Example sentences of "but [adv] the period " in BNC.

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1 But both the period of the ancien regime and the period of change in East Germany have revealed another German characteristic — that of going along with authority .
2 The mean period is 331 days , but both the period and the amplitude change from one cycle to another .
3 The 1830s was not only the most successful decade abolitionists in England experienced in their history but also the period in which the fluctuating interaction of agitation in the country with manoeuvre by and within the political class was most nearly resolved into parliamentary and administrative activity as a direct expression of mobilised grass-roots attitudes .
4 I appreciate that for justices the obligation to provide a reasoned judgment at the conclusion of an application under the Children Act 1989 is one that no doubt presents all sorts of practical difficulties , but inevitably the period during which they reserve should be kept to the minimum in accordance with the whole philosophy of the Act which seeks to abridge time for procedural steps .
5 There is a primary period of around 140 days , but neither the period nor the amplitude is constant .
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