Example sentences of "a [adj] period [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formal objections are not invited at this consultation stage as a further period will be allowed for the submission of objections when the proposals are formally advertised . |
| 2 | Each period of casual employment will be treated separately and a previous period may not be aggregated with a current period for determining sick leave allowable . |
| 3 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 4 | Conversely , a long period may restrict the purchaser should he wish to make changes to the vendor management team ( either because they do not live up to first impressions or because he wishes to promote them within the enlarged group ) . |
| 5 | That is , whether spaced out advertising — the " drip " — over a long period would work better than heavy advertising , the " burst " , concentrated into a short space of time . |
| 6 | A case report and clinical-epidemiological studies in patients who have misused anthranoid laxatives over a long period should be considered in a final risk assessment for colorectal cancer in man . |
| 7 | Such horses that are locked up in stables without sensory stimulation for a long period will become permanently more anxious and fearful . |
| 8 | The cost of training at a summer school over a five-week period will vary with the different establishments , but the overall fee is likely to be around £700 ( 1990 prices ) , for all students , whether from Britain or overseas . |
| 9 | Occupational , family and residential histories over a twenty-year period will elucidate and Aberdonians ' relationship to and experience of the oil industry across generations . |
| 10 | Changes in level of depression associated with different employment histories over a five-year period will be studied . |
| 11 | In the past there has been an assumption that pupils ' attainment will dip as a result of transfer and a settling period will be needed . |
| 12 | No one can predict when a busy period may occur in the ward . |
| 13 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |
| 14 | Until the end of the month a selection of them spanning a forty-year period may be seen at Matthew Marks . |
| 15 | Without the assurance that there will be a market of sufficient size for the company 's products when they eventually come on stream ( a considerable period may elapse between product conception and realisation ) , projects requiring major capital investment would be too hazardous to undertake . |
| 16 | Anyone who was prepared to submit himself to a debtors ' prison for a token period could apply from The Fleet or the Marshalsea for the help of the Insolvent Debtors Court . |
| 17 | Again , many decisions which are successfully carried out in a given period may not turn out to have been the best possible courses of action . |
| 18 | Not all the decisions in a given period can be carried out , since many of them may erroneously anticipate and depend upon other decisions which are in fact not being made . |
| 19 | Again , files that have not been worked on in a given period can be selected . |
| 20 | Equally , the maintenance of that support through a difficult period will reflect back credit on banking as a whole . |
| 21 | His figure , which was based on a tally kept by victim support groups , was criticized by other experts , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before such a large number of people could develop cancer . |
| 22 | It was dismissed by other experts , however , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before sufficient people developed cancer . |
| 23 | Firms with a sustained high level of exports over a longer period may provide further figures for consideration as a consistent exporter . |
| 24 | Debt due for repayment within two years could be paid within five years , and debt due to be repaid over a longer period could be paid within eight years . |
| 25 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 26 | It must not be forgotten , however , that although a particular period may contain a low proportion of defective items , if publications from that period are in great demand , a larger number of defective items from that period may be issued ( and may suffer further damage ) than from a less popular period , even if the latter contains a higher proportion of items in need of repair . |
| 27 | We recognise that to add value through successful exploration over a sustained period will require a continuing supply of quality new venture opportunities . |
| 28 | The circular states that income to cover a certain period should be ignored as capital for that period . |
| 29 | The statutory power to recommend a minimum period might , in practice , have been used to create a tariff among the judges for all murders , so that the recommended minimum came to be regarded as the appropriate period of detention , subject only to the question whether the prisoner was a danger to the public when it expired . |
| 30 | The costs of producing a particular product in a past period will be very useful information in predicting the costs of producing the same product in the future . |