Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document presupposes a direct connection between the fully mounted warrior and the fief , which is unusually specific for a period as early as this ; it is therefore indicative of well-developed feudal institutions , at least in part of the area under Angevin control . |
| 2 | The Elizabethan World Picture appeared in 1943 during a period when many feared for the collapse of western civilisation . |
| 3 | These will be available for public inspection at an exhibition to be mounted by Lothian Regional Council from 22nd December 1980 for a period of five days . |
| 4 | It might seem odd during a period of so much innovation and advancement in photographic technology that a film developer formulated in 1891 should still be so popular today , over 100 years on |
| 5 | One should also remember that for a period of about three or four months in the summer the terraces are closed completely . |
| 6 | Now , this happens in nearly all er cases o of tuberculosis but , interesting , the vast majority of infections microbacterium tuberculosis are asymptomatic and the reason for that is that after a period of growth and dissemination does not lead to clinical symptoms , cell mediated immunity , C M I , comes into comes into play and you end up with a balance between the macrophages , and fi and M T B , where there 's a constant turnover of macrophages dying , and M T B winning out . |
| 7 | Can you see that maybe , if at some time in the future , you do have er , some bad health , or perhaps get involved in an accident , that after a period of time , it might be difficult to actually find the money to pay for this plan we 're establishing tonight ? |
| 8 | His son , Jean-Claude , inherited the office in 1971 but fled the country in February 1986 after a period of prolonged popular unrest . |
| 9 | The Republic of Haiti , which achieved independence from France in 1804 , was ruled between 1957 and 1971 by the President for Life , François Duvalier , and then by his son , Jean-Claude , who fled abroad in 1986 after a period of prolonged popular unrest . |
| 10 | When the stomachs were perfused with saline for a period of 180 minutes after ethanol , repair of the gastric mucosa was seen in both vehicle and capsaicin pretreated rats ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 11 | However , this did seem to be the indicated remedy , so she was then given a low potency ( 3X ) twice daily for a period of two weeks . |
| 12 | This is more risky during a period . |
| 13 | He said : Any contract by which a person engages to give his exclusive services to another for a period necessarily involves extensive restriction during that period of the common law right to exercise any lawful activity he chooses in such manner as he thinks best . |
| 14 | Suffice it to say here that unemployment rates in all advanced industrial societies rose substantially during this period ; the optimism of the 1950s and 1960s was replaced by general pessimism about future economic prospects in individual countries and in the world in general ; and all this after a period of unprecedented growth in public expenditure on education and health in all advanced industrial countries . |
| 15 | Options will be granted under seal and will be exercisable within a period of ten years and will entitle the recipients to acquire ordinary shares in the Company at a price determined by the Committee , being not less than the average of the middle market quotations for such shares as derived from the Daily Official List of The Stock Exchange for the three dealing days immediately preceding the date of grant or the market value ( as agreed with the Inland Revenue ) of the shares as at the date of grant ( or , in the case of new shares , their nominal value if greater ) . |
| 16 | £150 a year might seem expensive for an actress at the beginning of her career , but look what you got for it , and with Charles sharing the rent as well as the bed , what could be more acceptable in a period of economic pressure when whisky cost the exorbitant price of 12s. 6d. a bottle ? |
| 17 | Other changes in structure developed more slowly , but although the pattern looked different over a period of a few years , analogues of the basic groups seem to have been present ever since the phenomenon of the contemporary football fan arose in the middle to late 1960s . |
| 18 | Company spokesman John Dodds said the investment would be staggered over a period of time and would not necessarily mean a glut of vacancies in Darlington . |
| 19 | The term of the Assembly has been routinely extended , most recently in February 1991 for a period of one year . |
| 20 | The CAP reforms also affect non-farmers and it has been proposed that an annual premium of 150 ECU per hectare would be payable for a period of 20 years to private individuals rather than farmers who afforest agricultural land . |
| 21 | ( c ) Where a beneficial owner of a share in a recognised body dies , a member may notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the personal representative of the deceased for a period of not longer than twelve months from the date of the death ; provided that voting rights shall only be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance on this sub-paragraph where the only personal representative in respect of the deceased beneficial owner 's interest in the share is a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body . |
| 22 | ( c ) Where a beneficial owner of a share in a recognised body dies , a member may notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the personal representative of the deceased for a period of not longer than twelve months from the date of the death ; provided that voting rights shall only be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance of this sub-paragraph where the only personal representative in respect of the deceased beneficial owner 's interest in the share is a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body . |
| 23 | Hong Kong island was ceded to the United Kingdom under the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ; the Kowloon Peninsula was acquired by the convention of Peking ( Beijing ) in 1860 ; the New Territories were leased from China in 1898 for a period of 99 years . |
| 24 | Hong Kong island was ceded to the United Kingdom under the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ; the Kowloon Peninsula was acquired by the convention of Peking in 1860 ; the New Territories were leased from China in 1898 for a period of 99 years . |
| 25 | A play on mental handicap , such as a period in the life of a mentally handicapped person , or depicting the effects which a mentally handicapped child has on the parents , could be either an uplifting or depressing experience . |
| 26 | The independence of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay was recognized in 1828 after a period in which its territory was the subject of a dispute between Argentina and Brazil . |
| 27 | Whilst legislative reforms such as changes in the abortion laws and the law governing homosexuality are viewed as essentially liberal measures , we are not to assume therefore that this was indicative of a period of unproblematically increasing sexual liberation . |
| 28 | But an integrated set of policies of this nature is impossible in a period of political paralysis , because ( a ) nobody will take the initiative to devise it , and ( b ) nobody will take responsibility for implementing it . |
| 29 | From April 1993 , it will be subject to a period of consultation prior to implementation in the UK . |
| 30 | A similar , one day , version is attended by contractors ' staff not subject to a period Contract . |