Example sentences of "[adv] a period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early twentieth century was very much a period of collecting together the data and presenting it en masse , seen at its best in G. Baldwin Brown 's exceptional study of the material of Anglo-Saxon archaeology as a whole The Arts in Early England ( 1903–1937 ) . |
| 2 | It is possible to start with 1.2A after 1.1Z , but this is symptomatic of too long a period between approvals . |
| 3 | The danger for the Government is that it may all come just a bit too late to expunge the memories of our current travails and of too long a period of neglect for the supply-side of the economy to respond . |
| 4 | Hahnemann felt that the ‘ single dose and wait ’ philosophy left too long a period of inaction and the speed of cure often too slow as the practitioner could do nothing but wait for the remedy to complete its ' curative curve . |
| 5 | After so long a period of remorseless manufacturing decline in the UK , to hope for a reversal might seem wishful thinking . |
| 6 | After so long a period of remorseless manufacturing decline in the UK , to hope for a reversal might seem wishful thinking . |
| 7 | We were in danger of creating a system which would involve testing over far too long a period of time . |
| 8 | How long a period of extended credit should be allowed ? |
| 9 | Following this we have the long period of isostatic emergence , rapid weathering of the new mountains with the formation of molasse-type deposits , widespread red bed sedimentation and also perhaps a period of glaciation , before peneplanation , widespread marine transgressions and the recommencement of the cycle in new troughs . |
| 10 | It needs time to regain its normal elasticity and reduce in size so a period of loose stools is often desirable . |
| 11 | The eighteenth century was thus a period of slow evolution rather than radical change in military affairs . |
| 12 | Indeed , in insurance the eighteenth century was generally a period of establishment rather than of rapid growth . |
| 13 | There is usually a period of mourning after the sacrifice of the animal or bird , and then a feast after the eating of the meal . |
| 14 | When a candidate is preparing to be interviewed ‘ on air ’ , there is usually a period of five to 10 minutes before the interview proper when a live satellite link will be sent back to network headquarters . |
| 15 | It became , ‘ how can it possibly have come about in so short a period of time that so many women have become involved in politics ? ’ |
| 16 | He had come to France ( in which he spent more than half his life as king of England ) and had , as contemporaries recognised , achieved considerable conquests , something which his predecessors had never done on that scale or within so short a period of time . |
| 17 | Despite the support of parents , of fellow teachers , of priests and even of two hon. Members , one from each side of the House , that teacher was refused a hearing before the school governors and had too short a period of service to seek the support of an industrial tribunal . |
| 18 | Since this was also a period of great affluence , it can only be assumed that the wealthy customers who commissioned the Kamares cups — aristocrats and priestesses among them — could now afford cups of precious metal instead . |
| 19 | Thus , while the 1950s and 1960s saw a growth in employment , they were also a period of significant delocalization and the manufacturing sector was increasingly composed of ‘ branch plants ’ . |
| 20 | This was also a period of rapid industrialisation , and hence a period of high labour demand . |
| 21 | But it was also a period of remarkable creativity , in which he wrote his novels Inclinations ( 1916 ) , Caprice ( 1917 ) , and Valmouth ( 1919 ) . |
| 22 | The 1890s were also a period in which deaf art flourished . |
| 23 | He describes this period of work as one of , of terrible strain , it was also a period in which he was personally very unhappy , and I get the impression that he really did use the best of his mind on this problem , and that for the rest of his life he found it difficult to press his thinking home with the kind of ruthlessness that many of the problems that he then assumed required . |
| 24 | This was also a period of rapid industrialisation , and hence a period of high labour demand . |
| 25 | Ironically a period of severe economic depression may be advantageous , in one sense at least . |
| 26 | But the modernisation of Greece will probably come faster in the late 1990s if there is now a period of four- or five-party politics . |
| 27 | In statutory terms this is often a period of just three days . |
| 28 | In general hospital settings , there is often a period of staff overlap in the early afternoon , which is ideal for teaching and learning . |
| 29 | That means often a period of up to three months . |
| 30 | From New Year 's Day onwards , the whole of 1849 , the last year she expected to spend in England , was to Ruth simply a period of temporising ; of waiting , though seldom patiently , for the only event which had come to mean anything . |