Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Joan mostly worked as a Spool Setter , she became an Axminster Winding Instructor for a period during which she was sent to a subsidiary company in Holland ( Bergos Stoddard ) for a number of weeks . |
| 2 | The wine is filtered or fined with bentonite or gelatine and is then put into oak scantling pipes for a period of twelve to eighteen months to rest ( estagio ) . |
| 3 | Make repairs using glue in a period when no one will be using the stairs , to give the glue time to set without the joint flexing . |
| 4 | The essence of the proposal was a request to the ILEA for funds to second one of the school 's teaching staff for a period of seven terms , and for support in obtaining an outside consultant , secretarial assistance , and advice from various agencies including the ILEA 's Research and Statistics personnel and university researchers . |
| 5 | Four countries ( El Salvador , Honduras , Morocco and Congo , with total foreign debts of US$30,500 million ) took advantage of the move , agreeing to packages spreading repayments over a period of 15 years — instead of the 10 years previously allowed by the Club . |
| 6 | Last week a British psychiatrist was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting patients over a period of 12 years . |
| 7 | Acquired from Rhone-Poulenc in 1984 , the business 35km from Paris is making waves after a period struggling for direction . |
| 8 | Moreover , this was a new form of imprisonment whose aims were not confined to con-taining offenders for a period and deterring the populace from crime . |
| 9 | Expelled from school at fifteen , she had found herselfstarting work at a period of full employment . |