Example sentences of "only a [adj] period of time " in BNC.

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1 A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time .
2 This will be the case where , for example , a minister stays in a government department for only a limited period of time .
3 The national assembly , up to only a certain period of time , according to the constitution , and then again the parliament has to come back again into the picture .
4 Only a single company is allowed to operate in each part of the country but the incumbent is given a licence for only a fixed period of time .
5 In reality , the stories were recalled over only a short period of time and major event alterations did not occur , but both deaf and hearing people recalled the main episodes equally well and there was no significant difference in the number of events recalled .
6 Now it 's a lot of people , it 's only a short period of time , is n't it , one month .
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