for 10 years . |
| 6 | The normal period between contract and completion is a little over a month , but the Lois Scribener rules must be taken into account in fixing a date , as … considerable delays … can occur in obtaining replies to Land Registry searches . |
| 7 | The provinces were reluctant to accept the change from casements , but once they did , the whole look of England 's houses changed and the Georgian period of architecture became easily definable . |
| 8 | They can help the mentally ill , encouraging them to seek treatment when necessary , supporting them in the trying period after hospitalization , and encouraging their efforts to find work , lodgings and companionship despite their disabilities . |
| 9 | Mr. Park went on to argue that there were three phases in the operations carried out by the taxpayer , namely : ( 1 ) the pre-contract phase where business was solicited abroad , ( 2 ) the making of the contracts , and ( 3 ) the performance of the contract throughout the stipulated period of duration in the overseas country by refraining from taking action there against the sub-licensee . |
| 10 | If the pupil has not been excluded permanently , but his been excluded for an indefinite period , the governors can only order the head teacher to reinstate him/her if the aggregate period of exclusion would be more than five days in any term or if the pupil would miss an opportunity to take a public examination . |
| 11 | In the intervening period between Maastricht and the further stages , the Prime Minister and the Government must face the fact that , if they are standing apart , they will put a question mark over the prospect of further investment and further development . |
| 12 | It is known that Dionysos was worshipped at Pylos shortly after the Minoan period on Crete and it is possible that his orgiastic cult was preceded by a Minoan proto-Dionysian cult . |
| 13 | Since the balance of payments has become a structural problem because of the prolonged period of under-investment , imports have grown as a share of UK domestic spending , making the growth of inflation resulting from devaluation more rapid . |
| 14 | Sotheby 's expert Melanie Clore emphasises that Matisse has alway been an artist for discerning collectors and was never speculated in even during the 1988–90 period like Picasso and Renoir . |
| 15 | First , there is the problem of rising crime during the so-called period of affluence . |
| 16 | The longest period of peace was the twenty-six years between the end of the War of Spanish Succession in 1713 and the outbreak of that of the Austrian Succession in 1739 . |
| 17 | Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time . |
| 18 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 19 | The percentage of time at pH<4 , the minutes at pH<4 , the number of episodes of reflux , those lasting longer than five minutes , and the duration of the longest period of reflux were calculated with Esophogram 9802 Version 5.10 ( Synectics Medical , Stockholm ) . |
| 20 | Overnight exposure of the oesophagus to acid , the number of reflux episodes longer than five minutes , and the duration of the longest period of reflux were significantly greater in patients with impaired peritalsis . |
| 21 | The panel also proposed retaining the controversial renewable seven-year presidential term , the longest period in office for a western elected ruler . |
| 22 | Whereas in the home market sales and production are likely to be financed from existing working capital , the extended period of credit which is possible in the export trade may necessitate additional forms of finance . |
| 23 | Opposition protests were voiced in the days before commencement of the 30-day period of voter registration , set by the government for June 8 although it had still not set a date for the elections themselves . |
| 24 | Martin and Roberts ( 1984 ) show that , among women whose first child was born between 1970 and 1974 , 51 per cent had returned to paid employment within 5 years , and that the median period before return to work for this group was 4.8 years . |
| 25 | The historical period of time between the two events is seen in terms of the internal experience of the individual Christian seeking assurance of God . |
| 26 | Equally clay moulds may have been produced by carving in the negative directly onto the clay ; while carving a negative is difficult it was achieved with success at other times , for instance in the medieval period with stone moulds . |
| 27 | From Neolithic Stanydale through the Iron Age with the brochs of Clickhimin and Mousa , and Ness of Burgi fort , to the Viking village at Jarlshof , into the Medieval period through Scalloway and Muness castles and closing with 18th-century Fort Charlotte , these monuments act as signposts through Shetland 's long and colourful past . |
| 28 | Another legacy of the French period of broadcasting is the fact that for a long time few such stations broadcast in African languages : radio services in the Ivory Coast are dominated by the French language even today . |
| 29 | In the spring of 1802 there was another phase of mutually influenced poetic production ; Wordsworth wrote over thirty important poems at this time , and though Coleridge had already announced — in March 1801 — that ‘ The poet is dead in me ’ , he was able to contribute the main theme of the dialogue , which is , put simply , what happens to ‘ young Romantic poets ’ after the age of thirty when the visionary period of youth comes to an end . |
| 30 | FIG. 1 The barycentric period of PSR J0437–4715 over an interval of 15 days showing the Doppler effect of the 5.7-day orbital period . |