Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] a period " in BNC.

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1 High concentrations of circulating cyclosporin A have been measured in our study 24 hours after the last dose of cyclosporin A. Furthermore , tissue concentrations of cyclosporin A in the pancreas are still high after such a period of time .
2 This was after all a period of full employment and marked growth in people 's real earnings .
3 ‘ that , although , by the indulgence of the court , a statutory tenant might be permitted to continue to occupy premises after the making of an order for possession , he was not , during such a period of occupation , a statutory tenant with all the rights to protection conferred by the Rent Restriction Acts which he had enjoyed before the order for possession was made ; and , consequently , the daughter could not claim protection as a ‘ tenant ’ under section 12 , subsection ( 1 ) … ’
4 To constitute an offence under those sections the waste must have been deposited on an unlicensed site or in breach of the conditions in the licence , must amount to an ‘ environmental hazard ’ and must have been deposited in such circumstances or for such a period that whoever deposited it there may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it there or to have brought it there for the purpose of its being disposed as waste .
5 And , at the end of such a period , if American troops were still abroad it would be unthinkable for Congress to sabotage their position by denying the chief executive a declaration of war .
6 The prospects of such a period of tranquillity were greatly increased by urban developments .
7 Students are not eligible for community charge benefit in respect of such a period , but may be eligible for transitional relief .
8 On the basis of several years of research , we at Applied Futures believe that the West is in the middle of such a period of profound change .
9 But how do we ensure that ‘ long-term ’ computer storage media are usable after the elapse of such a period of time , and how would the PRO or departments cope with accessing and appraising such a vast amount of material to make a selection ?
10 In such a period the sum of money wages will increase and so will the demand for labour-power .
11 How is this possible in such a period ?
12 A major recession makes innovation risky and discourages it , but in such a period the more adventurous entrepreneurs see the opportunity to profit by investing in new innovations .
13 Considering the major developments that have taken place during the past 12 months within Rolls Wood Group , the achievement in such a period of time reflects the workforce 's determination to establish Rolls Wood Group as a leader in this market .
14 well this is the most , this is the most rain we 've had for in such a period , no , in , in about a week something like that
15 The reforms already set in train were either dropped immediately or gradually diluted , and from 1883 a period of intense reaction set in .
16 As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done .
17 In a matter as fundamental as that of the constitution of the church , God could not have allowed that error should have persisted over such a period of time .
18 no mitigating circumstances to excuse a condone the systematic , dishonest and cynical plunder of the Names ' ( investors ' ) premium over such a period of time and on such a scale .
19 Over such a period , as has already been apparent with Polaris , if we had only had three , we should not have been able to maintain that programme .
20 Over such a period the continual loss of blood from small persisting burdens of several hundred worms are sufficient to produce clinical signs associated primarily with loss of weight , weakness and inappetence rather than marked anaemia .
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