Example sentences of "[conj] for [adj] periods " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , you may wish to subdivide these blocks into smaller areas , either permanently or for short periods for even greater control when strip- or paddock-grazing a ley or for folding stock over roots . |
| 2 | It is also the standard rule in Yugoslavia that these bodies are not entitled to run surpluses or deficits , except for short periods as a consequence of unforeseen events . |
| 3 | In the meantime , if you want to stay alert , buy a stick-on thermometer from an accessory shop and keep the temperature below 20C except for short periods when warming the car . |
| 4 | Coming back to the family after being away for so long except for short periods , Joe saw them with new eyes . |
| 5 | This meant that for long periods they were uncomfortably silent because they could think of nothing to say . |
| 6 | By plotting the areal distribution of marine strata and making reasonable inferences from facies distributions about the location of former shorelines , it has been established that for long periods of time in the Phanerozoic , especially in the early Palaeozoic and late Cretaceous , the continents have been inundated by up to two thirds of the present area by epicontinental seas . |
| 7 | Not only is there no suggestion in the biographical sources or in documents that Fahreddin Acemi ever held a kadilik , but there is also positive evidence that for long periods in his Muftilik he could not have been kadi of Edirne , at least , since someone else was . |
| 8 | It is possible that for brief periods during construction of the breakwater , barges or other vessels may need to moor in positions which would affect operation of the radar station . |
| 9 | Mystics are certain that for brief periods they have been enabled to experience such perception and know themselves to be part of a meaningful whole — one with the way things ultimately are . |
| 10 | It is easier when you are feeling fresh and alert after a good night 's sleep than at the end of a busy day , easier for short periods than for long periods . |
| 11 | It is very rare to find people who reverse the patterning other than for specific periods . |
| 12 | For this reason , roles may never be totally satisfying other than for short periods . |
| 13 | The increasing prominence of a cappella repertory in the choral institutions and the punctilious singing it requires , the marked prominence of younger singers with clearer , straighter voices ( principally men of pre-marital age , able to accept the low salaries offered to lay-clerks , albeit for brief periods only ) , the choirmasters ’ determination to raise standards by producing clearer textures in resonant buildings , the pervasive influence of boy trebles singing in high registers upon the whole choral sound these are factors that may all have their place in Taruskin 's stimulating argument but might also be regarded as vigorously independent of it . |
| 14 | Thus , the food supply from the plankton tends to be seasonal , and for long periods , over vast reaches of the open ocean , it is virtually non-existent . |
| 15 | Lab-Plant has introduced a computer-controlled , electronic stirrer which can be programmed to perform a series of functions automatically and for long periods . |
| 16 | She suffered severely from arthritis , was unable to read for more than short periods of time , was bored and confused by television , and for long periods lay inert , half dozing , half listening to the radio . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , it must be supposed that there were economic as well as social inducements to the policies of expansion beyond the West Frankish frontiers pursued by the dukes of Normandy , Aquitaine , and even Burgundy , as well as by the counts of Toulouse , Flanders , and for brief periods Blois and Anjou . |
| 18 | While classical factors were often present , and for brief periods predominated , Keynesian factors were the proximate forces accounting for the rise in unemployment over this period . |
| 19 | The site is the working place and the working place is the site — and for short periods at that . |
| 20 | Poor men in towns travelled for necessity but rarely for pleasure , except on foot — the autobiographies of self-improving Victorian artisans are full of titanic country walks — and for short periods . |
| 21 | As it was not a corporate borough it has no freemen 's registers , other than those of the Cutlers ' Company , but for certain periods the parish registers give the occupations of recorded males . |
| 22 | But for long periods at The Dell they appeared to be preoccupied by Sunday 's Rumbelow 's Cup final against Manchester United . |
| 23 | Periodically he returned to his Australian roots , but for long periods he worked in the UK . |
| 24 | There are few other references to Drumcree in early documents and this is possibly because for certain periods it was absorbed in Kilmore . |
| 25 | A problem arises when the groups come to share their work — when for long periods children will be passive . |
| 26 | However , in some intra-state conflicts local elites may have the legal and administrative expertise and capacity to ignore or alter central elite policies , though for limited periods . |
| 27 | Problems of authenticity are not so great or modern art as for other periods , even if a gifted forger like the painter Elmir de Horty can fool some of the people for some of the time . |
| 28 | As for previous periods , searches should be made of the contents of the proceedings of local historical societies , Notes and Queries , the Victoria County History volumes , and the Amateur ( later Local ) Historian . |