Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] period [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A third kind of explanation for the relationship between income and age is that it is the result of a cohort effect : that is , older elderly people are poorer because they were born and spent their working lives during a different historical period from the ‘ young ’ elderly . |
| 2 | A Scottish-born CA and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants he may be but , apart from a brief initial period in a practising firm and then Lothian Regional Council , before coming to Provincial three years ago he had fairly rapidly made a successful impact in senior general management in retail banking , with TSB in Scotland . |
| 3 | In a speech later on the same day , Rabin referred to the " autonomy " to be ceded during a five-year transitional period to the Palestinians of the occupied territories , and emphasized that by " autonomy … |
| 4 | Before planting outside , they will require a short hardening-off period in a cold frame or cool greenhouse . |
| 5 | I did wish , and spent a happy preparatory period in a haze of vodka and tonic . |
| 6 | The exhibition concentrates upon a critical seven-year period in the evolution of Pop Art and is part of Schimmel 's interest in the transitional stages of modern American art . |
| 7 | They measured long-term performance by adding the DCF over a projected five-year period to the discounted future market value ( DFMV ) of the unit at the end of that period . |