Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These relationships assume great importance and for a period of time they are probably the most significant ones we have . |
| 2 | Enormous growth in this business occurred through the substitution phase and for a period of some years the business was extremely profitable . |
| 3 | And for a period of centuries it was under the joint rule of Bern and Fribourg . |
| 4 | His education included a year at Eton ; and for a period of seven years from 1740 to 1746 he lived in Italy , where at the beginning of his stay he met and formed a close and lasting friendship with Horace Walpole [ q.v . ] . |
| 5 | Richard escaped the siege of Bytham and for a period of a week or two in February 1221 in the forest of Cliff , Northamptonshire , he held off a royal army . |
| 6 | The minimum working age must be set at 16 years , and those over this age shall receive fair remuneration , and for a period of two years shall be entitled to vocational training in working hours . |
| 7 | In fact a gold standard operated in the international economy prior to 1914 and for a period after the First World War . |
| 8 | Gus , a civil engineer , had been finding the job situation pretty difficult and during the period of the Namibia tour and during the World Cup was on the unemployed roster . |
| 9 | The Constitution also granted immunity from prosecution to members of the armed forces , police and prison services for their actions during the 1987 coups and during the period of military government up to the end of 1987 . |
| 10 | He was a South African like Albert , but eventually settled in England and after a period at York City became a postman . |
| 11 | Her husband began to complain of headaches and lethargy and after a period of investigation in hospital it was discovered that he had a malignant cerebral tumour . |
| 12 | Sexual relations between the newcomer and the old man 's daughters are not resented , and after a period of mutual co-existence the young male leads the daughters into a separate existence as a new harem . |
| 13 | But they do at least survive , and after a period of time will be able to regrow their tails . |
| 14 | Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one . |
| 15 | Chairman the , the mechanism is well practised and widely known it starts with the draft two two B in the January the Committee and after a period of about five to six months ' consultation within which the board programme of work of all capitalists are listed and put out to the community for response through their elected organization as to acceptability , five points of detail who were at relatively hirer one man to speak |
| 16 | They left the foster mother 's home on 19 June , and after a period in a children 's home they have been placed with different foster parents . |
| 17 | Only during the 1960s did it become generally appreciated that the cosy ‘ special relationship ’ of the war years and of the period of Oliver Franks 's distinguished tenure at the Washington embassy in 1948–52 had changed , and to Britain 's disadvantage . |
| 18 | When the Soviets were first set up , richer peasants had become chairmen , but soon and throughout the period of War Communism poor peasants had replaced them . |
| 19 | In addition to twenty-seven sculptures on all scales and from every period in Calder 's long career , the selection includes a strong representation of works on paper ink drawings , gouaches , etchings and lithographs one oil painting , ‘ Fireman 's Dinner for Brancusi ’ ( 1926 ) , and several examples of his jewellery . |
| 20 | Communist influence was strongest in the trade unions and amongst unemployed , and in the period of union militancy around the miners ' strike many of the anxieties about extremism were aired . |
| 21 | It is for this reason that a major part of ISS is devoted to improving the staff-development of teachers , and in the period of implementation of ISS efforts have been directed to improving the Authority 's INSET and school self-evaluation procedures . |
| 22 | Yet his idea of theatre was , unlike poetry or the novel , intended ‘ to reach the organism directly , and in the period of neurosis and low sensation into which we are about to plunge , to attack that low sensuality by physical means which it will not resist ’ ( Esslin 1976 , p. 70 ; Deleuze and Guattari 1984 , pp. 9–15 ) . |
| 23 | The everyday lives of ordinary people are not the basis for good television unless the characters and events are portrayed in a consistently entertaining fashion , and over a period of time ; hence the great success of television soap operas . |
| 24 | According to bogus sexologist Dr John R Brinkley , goat glands held the secret to combating male impotence and over a period of twenty years he amassed a fortune of more than $12 million administering them to 16,000 men worried about their sexual inadequacies . |
| 25 | This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts . |
| 26 | The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast . |
| 27 | The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving . |
| 28 | A programme of restoration back to full working order followed and over a period of 18 months , it was stripped , restored and rebuilt to its present immaculate condition . |
| 29 | In both cases you have to find a deposit , and over a period of time pay off what is , in effect , a loan . |
| 30 | The place was besieged , and over a period of months , including a winter , the English grip tightened . |