Example sentences of "and [prep] a 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But they do at least survive , and after a period of time will be able to regrow their tails . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He was a South African like Albert , but eventually settled in England and after a period at York City became a postman . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | PictureTel Corp has reported first quarter net profit up 30.3% at $3.7m , struck after $1m gains due from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and against a period that included $933,000 in tax credits , on turnover that rose 55.2% to $44m . |
| 22 | The regions have to be abolished , the health service , education and transport broken up or privatised — and in a period when the natural anti-government reaction , allied to an already-perceptible bitterness , will produce hefty hostile majorities in local government , and a narrow Commons majority will take its toll . |
| 23 | The Butlin version of the holiday camp prospered in a climate of campaigning for holidays with pay and in a period before packaging had been fully developed as the major way of selling holidays and travel . |
| 24 | However , the evidence is not entirely conclusive , and in a period when lords were having difficulty in finding tenants to take up holdings , it may well be that the conversion from arable to grazing was forced on them . |
| 25 | The everyday lives of ordinary people are not the basis for good television unless the characters and events are portrayed in a consistently entertaining fashion , and over a period of time ; hence the great success of television soap operas . |
| 26 | According to bogus sexologist Dr John R Brinkley , goat glands held the secret to combating male impotence and over a period of twenty years he amassed a fortune of more than $12 million administering them to 16,000 men worried about their sexual inadequacies . |
| 27 | This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts . |
| 28 | The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast . |
| 29 | The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving . |
| 30 | A programme of restoration back to full working order followed and over a period of 18 months , it was stripped , restored and rebuilt to its present immaculate condition . |