Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Length will depend on two factors , sentence length and the existence of periods of contrast . |
| 2 | It was armed with a Lewis gun on the back and carried a vast load of food , petrol , ammunition and other stores , enabling it to remain out in the desert for periods of up to three weeks . |
| 3 | Blood pressure , 24 hour urinary excretion of albumin , sodium , and urea , weight , and insulin doses were recorded every month from the beginning of the run in period to the end of the treatment period . |
| 4 | This includes a concern with the distinction between periods of major structural change and other periods , and a concern with cyclical patterns . |
| 5 | With regard to the gradual exploration of historical time , reading not only helps to develop the concept of periods of time and of progression ( if not progress ) , but it also ( through the historical novel ) enables the reader to ‘ feel what it was like ’ . |
| 6 | In another context Allen and Massey ( 1988 , p. 2 ) develop the notion of periods of structural change to describe this process , and one of the central questions around which this chapter is organized is whether the UK state has recently passed through ( or is still passing through ) such a period . |
| 7 | It is to be hoped that this satisfactory industrial position will be maintained after the War , for , unfortunately , in the past the deaf and dumb have always been amongst the first to be pushed to the wall in periods of depression . |
| 8 | Humus in the topsoil reduces infiltration into these soils and standing water accumulates on the surface after periods of heavy rain though such flooding is of short duration . |
| 9 | The epidemiological importance of arrested larval development from whatever cause is that , first , it ensures the survival of the nematode during periods of adversity ; secondly , the subsequent maturation of arrested larvae increases the contamination of the environment and can sometimes result in clinical disease . |
| 10 | Self-employed persons generally receive less help from the state in periods of unemployment or sickness . |
| 11 | Taking these factors into account , we believe that the correlation of periods of humid climate with the ages of preserved geo-thermal silica deposits in the northern Kenya rift valley is significant . |
| 12 | The question as to whether the original tenant is prepared to join a guarantor or guarantors to the lease , particularly having regard to the frequency of periods of recession , is something which must be carefully considered . |
| 13 | In the case of registered land , this involves a search at HM Land Registry against the title number to the land and in the case of unregistered land , a search against the vendor and previous estate owners for the length of period of each estate owner 's ownership . |
| 14 | The definition of price volatility employed in any particular study depends on the frequency of the available observations ( transactions data , closing prices , and so on ) and the length of period for which the volatilities are to be computed , for example , days or months . |
| 15 | What is more important is the length of period in education . |
| 16 | where n is the number of periods under consideration ( anywhere between 1 and infinity ) , C is the cash flow , t is an individual observation , and r is the required rate of return for the security under analysis . |
| 17 | Indeed at secondary level the timetable of the week seems to blind one to considerations of the length of a course : the number of periods in a week or six days is debated , rather than the length of a period or the number of hours in a course . |
| 18 | But LMC is a flow concept , relating to the cost per period of producing output . |
| 19 | This will provide that any university postholder ( but normally a professor or reader ) will be eligible to hold the headship for periods of up to five years and some professors and readers will be required to serve as head if asked by Council . |
| 20 | There were few potential trouble spots , in which British forces were likely to be involved , that were not reasonably close to the sea ; and naval forces had the advantage of being able to lie out of sight over the horizon during periods of tension . |
| 21 | Prisoners-of-war , wandering free men , peasants and natives were mobilized from time to time into detachments of foreign servicemen ( Litva ) or cossacks , and there were service gentry from European Russia stationed in the region for periods of several years . |