Example sentences of "[adj] time period " in BNC.
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| 1 | So training must take place with this time period in mind . |
| 2 | If this time period is greater than the input pulse width , the motor is driven in one direction whilst if it is less than the input pulse width , the motor is driven in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | Moreover , the activity rate just before retirement , 55–59 , has fractionally increased over this time period , so that nearly as many women as men are working as they approach the age of retirement . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , the actual components and manufacturing skills required are accessible to humans of this time period , but the concept and design are much further advanced . |
| 5 | ‘ Most of the er , dastardly Huns , I think you call them in this time period , seem to be up by the door to the General 's office which , according to Benny , is also a quicker route out . |
| 6 | Thus , altogether , there were nine cases of colinic cancer in association with ulcerative colitis at this centre over this time period ( Table I ) ; mean age 46.4 years ( range 33–62 ) , mean disease duration 18.2 years ( range 7–26 ) , six men . |
| 7 | This is shown in Table 2.2 where column 1 shows the price ( decreasing from £8 per unit to zero ) , column 2 shows the quantity demanded over some time period ( increasing from 40,000 units to 200,000 units ) and column 3 shows the monopolist 's total revenue ( that is , price x quantity ) over the same time period . |
| 8 | Any scheme which attempts to remain stable over an extended time period will in some sense be a compromise . |
| 9 | Creep can be defined as a progressive increase in strain , observed over an extended time period , in a polymer subjected to a constant stress . |
| 10 | The fact that this predictor is significantly associated with death at six weeks in this study and not in others could be caused by the same biases previously discussed or to the choice of a more restrictive time period — that is , 72 hours , for estimating the volume of index bleed . |
| 11 | have pointed out that if it is feasible and believable for entrants to write firm ( but presumably secret ) contracts with customers for delivery over some fixed time period in the future , then the third and fourth conditions have been circumvented yet the result is the same . |
| 12 | For example , the child 's home experiences may have changed during the same period , thus helping or hindering language development , or the fact that the child is older during the second time period may influence language performance . |
| 13 | The total return from a security in a future time period is dependent on a series of anticipated and unanticipated events . |
| 14 | Trading is prohibited unless the relevant information and its source is publicly disclosed by press release or otherwise within a reasonable time period prior to any purchase or sale . |
| 15 | Details of SPRs can be produced in various ways to determine which SPRs are not being ‘ replied to ’ or ‘ closed ’ within a reasonable time period . |
| 16 | Second , in redistributive studies there is a wide gulf between the appropriate cordon bleu ( theoretical ) recipe and what the empirical short-order cook is forced to do in practice if any sort of meal is to be forthcoming within a reasonable time period . |
| 17 | In such circumstances , if the Bank wishes to sell the stock it is holding over a reasonable time period , it will often be unable to avoid reducing its price . |
| 18 | In the developed world , the harnessing of fossil fuel energy as well as other scientific developments , and their application to agricultural systems , has opened up a new range of agricultural possibilities : but all this has happened over a relatively long time period and is not without its environmental implications . |
| 19 | The Pilkington float process , metal skis , xerography , are success stories , but only after a long time period , much effort and many technical difficulties . |
| 20 | The second would be at the City Airport , where BA might offer attractive low fares , sustainable over a long time period by cross-funding from their worldwide profitable operation . |
| 21 | Whatever the reasons for their change from their nautiloid ancestors , the ammonoids were an enormously successful group : thousands of different species have been described , and their variety is so bewildering that many specialists devote their lives to studying only the ammonoids of a particular , short time period . |
| 22 | Within a relatively short time period no further hydrocarbon-producing reactions would take place and gas generation would cease . |
| 23 | More sophisticated and complex computer models of the heroin ‘ epidemic ’ can be constructed to produce precise estimates for the future , but given the many untestable assumptions of ‘ epidemic ’ models ( particularly those based only on figures for known users during a relatively short time period , as in the present case ) , we did not attempt such an exercise . |
| 24 | Some measurements were made using older plants over a short time period , just three hours . |
| 25 | If Libya did not comply within a short time period , the USA , Britain and France would seek UN endorsement for sanctions . |
| 26 | Assuming that the Phillips curve is stable over time ( that is , it does not shift its position from one time period to another ) , we-could say that a lower unemployment percentage could be achieved at the cost of a higher rate of inflation . |
| 27 | Further studies in the 1960s tended to confirm Phillips 's findings , though there was also some evidence that the Phillips curve was not completely stable but tended to shift its position from one time period to another . |
| 28 | If a record that is updated or accessed frequently in one time period is likely not to be referenced at all in the next , any analysis breaks down and the equal access assumption is the best guide for design decisions . |
| 29 | The FLA should draw up a development plan with every Football League club to bring its ground up to scratch over an agreed time period . |
| 30 | Competitors had to drive around the country 's top racing circuits within the five-day time period . |