Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may also trade commercially for a period not exceeding 13 weeks , during the course of their ACE employment . |
| 2 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 3 | This output is in turn fed to a monostable made up from NAND gates IC4c , IC4d which is turned on for a period of a few milliseconds determined by the values of resistor R17 and capacitor C4 . |
| 4 | Caducius had been found by Alexander McKenn and Maurice Harknett in the 1960s and dived on for a period of time before being forgotten . |
| 5 | A client is not easily detached from a solicitor who has been handling his affairs over a period of years , but a comparatively mild solicitation may deprive an insurance broker of valuable business which otherwise might safely be reckoned on for a period . |
| 6 | And eventually after a period of time that ins outer insulation will wear down , it will fray and it will break and it will expose the live and the neutral wires until , unfortunately sometimes , it will be a little bit too late . |
| 7 | Do they see erm , if , if they migrate to the city in the urban areas then they realize they wo n't get a job , and have a job straight away , er well paying job but by actually living in the area they would and taking in at a job and they get a lot of contacts and then eventually after a period of time they job . |
| 8 | However , fearing that the UN force would legitimize the loss of its territory to Serbia , Croatia also continued to insist that the force should be deployed only on the 560-km front lines and only for a period of six months . |
| 9 | Notice that the pyramid shape is typical only during a period when medical care is deficient ; birth and death rates are then high with probability of death being relatively constant at all ages . |
| 10 | He also found that sitting a person inside for a period each day helped the processes of healing . |
| 11 | Attracting candidates can often be easier than selecting the right one , especially during a period when jobs are hard to obtain . |
| 12 | if either party is by any cause ( other than a cause directly attributable to the other party ) prevented from performing its obligations hereunder for a period of 3 ( three ) months or for a total period of 6 ( six ) months in any period of 12 ( twelve ) consecutive months . |
| 13 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 14 | I just certain , satisfy certain erm cattle requirements and carry on business in the sugar trade and of must done so for a period of time , I 'm looking at this , the third page in , top of the page , erm trade in office in London established without purpose erm now those the |
| 15 | Most fieldwork is simply episodic , made by an outsider moving in for a period to assess observed social behaviour . |
| 16 | Design a chart the parents can fill in for a period of one week . |
| 17 | This period of the second industrial revolution is marked especially as a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization . |
| 18 | These courses have 4 hours tuition daily for a period of four weeks and are aimed specifically at people who for reasons of trade or technical co-operation require sound practical Portuguese to work efficiently in Portuguese-speaking Africa or Brazil . |
| 19 | Life With Lyle by Sandy Lyle 's caddie , Dave Musgrove , breaks the mould , being a record , kept by Musgrove , of their times together during a period when Lyle won three events in America , including the US Masters , and three events in Europe , including the World Match Play Championship . |
| 20 | On the basis of privately commissioned opinion polls showing an increasing majority in favour of some measure of divorce legislation , FitzGerald agreed with his cabinet to proceed with a referendum on whether to change the constitution so as to allow divorce for marriages irretrievably broken down , though only after a period of five years ' actual breakdown and legal separation . |
| 21 | Only after a period of observation of the new layout in use was it confirmed by rebuilding with permanent structures . |
| 22 | ( 3 ) They would have free elections — but only after a period of institutionalising the revolution had been completed . |
| 23 | If cimetidine ( or the hypochlorhydric condition it creates ) as in fact carcinogenic to the gastric mucosa , gastric cancer incidence should be expected to increase only after a period of time after initiation of treatment . |
| 24 | They had done so after a period of co-operation and consultation with East Germany which looks in retrospect like a laying of the groundwork for what was to come in both Germanys . |
| 25 | The system 's circulating pump can sometimes jam , especially after a period when the pump has not been used , or sludge in the system may clog the impeller . |
| 26 | While one can not always rely on Taskopruzade for precision in regard to dates , nor for that matter even in regard to the reigns in which various events occurred , as has been seen , it is hard to accept that he is in error by some twenty or twenty-five years , especially in a period close enough to his own to allow him access to people who had lived in that period . |
| 27 | The maintenance of high academic quality , especially in a period of expansion , must be of paramount importance for this University and must not be prejudiced by inappropriate or excessive efficiency measures . |
| 28 | Such posts might not carry a large salary , for although Henry VIII had evidently raised the wages of household officials , Elizabeth held them down in a period of rising prices . |
| 29 | Academic basics can be drummed into a reasonably receptive dealer through the BIDS or Stock Exchange courses , but the practical market know-how that was most needed could be grasped only over a period . |
| 30 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |