Example sentences of "were [adv] [art] period " in BNC.

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1 The years 1945–5 I were not a period for new ideas , but for remedial action .
2 The 1890s were also a period in which deaf art flourished .
3 Thus , while the 1950s and 1960s saw a growth in employment , they were also a period of significant delocalization and the manufacturing sector was increasingly composed of ‘ branch plants ’ .
4 The seventies were certainly a period of great change in attitudes within the Customs & Excise in general , and on the cutters in particular we saw great improvements in many ways with the acquisition of better technical equipment such as highly sophisticated radio communication , and the development of international relations .
5 " The first six months at the ICO were definitely a period of strange readjustment . "
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