Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men were taken into a tent and allowed to look at a group of objects for a short period after which they had to recall every detail they had observed . |
| 2 | Young people from working-class backgrounds , for instance , are more likely to spend time with a boy/girl-friend whereas young people from G middle-class backgrounds continue to move around in mixed sex groups for a longer period , perhaps anticipating an extended period of dependence on parents as they head for further or higher education . |
| 3 | Objectives ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) could consist of checks after a preliminary period of revision or practice carried out by the student on her own . |
| 4 | This is the first time that the two companies will provide a total supply and maintenance contract for ARAMCO , ESP/ACC will install all the pump related equipment and perform routine monthly maintenance of the downhole and surface units for a five-year period . |
| 5 | Usually the patient is taken into one of these units for a specified period such as a fortnight , but the time allocated might be indefinite in an emergency , for instance if the carer is ill . |
| 6 | Our study design explains how we could detect a significant difference in urinary albumin excretion between two treatments in a small number of subjects for a short period of time : monthly measurements over 12 months increased the precision and consequently the power of our trial . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it is common that preference shares with a right to a cumulative dividend obtain voting rights if the dividend is in arrears for a specified period . |
| 8 | The district judge may extend the period of four months for a further period or periods each not exceeding four months , if reasonable efforts have been made to serve the summons and provided that the application has been made before the preceding 12 months expire , or if later , in the court 's discretion ( Ord 7 , r 20(2) ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Quarterly or half-yearly , it is a good plan for the housekeeper to make an inventory of everything she has under her care , and compare this with the lists of a former period . ’ |
| 10 | They , they had a documentary on Metros apparently and the Me they said that Metros of a certain period for about , I think from his period sort of A registration , B registration , Y registration they 're absolute rubbish apparently . |
| 11 | In May , 30 people were killed in three smashes within a two-week period . |
| 12 | Emphasizing the failure of the courts to resolve civil disputes within a reasonable period of time , Kidder argues that the fault lay with the structure of typical disputes in India . |
| 13 | The fraud involved creation of false profits and stocks in the books over a seven-year period through use of purported contracts , which in reality did not exist , with third world countries . |
| 14 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 15 | The giant ground sloths and armadillos of the past were clearly South American in character , showing that this continent had been populated by unique families of animals over a vast period of time . |
| 16 | For example , the ceiling for relief could be reduced from £30,000 to zero in ten equal steps over a ten-year period of time . |
| 17 | The large amounts of data needed for such an analysis were obtained by means of a participant observation method which allowed the investigator to record speakers over a long period , returning to collect more data if specific gaps emerged in the course of the analysis ( cf. 3.1 ) . |
| 18 | This is only one of many instances of the breadth of Marryat 's view , the sturdy wholeness of his reconstructions of life on men of-war and escort vessels at a crucial period of British naval history . |
| 19 | ‘ People can dip in and out , looking at objects which represent the best that artists of a certain period believed they could do woven in with some everyday things . |
| 20 | One spokesman initially described the plants as ‘ surplus to requirements ’ , only to be contradicted by another — IBM Europe has made noises about a 12-month period in which the plants have to prove profitability , while others deny that there is any particular timescale . |
| 21 | As TODAY suggests , one answer could be for newly-licensed young drivers to carry restriction plates for a specified period . |
| 22 | There is an average number of accesses during a specified period of about sixty-five . |
| 23 | Jaguar had felt itself to be protected from such a takeover by a golden share ( a mechanism whereby the government provides protection from takeover to recently privatised companies for a finite period of time ) . |
| 24 | It will all end up in those grim audio-visual departments where it will eventually be auctioned off for peanuts during a cost-saving period . |
| 25 | They included a sweeping revision of the Internal Security Act so as to end detention without trial , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " agreement between the government and the ANC in August 1990 [ see p. 37642 ] ; a proposal to offer Cabinet seats to blacks during a transitional period while a new constitution was being negotiated ; the appointment of a neutral chairman of the constitutional conference ; and the appointment of an independent judge or jurist to investigate incidents of violence . |
| 26 | Under Resolution 44/312 of Nov. 20 , the Assembly elected former Norwegian Foreign Minister Thorvald Stoltenberg as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for a four-year period from Jan. 1 , 1990 . |
| 27 | Preparatory ground for the visit which marked the steady improvement in links between the two countries after a 15-month period of strained relations [ see pp. 37009 ; 37357 ; 37531 ] , had been laid in October after a high-level Indo-Nepalese task force , meeting in Katmandu , reached " complete " agrement on the details of a trade and transit treaty . |
| 28 | In addition , there is no guarantee that the assisted emigrants will not return to their communities after a short period . |
| 29 | The areas which do not receive intervention can then serve as a basis for comparison with the targeted areas after a suitable period of time has elapsed ( see Table 6.1 ) . |
| 30 | Nonetheless , he condemned that same deluded world for its previous exclusion of Spain from the European Recovery Programme , thereby exacerbating the effects of a long period of exceptionally low rainfall . |