Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | These relationships assume great importance and for a period of time they are probably the most significant ones we have . |
| 2 | Enormous growth in this business occurred through the substitution phase and for a period of some years the business was extremely profitable . |
| 3 | In fact a gold standard operated in the international economy prior to 1914 and for a period after the First World War . |
| 4 | Nevertheless drawings by him still lined the hall which led into the bar , and for a period a mural by Minton , with some assistance from others , hung in the dining-room where visitors could dine simply or expensively , eating plates of goulash or a champagne supper , seated at scrubbed oak tables and benches . |
| 5 | Sir Colin Anderson , patron , collector and for a period Chairman of the Tate Gallery 's trustees , visited this exhibition and noted ‘ flop ’ beside the catalogue entry for Minton 's work . |
| 6 | Avery sat to Minton for a couple of portraits and for a period saw him about once a fortnight . |
| 7 | The rate of economic growth in Britain slowed down and for a period was in absolute decline . |
| 8 | And for a period of centuries it was under the joint rule of Bern and Fribourg . |
| 9 | of the currant bun is down five P and for a period so is the price of the Mirror newspaper . |
| 10 | His education included a year at Eton ; and for a period of seven years from 1740 to 1746 he lived in Italy , where at the beginning of his stay he met and formed a close and lasting friendship with Horace Walpole [ q.v . ] . |
| 11 | Richard escaped the siege of Bytham and for a period of a week or two in February 1221 in the forest of Cliff , Northamptonshire , he held off a royal army . |
| 12 | The central courtyard , built originally for coaches and horses , was roofed over , and for a period the ballroom doubled as a volleyball court . |
| 13 | The minimum working age must be set at 16 years , and those over this age shall receive fair remuneration , and for a period of two years shall be entitled to vocational training in working hours . |
| 14 | To what extent this is the case is a matter for debate ; however , the fact that trade with the developing nations is intended to play some part is indicated by the Guidelines for the Economic and Social Development of the USSR for 1981–5 and for the Period Ending in 1990 adopted at the 26th CPSU Congress in 1981 , which envisage ‘ [ the development ] , on a long-term and equitable basis , [ of a ] mutually beneficial exchange of goods … with developing countries ’ ( in Koshelev : 1982 , pp. 8–9 ) . |
| 15 | When Mary I married Philip of Spain she decreed they ruled England jointly , and for the next few years until Elizabeth came to the throne the following strange convention was adopted for recording their regnal years : On 17 March 1649 the monarchy was abolished and during the period until parliamentary government was overtaken by the Restoration , English official documents were dated by the year of grace . |
| 16 | Ill health dogged his period at St Mary 's , and he returned for a further period of treatment while he was the curate , and in September 1962 he came to Coniston as the Parish priest and significantly , no further setbacks were experienced to his health while he was living in proximity to Coniston Old Man and during the period he was Parish Priest . |
| 17 | Gus , a civil engineer , had been finding the job situation pretty difficult and during the period of the Namibia tour and during the World Cup was on the unemployed roster . |
| 18 | At independence in 1961 and during the period immediately afterwards , the new TANU government was concerned that it had no direct voice in the press . |
| 19 | ( ii ) In what ways did economic factors impede progress , initially and during the period ? |
| 20 | The Constitution also granted immunity from prosecution to members of the armed forces , police and prison services for their actions during the 1987 coups and during the period of military government up to the end of 1987 . |
| 21 | Thereafter , the country experienced sixty years of stagnation , and during the period 1656–86 the national total declined slightly . |
| 22 | Her husband began to complain of headaches and lethargy and after a period of investigation in hospital it was discovered that he had a malignant cerebral tumour . |
| 23 | Sexual relations between the newcomer and the old man 's daughters are not resented , and after a period of mutual co-existence the young male leads the daughters into a separate existence as a new harem . |
| 24 | But they do at least survive , and after a period of time will be able to regrow their tails . |
| 25 | They left the foster mother 's home on 19 June , and after a period in a children 's home they have been placed with different foster parents . |
| 26 | He was a South African like Albert , but eventually settled in England and after a period at York City became a postman . |
| 27 | Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one . |
| 28 | Chairman the , the mechanism is well practised and widely known it starts with the draft two two B in the January the Committee and after a period of about five to six months ' consultation within which the board programme of work of all capitalists are listed and put out to the community for response through their elected organization as to acceptability , five points of detail who were at relatively hirer one man to speak |
| 29 | Only during the 1960s did it become generally appreciated that the cosy ‘ special relationship ’ of the war years and of the period of Oliver Franks 's distinguished tenure at the Washington embassy in 1948–52 had changed , and to Britain 's disadvantage . |
| 30 | The standard-bearer in this sale of Chinese and Japanese ceramics and works of art is a two-handled famille-rose ‘ Hundred Deer ’ vase in the Hu style with Qianlong seal mark and of the period . |