Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | During that fertile period , many of the themes and subjects which the artist would employ throughout his career were invented . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I learned a great deal during that formative period about what made people tick and one saw what life was really like . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Indeed she was asked to stay away from work for that remaining period . |
| 10 | You have to , because , how can you be busy for that entire period of time ? |
| 11 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
| 12 | We both support Surrey and watched the team through that glorious period when Surrey won the county championship six years in succession . |
| 13 | So they 've got ta go through that waiting period before you |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Nevertheless , during this interim period , you can begin preliminary training , and start by fitting the puppy with a suitable collar . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Another debate during this early period revolved around the actual terms ( and their implications ) being used to describe the new discipline . |
| 24 | During this three-year period they applied two dressings of farmyard manure and in the intervening year they applied an indigenous legume crop as green manure . |
| 25 | Primary pupil costs also rose substantially during this three-year period . |
| 26 | Now is the time to consolidate your gains by asking for more walks and extra perks , as your sensible attitude will enhance your standing during this fruitful period . |
| 27 | The capital development of the broadcasting services during this five-year period improved the ability of radio to reach remote parts of the country and beyond but did nothing to improve two-way linkages between Dar es Salaam and the regions and districts . |
| 28 | From this evidence , he calculates that Rauschenberg may have produced as many as 300 works of art during this five-year period , of which one-half may have survived . |
| 29 | Members of the Palestinian negotiating team meanwhile said that according to the letter of assurances given by the co-sponsors of the Madrid conference , Israel was to retain control of security and foreign affairs during this five-year period ( according to Ziyad Abu Ziyad on Israeli radio July 6 ) . |
| 30 | During this final period , it was an anticipated threat which stimulated a great deal of intense research into both fauna and flora of the Outer Hebrides . |