Example sentences of "a period of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst the agreements typically laid down a period of discussion between management and union representatives prior to the introduction of change , there were weaknesses in the terms dealing with provision of information , and early union involvement in decision making , which would have to be altered for effective union influence on the process of change . |
| 2 | ‘ Mr Nichol would now like a period of peace and quiet with his family in order to take stock of his life . ’ |
| 3 | Gerhard Stoltenberg ( the federal Defence Minister — see p. 36597 ) resigned in April 1989 as CDU party chairman in Schleswig-Holstein , following a period of setbacks for the CDU , including the scandal surrounding the former ( CDU ) Minister President , Uwe Barschel — see pp. 35722-23 ; 36045 ) . |
| 4 | In effect this was a period of withdrawal from a rigidly structured police world to a world turned upside down ; where , in a ‘ counter-cultural ’ way , we were to find that the strict terms of reference we had carefully built up over the years no longer seemed to have relevance . |
| 5 | Moses , in the following verses , gives advice about its infectivity and suggests a period of withdrawal from social intercourse during the infection . |
| 6 | It belonged to a period of architecture that was both ugly and ornate , and it was fairly covered with scrolls and plaques and turrets and totally unnecessary little balconies . |
| 7 | It was a period of upheaval at OCU and in May 1960 ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ Squadrons amalgamated into a single squadron of two flights . |
| 8 | A period of adjustment will be required as the role of support workers is properly identified and established . |
| 9 | The nine months of pregnancy is a period of adjustment , a slow coming to terms with change and preparation for the excitement ahead . |
| 10 | The ‘ ideal ’ pupil is one who is thought to require a period of adjustment coming from a school which has expressed a willingness to take the pupil back . |
| 11 | But the modernisation of Greece will probably come faster in the late 1990s if there is now a period of four- or five-party politics . |
| 12 | ‘ In respect of all the applicants , a declaration that in carrying out his announced policy under and in relation to section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 in respect of persons serving sentences of life imprisonment imposed in the discretion of the trial judge , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , in determining for how long such a person ought to be detained for punitive purposes should fix the date of the first review by the local review committee and the Parole Board strictly in accordance with a period of detention ( that is to say , the notional determinate sentence less one-third remission ) recommended by the judiciary as necessary to meet the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 13 | ‘ the Secretary of State for the Home Department , in determining for how long … a person ought to be detained for punitive purposes , should fix the date of the first review by the local review committee and the Parole Board strictly in accordance with a period of detention … recommended by the judiciary as necessary to meet the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 14 | This can set a mood or enhance a period of reflection . |
| 15 | This course would be a period of reflection for people involved in action at home : they would bring experiences to reflect upon . |
| 16 | In spite of the obvious gains in recent years — and no one could be more grateful than I to Robert Runcie and all he achieved — we now need a period of calmness , of peace , to grow and get on with the real work of caring for others and serving Christ in and through others . |
| 17 | I think of people , grand old British artists , like Turner for example , going on grand tours and coming back to Britain and going through , as it were , a period of painting where he is influenced by what he 's seen and heard and experienced in Europe , and then more latterly I think of France as being , Paris as being the centre of art and British artists going and spending their period in Paris and coming back and going through an impressionist or an expressionist phase . |
| 18 | He went back to the ballet , he said , after a period of doubt , because he walked into a studio and saw a young woman putting her feet into the rosin box to stop her shoes from slipping : the familiar action , a mixture of habit and discipline and grace , made him realize where his heart belonged . |
| 19 | He acknowledges his indebtedness to Tolstoy and maintains that at the time of reading the book he was passing through a period of doubt and scepticism . |
| 20 | The stability of sterling improved significantly following its entry to the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European monetary system in October 1990 [ see p. 37782 ] , but sterling experienced a period of doubt shortly before the resignation of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister in November [ see pp. 37839-40 ] , recovering strongly toward the end of January 1991 . |
| 21 | We lived in a period of superstition and dread . |
| 22 | Now , the first twelve months of anybody 's service is a period of probation . |
| 23 | ‘ that , although , by the indulgence of the court , a statutory tenant might be permitted to continue to occupy premises after the making of an order for possession , he was not , during such a period of occupation , a statutory tenant with all the rights to protection conferred by the Rent Restriction Acts which he had enjoyed before the order for possession was made ; and , consequently , the daughter could not claim protection as a ‘ tenant ’ under section 12 , subsection ( 1 ) … ’ |
| 24 | It was a period of penury such that James and his team spent one night in Pau furtively thieving back the petrol that had been stolen from their car and eventually hitchhiking back home via Le Havre , with no food on the way — and it brought out in James qualities of tenacity that he had n't really suspected in himself . |
| 25 | We will give every citizen an entitlement to a period of retraining or education at a time of their choice during their adult lives , based on distance learning costs . |
| 26 | The occupational mobility of labour can often be overcome by a period of retraining , but this takes time and may be costly for the unemployed worker . |
| 27 | Thus the path could be thought of as a period of price warfare followed by reversion to collusion . |
| 28 | There followed a period of university teaching abroad : first in Lithuania , then in Bulgaria . |
| 29 | Under his leadership northern Europe became more settled and a period of building activity was begun , though it was not of long duration . |
| 30 | At least for declarative memory ( Chapter 4 ) there is a transition , over a period of minutes to hours , from the initial and labile short-term phase to long-term , stable memory . |