Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was , Scotland took the game by the throat with four tries in a devastating 17-minute period either side of the interval . |
| 2 | So far as I am aware , this was the first occasion on which it was made clear that the period which elapses before a prisoner serving a life sentence is released is determined by consideration of two factors , namely : ( i ) the period necessary to satisfy retribution and deterrence , which has come to be called ‘ the tariff ; ’ and ( ii ) a possible further period if it is thought by the Parole Board and/or the Secretary of State that the prisoner would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to the public were he to be released at the end of his tariff period . |
| 3 | Mr. Brittan 's statement of October 1983 made clear the division of the decision-making process into two parts , the ‘ tariff ’ period to meet the purposes of retribution and deterrence which the Secretary of State decides on the advice of the judges ; a review towards the end of that period by the local review committee ; and after the end of the tariff period , a possible further period , if the Secretary of State on the advice of the local review committee and the Parole Board decides that the prisoner 's continued detention is necessary because of the danger he might pose if released , and to maintain public confidence in the system . |
| 4 | Liverpool 's midweek exertions caught up with them in a low-key second period , but there was still time for Ian Rush to pass the latest in a seemingly endless list of personal landmarks . |
| 5 | Scott ( 1987 ) , on the basis of biomass and nutrient data , believes that a 15-year fallow period is adequate to allow the replenishment of nutrients stocks to support a 2-3-year cycle of cultivation . |
| 6 | Bakhtin himself extends his concern and his enthusiasm from the novel — a particular form existing within a definite historical period — to a more extensive novelistic discourse of which the novel itself is only one historical development , a development which , in its complexity and ‘ polyglossia ’ , most fully realizes the potential of the genre . |
| 7 | Nowadays , however , specialists often restrict themselves not only to a particular type of find , but also to a specific archaeological period . |
| 8 | Alternatively , the volume of data can be restricted by selecting a specific archaeological period or group of periods — the study might be confined to prehistoric archaeology world-wide , for example . |
| 9 | Its lessening and perhaps even virtual disappearance in some cases as a culturally-marked developmental period is of the first importance and is one of the most disquieting symptoms of modern social change . |
| 10 | The first , Fourways , is a two-bedroom detached period property with a front garden in need of complete modernisation . |
| 11 | The need for time-cues to produce a body clock with a stable 24-hour period has already been described . |
| 12 | Unlike its counterpart in Lithuania , however , which had split decisively from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) in December 1989 [ see pp. 37128-29 ; 37168 ] , the Estonian CP decided on a six-month transitional period before taking a final vote on the issue of the party 's future relations with the CPSU . |
| 13 | At Sun Life Assurance Society professionally qualified staff such as chartered accountants and investment analysts become eligible for a staff mortgage at a preferential interest rate on completing a six-month probationary period . |
| 14 | The Constitution was to be revised in two phases during a one-year transitional period , ending in April 1991 , during which time two new parties would be created ; the MPR would continue to operate . |
| 15 | New political reforms were announced in April 1990 , to include the introduction of a three-party system after a one-year transitional period . |
| 16 | Political reforms , envisaging the introduction of a multiparty system after a one-year transitional period and the appointment of a prime minister , were announced in May 1990 [ see pp. 37445-46 ] . |
| 17 | Macedonia 's parliament adopted on April 26 a government proposal for Macedonia 's own currency , the denar , which for a one-year transitional period would be represented by a coupon at the rate of DM1.00=360 denars . |
| 18 | In particular , the Act of 1988 provided a four-month transitional period . |
| 19 | It would have been extremely interesting to repeat this exercise for a different two-year period , to see if any trends were apparent , but for the reasons already reported , such research can no longer be carried out . |
| 20 | A third kind of explanation for the relationship between income and age is that it is the result of a cohort effect : that is , older elderly people are poorer because they were born and spent their working lives during a different historical period from the ‘ young ’ elderly . |
| 21 | And would it be likely to have a significantly different effect on other readers ( e.g. readers from a different historical period , different class , different country , different gender or ethnic group , etc . ) ? |
| 22 | Although the members of the Tribunal may be reappointed by the Prime Minister for a further five-year period , under the Act they thus have no security of tenure , long recognized as the hallmark of judicial independence . |
| 23 | ( i ) Reselection is every five years for a further five-year period : ( a ) If panel members are with the same firm they would be expected to demonstrate at least the same level of competence covering their experience , skills and knowledge as when they initially joined the panel , and to have attended a number of updating courses , accumulating at least 20 continuing education points ( or hours ) from courses related to medical negligence work . |
| 24 | The acknowledged success by all participants in the Bedfordshire scheme led in 1930 to the Carnegie Trust offering to continue the £500 annual grant for a further three-year period to finance a tutor-organiser appointment in another rural area in the District . |
| 25 | The usual formula is that for a period of time ending on the expiry of the initial period the parties will attempt to renegotiate the prices to apply for a further fixed period . |
| 26 | More sophisticated weapons like throwing sticks and bows and arrows came only after a further long period of brain development . |
| 27 | The G17 ( Gastrin I Human ; Sigma , Poole , Dorset , UK ) made up in 0.15M saline containing 1% albumin was infused continuously by an infusion pump ( Vickers Medical , Basingstoke , Hants , UK ) at doses of 0 , 11 , 33 , 100 , and 300 pmol/kg/h , each for a 30 minute period . |
| 28 | So what you actually do , is have a higher level of cover but for a shorter selected period , to fit in with your circumstances . |
| 29 | The Gamay was rightly considered inferior for the production of Champagne when AOC laws were introduced in 1927 and its cultivation was restricted , but a generous transitory period of 18 years was allowed for growers heavily dependent on the vine , because the authorities recognised the financial burden of replanting with the authorised varieties . |
| 30 | For a keplerian orbital period of 500s , however , if the X-ray emission comes from outside 3 Schwarzschild radii , the black-hole mass can be no larger than 10 6 solar masses ( ) . |