Example sentences of "most [prep] [art] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kano State Radio is the mouthpiece of the government of Governor Abubakar Rimi , which is a very different thing from being a PRP radio station ; indeed , the PRP , led by the late Aminu Kano , had the doubtful distinction of being without any mass media outlet at all during most of the period between the 1979 and 1983 elections . |
| 2 | Less immediately obvious has been its powerful influence on the training and recruitment of the civil service for most of the period under review . |
| 3 | In general , however , and especially in south Lancashire , the major growth area , their role was passive and their attitude lukewarm for most of the period under discussion [ i.e. 1830 — 1914 ] . |
| 4 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |
| 5 | Despite the well-founded fear of the Securitate , for most of the period of Communist rule in Romania , the secret police was not in the front-line of control over the population . |
| 6 | It is certainly true that a State of Emergency was in effect for most of the period of hostilities , being lifted in January 1987 . |
| 7 | The Faculty of Arts offers the following degrees : MA(General) and MA ( General Honours ) , in both of which a student takes a spread of subjects with some studied to an advanced level ; and the MA(Honours) , in which a student concentrates on one or two subjects in depth for most of the period of study . |
| 8 | All growth firms , IPOs or not , performed poorly in most of the period at which the authors looked . |
| 9 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 10 | But the central function over most of the period since 1979 has been as apologist , a role which few politicians relish . |
| 11 | For most of the period about one-third of those unmarried by age 25–29 failed to marry during their reproductive years ( the figure rising from 27 per cent in 1871 to 35 per cent in 1931 ) . |
| 12 | For most of the period before 1533 the domestic side of the royal account was fairly satisfactory . |
| 13 | For his part , de Valera , prime minister for most of the period from 1932 to 1959 , pursued isolationist policies , economically , politically , and culturally , seeking at once self-sufficiency , neutrality , the restoration in part of Gaelic culture through the minimal enforcement of the Irish language , and the control of media consumption . |
| 14 | Sterling was probably overvalued for most of the period from 1950 to 1967 , especially against the European and Japanese currencies [ Allsopp , 1979 ] . |
| 15 | For most of the period from 1912 to 1945 Rhee lived in the United States where he was eventually to build up support from American friends , who assisted in financing his activities . |