Example sentences of "[conj] [num] year period " in BNC.

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1 A sufficient proportion of the strip was in fallow at any one time to ensure that yields were , in theory , maintained over a fifteen or twenty year period .
2 These were established in 1948 and awards are made biennially to one or more candidates over a one or two year period .
3 This is useful where , for : ( 1 ) payment of part of the purchase price of a company or business is deferred , and ( 2 ) the aggregate amount of the purchase price is itself dependent on the performance of the company or the business , over ( typically ) a one or two year period , or ( 3 ) payment for the company or business is to be based on the net asset value stated in what are known as " completion accounts " drawn up by accountants .
4 One could attempt to limit the " period of difficulty " to the two years by having a declaration of solvency ( if applicable ) sworn by the husband at the same time as he makes the conveyance ( see Chapter 10 , Precedent 81 ) and hope that that is acceptable to a prospective purchaser from the wife between the expiry of the two years and five year period .
5 The research — which will be conducted under the auspices of the Universiti Brunei Darussalam and extends over a two-and -a-half year period — is expected to make a significant contribution to current debates about the exploitation and future of rainforest , and to attempts to place economic values on its component parts .
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