Example sentences of "a period of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 In Australia , following a period of drought the advent of rain has been shown to rehydrate large numbers of apparently desiccated L3 ( anhydrobiosis ) which then become active and rapidly available to grazing animals .
2 Following assessment and successful completion of a period of consolidation the nurse is then encouraged to proceed into a two part professional studies programme which leads to the National Board for Scotland Diploma in Professional Studies .
3 This success lies behind his translation to Canterbury in the following year ; thereafter , until his death in 1381 , he presided over a period of taxation the scale of which exceeded even that of the early years of the reign .
4 Already , even before the move , Herbert was ‘ going his own way ’ , and there had been a period of separation the previous year when Grace took the children to stay in Cape Town for six months or more .
5 So far there 've been no prosecutions but following a period of grace the speeders will now be taken to court .
6 Where information , particularly of a detailed nature , is to be collected over a period of time the panel has clear attractions .
7 Over a period of time the effects of changes in personal circumstances and company policy mean that a viable partnership will need to recruit new partners and plan for effective induction .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Over a period of time the system can deteriorate , suffer interference , misalignments , and indifferent maintenance .
11 Over a period of time the particles settle .
12 By using examples taken at random over a period of years the following list has been assembled :
13 After a period of use the heads may well have picked up sufficient debris from the disk surface to prevent a reliable reading of the magnetic information on the disk .
14 Over a period of weeks the different teams meet to review and plan ahead .
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