Example sentences of "be [v-ing] a [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , new colonists in Gran Pajonal are employing a fallow period of only 7 years , which is likely to cause long-term nutrient depletion so that maintenance of crop productivity will only be possible with the addition of artificial fertilisers . |
| 2 | Now we are entering a third period of change : the shift from the command-and-control organization , the organization of departments and divisions , to the information-based organization , the organization of knowledge specialists . |
| 3 | The rum market in Venezuela is undergoing a difficult period of transition , but Pampero 's performance has responded well to the relaunch . |
| 4 | The CCP itself was experiencing a traumatic period in its development between the break in cooperation with the Kuomintang in 1927 to the retreat from Kiangsi in 1934–35 in the ‘ Long March ’ when Mao Tse-tung assumed the leadership of the CCP . |
| 5 | He had trouble feeding his 40,000-strong army as they reached the north , largely because of Wallace 's scorched earth policy , and was considering a temporary period of recuperation in Edinburgh when two treacherous Scottish lords betrayed Wallace 's whereabouts . |