Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | From New Year 's Day onwards , the whole of 1849 , the last year she expected to spend in England , was to Ruth simply a period of temporising ; of waiting , though seldom patiently , for the only event which had come to mean anything . |
| 2 | More useful are term bills where a period of credit is allowed . |
| 3 | It needs time to regain its normal elasticity and reduce in size so a period of loose stools is often desirable . |
| 4 | The specified period of 80 years is the period referred to in the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 , but there is no reason why the period can not be less , eg 30 years for a 25 year term . |
| 5 | The finger pointed at education could not easily be pushed aside , particularly at a time when the period of education had been extended and the school population , on both sides of the Atlantic , was beginning to diminish factors which should have favoured significant improvement . |