Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) Do n't try to teach more than two linguistic items at the same time , eg the present continuous tense plus vocabulary concerned with the post office would be enough for one period . |
| 2 | Furthermore , it was only during this period that scientific advance identified the main links between insanitary conditions and disease . |
| 3 | All through this period the parliamentary liaison officer supplied papers and amendments from the committee stages of the Social Security Bill and took back to parliament from the IPG problem areas suitable for Parliamentary questions and issues for MPs to follow up in other ways . |
| 4 | All through this period ( according to Jacqui ) things were swinging between her and Steen . |
| 5 | Since your fund is initially penniless , if you cash it in during this period ( if you decide not to have an endowment mortgage any more ) you will get little or no return for your investment . |
| 6 | This was one aspect of his life that Charles found hard to come to terms with , especially during this period when he was evaluating and reassessing his role in life . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , Japan 's domestic economy expanded greatly during this period , so commercial and financial practices naturally developed as well , though along slightly different lines from those of the West . |
| 8 | Present employment law restricts the effect of such a covenant in a service agreement , but if inserted in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement , it is more likely to be enforceable. ( 3 ) The service agreement will be for a fixed term so that the managers are locked in for that period . |
| 9 | We know , for example , that for much of that period , places such as the lower Ouse Valley and the lower Arran and Ada Valleys were in fact flooded arms of the sea and that the sediment brought down by the rivers of Sussex from inland , along with deposition by the sea in the quiet waters within those estuary-type areas , has gradually in-filled them . |
| 10 | And so throughout this period it was them er trying importance upon these two goals . |
| 11 | It did n't sound like it fitted in with this period , this setting , this age or whatever you wanted to call it . |
| 12 | Term Characteristic Six months Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 does not apply to a tenancy for a term of years certain not exceeding six months unless : ( 1 ) it contains provision for renewing the term or extending it beyond six months from its beginning ; or ( 2 ) the tenant has been in occupation for a period which , together with any period during which any predecessor in his business was in occupation , exceeds twelve months ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s43(3) ) . |
| 13 | Calypso is a specifically Trinidadian musical form , but just as later Jamaican reggae stands as the archetypal Black music , so in this period does calypso . |
| 14 | The placing of the concept of the Created God entirely in that period of the earth 's history which follows the advent of life , means that science and religion do not need to be at variance . |
| 15 | Meanwhile he settled down to another period of peace and exile . |
| 16 | Ah , well , perhaps the steel was pushing ahead with renewed vigour to meet some condition beyond which was not conspicuous to the ‘ boomers ’ , so they sat down to another period of waiting . |
| 17 | Thus , we have : For two main reasons , economists are usually quite happy to work with ‘ gross ’ rather than ‘ net ’ figures : first , depreciation tends to change only slowly over time so that the ‘ gross ’ and ‘ net ’ figures move closely together over any period of a few years ; and secondly , depreciation figures are notoriously difficult to estimate with any accuracy . |
| 18 | According to Vassiliou , US President Bush had understood the symbolic significance of any solution to the Cyprus problem " especially at this period when we have such an exacerbation of ethnic passions worldwide , particularly in Europe " . |
| 19 | Something that struck me personally at this period was that he had a most strange and cultivated sense of humour . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , given the one-roomed hovels many lived in at that period , there may indeed have been a real improvement . |
| 21 | The walk passes two buildings of particular interest , the 16th-century timber-framed Moot Hall and the church of St Peter and St Paul ( largely 16th-century interior ; shop auctions used to be held inside at that period ) , but the rest of the town also deserves exploration . |
| 22 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |
| 23 | Somewhat chastened by his recent flops , burdened by the NFFC loan and prevented by his reputation for extravagance from raising substantial finance elsewhere , Korda kept away during this period from glamour , lavish sets and spectacle . |
| 24 | Nevertheless during this period the extent to which bourgeois politics was actually conducted by practising ( or retired ) bourgeois was quite striking . |
| 25 | As an alternative , the seller sometimes agrees that the agreement can be suspended during the period of his inability to supply , so that the buyer can go elsewhere during that period , but is obliged to return to the seller ( subject to any transition period needed to take delivery of and consume orders placed with third parties ) when he is next in a position to supply . |
| 26 | The recipient Party further undertakes to the supplying Party that it will not during that period use the same except in or for the said purposes . |
| 27 | However even the ‘ effective Cabinet ’ was not during this period a real political organism . |
| 28 | We 're not just of this period , we write good songs and there 's always a demand for a good song . |
| 29 | Companies likely to perform best in this period are those that are aggressively cutting costs , and that have a supportive regulatory environment , a diversified revenue stream , a strategic vision , and the technological capabilities to meet evolving market demands , Moody 's said . |
| 30 | We can date the clearance of stable upland environments such as the chalklands of Wessex and Yorkshire and the Jurassic limestones of the Cotswolds and elsewhere to this period . |