Example sentences of "[v-ing] a brief period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade unions , on the other hand , after enjoying a brief period of vigorous growth in the immediate aftermath of their legalization in 1906 , were subjected to a variety of restrictions and reduced to a skeletal and precarious existence . |
| 2 | Former Sun Microsystems Inc UK marketing manager , John Coon , is now heading-up Data General Corp 's UK marketing operation after spending a brief period at one of Sun 's satellites . |
| 3 | Following a brief period as a federation Indonesia in 1950 became a unitary state in which executive power resides in a President ( a position held since 1968 by Gen. ( retd ) Suharto ) who governs with the assistance of an appointed Cabinet . |
| 4 | In 1922 , following a brief period of Home Rule Party — Sinn Féin rule , the abolition of proportional representation in Northern Ireland in local government elections and a readjustment of the ward boundaries enabled the Unionists to regain control of the corporation . |
| 5 | But following a brief period of panic sales in the immediate aftermath of the turmoil of 1905 , noble land sales slowed down markedly . |