Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born and brought up in the area , unlike other members of the group who had lived locally for Periods of one to seven years . |
| 2 | The study reveals a fragmentary history of complex deposition and supports the hypothesis that there is major deposition on the shelf edge and slope only during periods of maximum glacial advance across the shelf . |
| 3 | The use of political symbols on coins naturally becomes particularly strident at times of crisis , especially during periods of civil war . |
| 4 | Much of this is due to a combination of deforestation and the use of fire for clearance , which leave the soil susceptible to erosion , especially during periods of heavy rainfall which are relatively common . |
| 5 | The rent review procedure is a useful means of enabling landlord and tenant to establish a long-term commitment , at a rental which continues , throughout that long term , to make commercial sense — especially during periods of inflation . |
| 6 | These are techniques that may be used for longer term forecasting , perhaps for periods of two or more years ahead . |
| 7 | What Karlsson does not explain here , of course , is how some apparently psychotic individuals manage to achieve effective creativity — albeit in some cases only in between periods of illness whereas others , probably the majority , fail entirely to do so . |
| 8 | Oligarchy was normal in most civic government , but was often achieved only after periods of tension . |
| 9 | Much of the learning that takes place in drama does so in periods of reflection when we are given time to consider our actions . |
| 10 | He performed well but not easily during periods of strain . |
| 11 | It also has a good reputation for retaining its good appearance over along period of time . |
| 12 | They were , on the contrary , likely to have been appreciably higher — say 30° to perhaps 50° or more during periods of significant crustal extension such as the Permian , and at times during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous . |
| 13 | Of course examinations are unreal ; they are a contrivance whereby the student has the opportunity — usually over periods of three hours — to show how he can tackle fresh problems using the basic knowledge that he possesses . |
| 14 | In-feed thiabendazole and fenbendazole are effective , administered usually over periods of 3-14 days . |
| 15 | This was due both to periods of heavy issues of stock , usually in connection with war finance , and to the fact that the UK , unlike many other countries , experienced neither political revolutions accompanied by debt repudiation nor bouts of hyper-inflation which destroyed the real value of fixed-interest securities . |
| 16 | In the Neolithic period , totalitarian states emerged as a result of the reappearance of profound inequalities made possible by the acquisition of agricultural surpluses , whereas in the modern epoch most of the comparable states emerged out of periods of revolution and upheaval constituted mainly by a struggle for equality — a fact that has had the odd consequence of leaving all modern police states with official ideologies strongly committed to a non-existent freedom and egalitarianism for their citizens . |
| 17 | In many countries employers ' organisations originated , often in periods of cyclical upswings in economic activity , with the intention of providing protection against onslaughts upon the position of employers and the undermining of their prerogatives , especially from trade unions . |
| 18 | Administrative trainees obtain a salary on a par with that obtainable from industry ; they enjoy incremental salary scales which ensure progress even during periods of pay restraint , together with near-certain promotion within the administrative grade to under-secretary level . |
| 19 | Even during periods of falling prices , some components of NW will remain fixed in nominal terms so that , unless other components of NW fall more rapidly than the price level , reductions in P will raise which , in turn , will stimulate consumption expenditure . |
| 20 | A reason why a pattern of vertical stripes might have been selected as a social bonding device is that attachment takes place most strongly during periods of grooming ( right ) and this involves a zebra bending its neck creating vertical folds in the skin ( below ) ; the bold stripes could have evolved to augment and elaborate these dark lines . |
| 21 | The next Bishop of Rochester to reside here at Halling was Laurence but this is not to say that the palace was vacant during these intervening years for as we have noticed earlier monks of Rochester lived here for periods with possibly a steward to maintain the household . |
| 22 | ‘ Detenus ’ — people held without trial under various Acts sanctioning preventive detention — have sometimes attracted international concern , particularly during periods of internal tension when allegations of torture have accompanied protests about the detention of political prisoners . |
| 23 | House ownership not only confers higher social esteem than council accommodation but it is also a more profitable form of investment , particularly during periods of high inflation . |
| 24 | Periods of relative stability have alternated regularly with periods of change — and quite rightly , for the business of equipping young people for successful adult life must track the changing demands that adults face . |
| 25 | As debt must be serviced to avoid defaulting on creditors , planned ‘ cuts ’ in local expenditure particularly in periods of rising interest rates — invariably have to fall on other revenue items , such as salaries , running costs and services . |
| 26 | The legal apparatus operates coercively to maintain hegemony , particularly in periods of political and ideological crisis . |
| 27 | Even in periods of recession the opportunities exist to take a greater market share , to create a new market , to develop a new product or service to meet an unfulfilled need . |
| 28 | We find that the ages correspond well to periods of high lake level within the rift , suggesting that the elevated water table and increased availability of meteoric water associated with more humid climates can promote greater transfer of heat and mass from deep , long-lived heat sources to the surface . |
| 29 | It is apparently still the case that in some local , county gaols adults and juveniles are housed together , sometimes for periods of several weeks . |
| 30 | Keith Evans ' charge that some American school media centres actually undermined the morale of teachers ( a charge he did not , incidentally , document ) was not one which could be levelled at centres on the Madeley and Codsall model , and their influence was such that many examples existed , at least for periods of time . |