Example sentences of "their [noun] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.

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1 And she asked for their support over a difficult period .
2 The solicitors at the end of the chain are asked to release their contract for a specified period of time to the solicitors acting for the buyer next in line .
3 The company also paid travelling expenses for all employees following the move of their department for a six-month period .
4 Borrowers are able to use the facility up to 140 per cent of their quota over a four-year period and with much more relaxed repayment conditions than the normal facilities .
5 for ignoring to work parents need to learn how to avoid all contact with their child for a short period but remain completely calm and uninterested .
6 In addition , there is no guarantee that the assisted emigrants will not return to their communities after a short period .
7 These fish are especially prone to ‘ conditioning ’ ; you can switch their minds onto a certain item of food and if you keep that food trickling through their swims over a long period they will continue feeding , with only short breaks , until that food runs out or some other disaster happens to move them .
8 As soon as it becomes clear that the new attacks would not achieve their objectives within a reasonable period , then we must abandon them and ‘ seek a decision elsewhere ’ said Falkenhayn half-heartedly , adding :
9 Experiments in which young salmon have been transferred from their stream of birth , to be released in another stream , have been used as evidence that salmon imprint on the smell of their river during a sensitive period just before they migrate downstream .
10 When the first giraffes began to stretch their necks to reach the leaves of trees , they were choosing a new habit that would guide the future development of their species over a vast period of time .
11 Sunderland look to have found their form after a lean period , as United found to their cost .
12 These commonly give optionholders the right to exercise their options for a fixed period following a scheme of arrangement becoming effective .
13 Some firms insist that leavers repay their disturbance allowances if they leave their company within a specified period after the move .
14 Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires .
15 Licorice Phytosome enhances better absorption of the active ingredients and increases their effectiveness for a prolonged period of time .
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