Example sentences of "the [adj] period [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The length of the pre-operative period will vary from patient to patient . |
| 2 | If the election had been declared to be void ( as Panama and Liberia asserted ) , the Committee 's actions in the intervening period would have been of no legal effect . |
| 3 | But this implies that a single random increase in aggregate demand in the current period can set up a serially correlated movement or boom in real output over a number of subsequent periods . |
| 4 | Regular visits to each of the three countries over the five-year period will enable a series of interviews with key decision-makers to be carried out , and qualitative and quantitative data to be collected . |
| 5 | Under anaesthesia , neuromuscular control is lost and poor positioning of limbs in the peri-operative period can lead to a temporary loss of function if nerves have been pinched . |
| 6 | The annual rate of loss by shipwreck or burning during the same period may have been about 4 percent . |
| 7 | Examining a number of artefacts of the same period can help to build up a composite picture of a society and culture . |
| 8 | An offer had been made previously , whereby the waiting period would have been reduced from 18 to 12 months but the initial payment held at 54 per cent for a year . |
| 9 | The tolling period will extend to 1 July 1996 and the Government will then make a decision about the future . |
| 10 | At the same meeting the new CMC Chairman , Jiang Zemin , said that Deng 's " thought and theory on Army building during the new period will remain our treasure " . |
| 11 | If firm 1 reneges , firm 2 in the next period must punish it . |
| 12 | Systemic application and Bordeaux mixture in the dormant period should keep it at bay . |