Example sentences of "the [noun] [art] period " in BNC.

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1 This gives the buyer a period of at least six weeks ' priority ( " working day " do n't include Saturdays , Sundays or public holidays ) .
2 An alternative to shortening the period scope would be to expand the work to two volumes , the first to cover the period c.1660–1832 and the second the period from 1832 to the present day .
3 They applied for judicial review of the Secretary of State 's decisions and sought orders of certiorari to quash those decisions and declarations that the Secretary of State could not set a period for retribution and deterrence for a mandatory life sentence greater than that recommended by the judiciary , that he was required to tell the applicants the period recommended by the judiciary , and if he departed from it his reasons for so doing , and that the applicants were entitled to be given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before he determined the period and for that purpose to be told of any information upon which the Secretary of State would act which was not in the applicant 's possession .
4 It is common to take account of the duration of customer contracts and to allow the purchaser a period that extends beyond the contract renewal point .
5 W was the Strike a period of hardship particularly ?
6 A huge backlog of unfit dwellings was apparent , and in the event the period between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s wrought a major transformation .
7 It was at this time that regional experiences diverged : the eastern part of the country , especially Lincolnshire and East Anglia , was recovering from its period of maximum depopulation , while in the west and the north the period of heaviest losses occurred ( Willats and Newson 1953 ) .
8 We shall attempt to introduce into the timetable a period of up to a week in which to consider indicative offers and possibly commence negotiations with a preferred bidder .
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