Example sentences of "been [art] [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It proved a fitting finale to what had been the first period of sustained fighting in the war . |
| 2 | It 's been the driest period since the 1930s . |
| 3 | In Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire , a substantial number of villages disappeared from the records in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries , as well as in the second half of the fifteenth century , which seems to have been the worst period of depopulation in the area most seriously affected in the Midlands , particularly in Northamptonshire , Oxfordshire , Warwickshire , Buckinghamshire , Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire ( 58 , pp.170–3 , 220–1 , 229 ) . |
| 4 | Mr Foster said : ‘ There has been a long period of uncertainty which always causes problems . |
| 5 | If I sound euphoric I make no apologies , It has been a superb period for English rugby and will also be a hard act to follow , but after the weekend of the Irish visit I am sure that we can go on to even greater things from here . |
| 6 | There had been a recent period of about five weeks during which , Alistair came to realize , he had gone clinically insane . |
| 7 | The years immediately following 725/6 must have been a crucial period in the establishment of Aethelbald of Mercia 's domination of southern England . |
| 8 | It had been a hectic period during which we had been under some pressure . |
| 9 | The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay . |
| 10 | His tour of duty as security officer in the Soviet embassy in London had been a miserable period of his life : He had found the English so dull , preoccupied with strikes , a falling balance of payments and high unemployment . |
| 11 | The last years of Henry VII had been a prosperous period for the port — the average annual sum paid in customs dues from 1504 to 1509 was over £10,000 , and in the early years of Henry VIII a group of merchants had maintained voyages to Brazil . |
| 12 | The 12 months prior to the August invasion had been a positive period for Jordan . |
| 13 | This seems to have been an important period for Williams , for his lecture programme gave him the opportunity to broaden his contacts . |