Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [art] period [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is apparently most excusable to rape your wife if she has for a period refused sexual intercourse ‘ unjustifiably ’ or if she has refused sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping money were raised , or even , curiously , ‘ in order to win her back . ’ |
| 2 | Initially this means that the proportion of capital repayment is very small , but the proportion progressively increases throughout the period covered by the mortgage . |
| 3 | Thus Adorno 's major contribution dates from a period described in the previous chapter as one of relative situational stability and consensus , when , more than at any other time , the machinery of ‘ mass culture ’ worked to considerable effect . |
| 4 | Contemporary idealism , however , dates from the period following the First World War when , partly as a reaction to the horrors of the war , it briefly achieved prominence as an approach to global politics , influencing academics and politicians . |
| 5 | The exact rate for the investment is fixed at the time the deposit is made and then runs through the period chosen . |