Example sentences of "[adj] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 2 | There had never been such a period before , of such security and stability . |
| 3 | In another context Allen and Massey ( 1988 , p. 2 ) develop the notion of periods of structural change to describe this process , and one of the central questions around which this chapter is organized is whether the UK state has recently passed through ( or is still passing through ) such a period . |
| 4 | In such a period the sum of money wages will increase and so will the demand for labour-power . |
| 5 | How is this possible in such a period ? |
| 6 | Such a period was largely unknown to earlier generations , and the implications of this change are especially important in women 's lives ( Titmuss , 1958 ; Anderson , 1980 ) . |
| 7 | The presence of such an electorally viable ‘ anti-system ’ or ‘ architectonic ’ party ( Robertson , 1976 ) , led by an elite which intends to use its electoral victory to force through revolutionary changes against opposition , is always likely to generate unconstitutional counter-revolutionary behaviour amongst incumbent elites the more probable such a period of transition seems to become . |
| 8 | And , at the end of such a period , if American troops were still abroad it would be unthinkable for Congress to sabotage their position by denying the chief executive a declaration of war . |
| 9 | In a matter as fundamental as that of the constitution of the church , God could not have allowed that error should have persisted over such a period of time . |
| 10 | After such a period he was left exhausted , sometimes near to nervous prostration . |
| 11 | A major recession makes innovation risky and discourages it , but in such a period the more adventurous entrepreneurs see the opportunity to profit by investing in new innovations . |
| 12 | The prospects of such a period of tranquillity were greatly increased by urban developments . |
| 13 | ‘ that , although , by the indulgence of the court , a statutory tenant might be permitted to continue to occupy premises after the making of an order for possession , he was not , during such a period of occupation , a statutory tenant with all the rights to protection conferred by the Rent Restriction Acts which he had enjoyed before the order for possession was made ; and , consequently , the daughter could not claim protection as a ‘ tenant ’ under section 12 , subsection ( 1 ) … ’ |
| 14 | To constitute an offence under those sections the waste must have been deposited on an unlicensed site or in breach of the conditions in the licence , must amount to an ‘ environmental hazard ’ and must have been deposited in such circumstances or for such a period that whoever deposited it there may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it there or to have brought it there for the purpose of its being disposed as waste . |
| 15 | Mentally disordered offenders who have been admitted to ordinary hospitals from the courts , or from prison , or from the Special Hospitals such as Broadmoor may require such a period of care in conditions of medium security . |
| 16 | no mitigating circumstances to excuse a condone the systematic , dishonest and cynical plunder of the Names ' ( investors ' ) premium over such a period of time and on such a scale . |
| 17 | Students are not eligible for community charge benefit in respect of such a period , but may be eligible for transitional relief . |
| 18 | On the basis of several years of research , we at Applied Futures believe that the West is in the middle of such a period of profound change . |
| 19 | Considering the major developments that have taken place during the past 12 months within Rolls Wood Group , the achievement in such a period of time reflects the workforce 's determination to establish Rolls Wood Group as a leader in this market . |
| 20 | Over such a period , as has already been apparent with Polaris , if we had only had three , we should not have been able to maintain that programme . |
| 21 | Such a period of further study could qualify for a discretionary grant , but , because of poll tax capping , almost no one in my borough will receive one . |
| 22 | In view of the consents that are likely to be necessary for the transfer of assets , there will almost certainly have to be such a period . |
| 23 | High concentrations of circulating cyclosporin A have been measured in our study 24 hours after the last dose of cyclosporin A. Furthermore , tissue concentrations of cyclosporin A in the pancreas are still high after such a period of time . |
| 24 | But how do we ensure that ‘ long-term ’ computer storage media are usable after the elapse of such a period of time , and how would the PRO or departments cope with accessing and appraising such a vast amount of material to make a selection ? |
| 25 | Over such a period the continual loss of blood from small persisting burdens of several hundred worms are sufficient to produce clinical signs associated primarily with loss of weight , weakness and inappetence rather than marked anaemia . |
| 26 | well this is the most , this is the most rain we 've had for in such a period , no , in , in about a week something like that |
| 27 | This was after all a period of full employment and marked growth in people 's real earnings . |
| 28 | For parents , it is only too long a period of encumbrance and handicap during which they are saddled with young who demand continual feeding , who reduce their freedom and regularly expose them to danger . |
| 29 | He mentioned studies over the past two decades — this is far too short a period to obtain real evidence in such matters . |
| 30 | This was particularly the case with his Class A applications , where twenty-one days was far too short a period for effective publicity , let alone considered public reaction . |