Example sentences of "this [adv] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The medical name for the start of this most fertile period is ovulation and occurs when a mature egg is released from the ovaries , ready to be fertilised . |
| 2 | During this rather curious period when one 's thoughts are free to wander we are sometimes aware that the quality of sensation we are used to when awake has changed . |
| 3 | ‘ They are now being reasserted in this highly reactionary period ’ , he says . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , this roughly delineated period did see major transformations in the role of sexuality , and the book , as a whole , traces some of the major shifts in this process . |
| 5 | You will eventually look back on this seemingly grim period in your life with affection and gratitude . |
| 6 | This all-too brief period was over , and now on the fifth day after his return , the only partly healed Angel One was standing in the death arena , sword in hand , preparing to fight for his life . |
| 7 | Many of them have inordinately high mortgages around their necks and they are finding it extremely difficult to service them in this unusually long period of high interest rates . |
| 8 | At this very busy period of life , get all the help you can . |