Example sentences of "a [adj] period for " in BNC.
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1 | The guarantee in cll 9.1 and 9.2 of Precedent 1 is designed ( subject of course to the question of agreeing a specific period for the remedying of defects appropriate to the particular circumstances of the case ) to pass the test of reasonableness imposed by s 3 of the UCTA . |
2 | Such rationalisation initiatives created a turbulent period for ICI in 1991 , and Hampel reported that this process would continue in 1992 . |
3 | The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay . |
4 | ‘ Todor Zhivkov was involved in a painful period for the Communist Party , ’ said an official statement . |
5 | To save you the mental arithmetic , that means you can buy the XT2500 for a limited period for only £12.95 , including VAT , postage and packing . |
6 | Set a limited period for a trial and establish what you will try out and how you will test the results . |
7 | Maternity is a dangerous period for women and figures for perinatal mortality , natural and induced abortions with serious complications and still births are very high . |
8 | On Sundays there were two full-length chapel services , walks outside the school grounds , an hour of silent reading , and a similar period for letter-writing and mending clothes . |
9 | Figure 2.3 looks at a similar period for Europe . |
10 | The first 20 minutes will be a crucial period for a derby that will have a strong bearing on promotion and relegation issues . |
11 | This was a hard period for the Prime Minister — she lost the confidence of senior colleagues , was widely regarded as an electoral liability and lost battles in the Cabinet . |
12 | Those few casual workers in the catering industry who do seem to work on a more or less continuous , almost full-time basis over a long period for a single organisation ( the plaintiffs in the oft-cited " O'Kelly case " ) , tend to possess skills which that organisation , and indeed other potential employers , value . |
13 | Mr Sefton said : ‘ It is absolutely vital that Stockton wins because the bid will bring in around £100 million over a five-year period for the regeneration of the town . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | For instance , a year may be a reasonable period for a washing machine , but five years , or even ten , may be expected for building works . |
16 | The draftsman of the precedent suggests the substitution of : within a reasonable period for 2 months which seems a fair compromise . |
17 | This is the start of the heavy banqueting season , leading up to Christmas , which should be a busy period for a lot of hotel restaurants . |
18 | London was the family 's real home , and the time John spent there with his father , his stepmother and her two daughters was a happy period for him . |
19 | It was not , indeed , a happy period for the philosophers . |
20 | On the seven-day cooling-off period , it is correct , as the Minister says , that there are similar provisions in other European countries , but will he confirm that , in those countries where there is a cooling-off period for unions , there is also a cooling-off period for employers ? |
21 | On the seven-day cooling-off period , it is correct , as the Minister says , that there are similar provisions in other European countries , but will he confirm that , in those countries where there is a cooling-off period for unions , there is also a cooling-off period for employers ? |
22 | But at Lucerne that happy event looked more distant than before , and meanwhile several of our grandmasters who have chased Soviet supremacy for a decade are now aged 30-35 , a critical period for any Western professional . |
23 | His sacking at a critical period for Leeds , when the hooligan element within the club 's support had brought them widespread contempt . |
24 | If I sound euphoric I make no apologies , It has been a superb period for English rugby and will also be a hard act to follow , but after the weekend of the Irish visit I am sure that we can go on to even greater things from here . |
25 | The union representing the performers were militantly opposed to British dancers taking work from them and there was a lean period for the sixteen Girls left . |
26 | The use of the courts to end a railroad strike in 1922 ushered in a lean period for the unions . |
27 | It was a difficult period for a few years until the market caught up with us . ’ |
28 | This is still a vital period for the new resident . |
29 | The last years of Henry VII had been a prosperous period for the port — the average annual sum paid in customs dues from 1504 to 1509 was over £10,000 , and in the early years of Henry VIII a group of merchants had maintained voyages to Brazil . |
30 | The Secretary of State has power to allow a longer period for the giving of a notice of appeal but he will not normally be prepared to exercise this power unless there are special circumstances which excuse the delay in giving notice of appeal . |