Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a variable period of fasting recording , depending on the assessment of the occurrence of a phase III , subjects were given an egg and mayonnaise sandwich , to stimulate the fed pattern . |
| 2 | Patients in their 80s now constitute 3.5% of those undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting at the Mayo Clinic ; 79% of 115 survivors were free of angina after a mean period of 29 months . |
| 3 | The case notes from all patients were reviewed and a follow up questionnaire was sent after a mean period of four years to those 72 still alive , of which 56 replied . |
| 4 | Similarly , it is shrewd of him to play for the internationalist vote after a prolonged period of sullen Little Englandism during which Labour threatened to withdraw from the Common Market and called into question this country 's role within Nato . |
| 5 | THE APPOINTMENT of Robert Louis-Dreyfus as Saatchi 's chief executive and Charles Scott as financial director comes after a prolonged period of musical chairs involving top management . |
| 6 | Renewed progress was made , after a prolonged period of decline , when Catherine II 's acquisition of the northern coast of the Black Sea initiated a major shipbuilding programme . |
| 7 | The April 24 reforms included the separation of the roles of head of state and head of government , and the abolition , after a transitional period , of the single-party system . |
| 8 | They would operate under a single EC air licence and after a transitional period lasting until April 1 , 1997 , would be free to run domestic services in other EC states . |
| 9 | After a transitional period of three years from 1 January 1992 , such companies will only be operable as part of a solicitors ' incorporated practice . |
| 10 | after a latent period which can vary in length , deterioration and acute attacks of diarrhoea re-occur , if the objectionable types of meal are added to the diet too soon … . ’ |
| 11 | Apparently , because my employment had officially been terminated by me , I had arguably made myself voluntarily unemployed and was therefore entitled to benefit money only after a certain period . |
| 12 | It was this particular characteristic of syphilis , that both the primary sore and the secondary rash will go away after a certain period , that produced so many varied cures in the pre-antibiotic era . |
| 13 | The right to buy their home ( after a certain period of tenancy and subject to meeting financial criteria ) . |
| 14 | Coleridge was under contract to the Morning Post , and had to spend some time in London ; but in October 1799 he walked in the Lake District with William and John Wordsworth , and after a certain period of indecision arrived at Greta Hall , Keswick , with his wife and family in August 1800 . |
| 15 | After a certain period of time denying the cravings for fats and carbohydrates , the mind and body simply rebel . |
| 16 | Every loan should be followed up after a certain period of time . |
| 17 | After a certain period a job can not be refused on the grounds of low pay or travelling distance from home . |
| 18 | C.1 which are brought after a certain period because the Vendor would otherwise have a contingent liability for six years which is unacceptable ; the Vendor wants to know after a reasonable period that it is free from any further claims . |
| 19 | it led me to think that players who come through the youth system should be ‘ guaranteed ’ a huge loyalty bonus after a certain period . |
| 20 | By a process known as " redetermination of equities " , the interested parties agree that the proportion which their respective stakes bear to one another is to be reassessed after a certain period , or at periodic intervals . |
| 21 | Their purpose is to require claims to be brought while evidence is still relatively fresh , and to allow the party relying on them to " close the books " on the transaction after a certain period . |
| 22 | Preparatory ground for the visit which marked the steady improvement in links between the two countries after a 15-month period of strained relations [ see pp. 37009 ; 37357 ; 37531 ] , had been laid in October after a high-level Indo-Nepalese task force , meeting in Katmandu , reached " complete " agrement on the details of a trade and transit treaty . |
| 23 | The Fitzwilliam Quartet recorded their cycle originally in the mid-1970s , shortly after a concentrated period of study with the composer . |
| 24 | After a three-year period in North America , Britten and Pears returned to the UK in 1942 at the height of the Second World War . |
| 25 | Readability Plus entered the shareware arena after a successful period as standard commercial software , but publishers Scandinavian PC Systems thought it would reach more potential users from the shareware catalogues . |
| 26 | On Oct. 25 , 1989 , Japan had agreed to reschedule over $396,000,000 with Poland paying principal and interest in five years after a five-year period of grace . |
| 27 | These movements are preprogrammed " ballistic " responses whose velocities are determined by the anticipated distance of travel , ensuring that the eye arrives at the right place after a fixed period of time . |
| 28 | Under the existing procedures , their sentences had been reviewed by the Home Office after a fixed period . |
| 29 | In many ancient cultures , indeed , the king was ritually sacrificed after a stipulated period of time . |
| 30 | After a long period of deliberation , during which Craganour 's owner Charles Bower Ismay was seen to become ever more pale , the official announcement was given : the race went to Aboyeur . |