Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | What intrigues me about that earlier period , especially its drama , is a mode of transgression which finds expression through the inversion and perversion of just those pre-existing categories and structures which its humanist counterpart seeks to transcend , to be liberated from ; a mode of transgression which seeks not an escape from existing structures but rather a subversive reinscription within them , and in the process their dislocation or displacement . |
| 2 | The report states that ‘ the directors are required by UK company law to prepare financial statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group as at the end of the financial period . |
| 3 | The observer was asked to move through the wood of his choice at a fixed speed , dividing the time spent into units of 10 minutes each and recording for each 10-minute period all the birds seen or heard , normally within a band of 50 yards ( 46 metres ) from the observer . |
| 4 | ‘ During that interim period Doctor Who just took off with the Daleks in a way that none of us could have imagined , and after that there was no more discussion about it coming off the air . |
| 5 | A sequence when Custer attacks an Indian village could not help but stir vivid memories of the My Lai massacre and the photos of Vietnamese on fire that were seen in all the newspapers and on television during that dark period in America 's history . |
| 6 | During that fertile period , many of the themes and subjects which the artist would employ throughout his career were invented . |
| 7 | During that latter period , the function of science in British society was increasingly perceived in terms of national prosperity , economic strength , and military security . |
| 8 | It was probably at some time during that same period when the dawning need to rely on a ‘ god ‘ first disturbed the developing human being , that he started to enjoy pleasures which were not the result of simply satisfying the desires associated with his physical evolution . |
| 9 | They were also asked how many of those identified had sought medical treatment , counselling , or had been arrested for drug offences during that same period . |
| 10 | During that same period of time Italy 's average growth in industrial production has been four percent , compared to the U K's one point nine . |
| 11 | During that same period , food export prices fell by eleven percent alright , whereas manufactured export , prices of manufactured exports rose by twenty percent . |
| 12 | To become a member during that brief period demanded a lower level of commitment than in the more repressive years which preceded and followed it , and intelligenty members were now heavily outnumbered . |
| 13 | I learned a great deal during that formative period about what made people tick and one saw what life was really like . |
| 14 | Because they developed a system of mining , whereby once once it was the the the task had begun to clear the coal face of a certain er a certain area of coal , it did n't matter what what happened during that particular period of time , whether all the machinery broke down , etcetera , etcetera , you had to stop u until that amount of coal had been cleared off , you see . |
| 15 | For that first period , Mr claims a sum of seventeen thousand eight hundred and five pounds worked out on an hourly basis . |
| 16 | Indeed she was asked to stay away from work for that remaining period . |
| 17 | You have to , because , how can you be busy for that entire period of time ? |
| 18 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
| 19 | We both support Surrey and watched the team through that glorious period when Surrey won the county championship six years in succession . |
| 20 | So they 've got ta go through that waiting period before you |
| 21 | It is thus clear that the practice of was not without importance from the earliest days of the state and that in Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih — perhaps also in the elusive Elvan Fakih and others there were men who performed much the same function as later Muftis ; but so scanty and uncertain is the available information about this early period that one can not confidently assert the existence , still less the continuity , of an officially designated post of Mufti . |
| 22 | Ludens knew that Marcus had spent part of his childhood in London but could elicit no information about this interesting period , except that his parents had had a flat in Knightsbridge . |
| 23 | The Chancellor , Kenneth Clarke , declared in his Mansion House speech that he ‘ should like to be remembered as a Chancellor who helped British industry and British commerce through another difficult period and helped to make a difference to the wealth creating capacity of the nation . ’ |
| 24 | Nevertheless , during this interim period , you can begin preliminary training , and start by fitting the puppy with a suitable collar . |
| 25 | Where a user makes a specific request to exercise their statutory right for an eyesight examination by an ophthalmic optician , either as an alternative to or in addition to the voluntary screening programme , then the request should be accommodated and during this interim period the user permitted to use an ophthalmic optician of their choice . |
| 26 | Where the user takes advantage of the voluntary vision screening programme and as a consequence of vision defects at the viewing distances used specifically for the display screen work concerned is recommended to have a full eyesight examination by an ophthalmic optician , then during this interim period , the user will be permitted to use an ophthalmic optician of their own choice . |
| 27 | Where the ophthalmic optician subsequently prescribes special corrective appliances solely to correct vision defects at the viewing distances used specifically for the display screen work concerned , and where normal corrective appliances ( ie those prescribed for any other purposes ) can not be used , during this interim period , a Head of Department will refund such costs up to a maximum of £50 . |
| 28 | The delegates also agreed that ( i ) during this interim period , President César Gaviria Trujillo should rule by decree aided by a committee of 18 to be elected by the Assembly on July 2 ; ( ii ) current government ministers and delegates of the Constituent Assembly would be barred from running for office ; and ( iii ) congressmen serving three or four consecutive terms would , in the future , be declared ineligible for further office but this norm would not be retroactive . |
| 29 | It must be remembered that , for all but the ‘ career ’ users , the daily quantity of heroin administered during this early period was generally relatively small . |
| 30 | Another debate during this early period revolved around the actual terms ( and their implications ) being used to describe the new discipline . |