Example sentences of "is [art] [adv] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is the most traumatic period for both the children and their parents , as the children can often be subjected to jibes and name-calling , ’ Dr Allen added . |
| 2 | He says that this is the most unpleasant period in his 25 years in local Government . |
| 3 | This is the most difficult period and the one which introduced ‘ evil ’ into the world and hence contains the worst of its history . |
| 4 | A spokesman said ‘ This is the most dramatic period in ferry travel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and the best time ever for the customer . ’ |
| 5 | Clearly , large numbers of new features were introduced , new types of settlement were constructed and new activities were carried out , but 400 years is a relatively short period in the life of the English landscape and to describe the Roman era as an interlude may , therefore , be correct in landscape terms . |
| 6 | The range is from 5.0 to 7.6 , so that the star is never too dim to be found with binoculars ; there is a very rough period of around 130 days . |
| 7 | ‘ In the life of any organisation , a centenary is a very considerable period of time , a good deal longer than is given to most of us . |
| 8 | Since 15 million years is a very short period in terms of evolution , we have to conclude that there were some big whales around at the time of the catastrophe . |
| 9 | Certainly night is a more solemn period than day , when the withdrawal of the sun 's influence enforces a caesura to activity . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think this is an unreasonably short period of acclimatisation , ’ added Walsh , who climbed his first 8,000-er in the shape of Cho Oyu two years ago . |