Example sentences of "to [noun] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 5 covers convictions for minor offences , e.g. a failure to deliver a return , account or document to the Registrar of Companies , and may lead to disqualification for a maximum period of five years . |
| 2 | The two main sets of circumstances to which the Act is normally applied relate first to mental disorder and secondly to self-neglect over a long period . |
| 3 | By 1673 , he thought that too many of his supporters were being exposed to danger by his presence so he went off to Ireland for a cooling-down period . |
| 4 | It was agreed that as the European War was over I should take my family back to England for a short period of leave . |
| 5 | Depending on the efficiency of the staff of the accounts department the cost accounts for the previous month should be available to management within a maximum period of a further seven days , making a total maximum delay of 21 days . |
| 6 | On east coast boats in the 1870s , Lewis hands got a fixed wage of £7 to £10 for a six-week period with an additional 6d or 1/- for every cran ( basket weight ) fished . |
| 7 | After two years national service he returned to Newark for a short period before moving to Peterborough in 1952 . |
| 8 | They included a sweeping revision of the Internal Security Act so as to end detention without trial , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " agreement between the government and the ANC in August 1990 [ see p. 37642 ] ; a proposal to offer Cabinet seats to blacks during a transitional period while a new constitution was being negotiated ; the appointment of a neutral chairman of the constitutional conference ; and the appointment of an independent judge or jurist to investigate incidents of violence . |
| 9 | Young people , the unemployed and women returning to work after a long period at home will have to show extra ingenuity to extract evidence of their work skills and potential from their life history . |
| 10 | Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time . |
| 11 | The bill introduced last year by the Flemish senator Herman Suykerbuyk , and based on the French ‘ loi Lang ’ , proposes that discounts should be limited to 5% during a two-year period following the publication of a book . |
| 12 | The attempt to impose stricter limits on arms exports followed criticism at the time of the Gulf War of German weapons sales to Iraq over a long period [ see pp. 37639 ; 37471 ; 36498 ] . |
| 13 | The controversial new plant , which has not yet been given an operating licence [ see ED 64 ] , was to have supplied reprocessed plutonium to Japan for a 20-year period . |
| 14 | In March 1986 , a special offer for school librarians was issued , giving low cost access to Prestel for a limited period . |
| 15 | The majority of other types of skin cancer are the result of continued exposure to sunlight over a long period of time . |
| 16 | Over the past few days , police officers have asked me why a community has to wait until someone is injured or killed before an offender is sent to prison for a lengthy period . |
| 17 | It is understood the airline could face fines and costs totalling more than £300,000 in connection with the case which relates to events over a six-year period from 1981 . |