Example sentences of "most [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was because I came from the most stable period of his life and I made him feel secure . ’ |
| 2 | Not only is it not recoverable but it has taken place at the most profitable period in the product life , before the adverse effects of ageing have affected its sales and costs . |
| 3 | Not only is it not recoverable but it has taken place at the most profitable period in the product life , before the adverse effects of ageing have affected its sales and costs . |
| 4 | ‘ It was electric — the most exciting , most demanding period of my life , ’ says Robertson , though he reckons that , as a vociferous , opinionated twenty-year-old he ‘ must have looked like such an arsehole ’ . |
| 5 | He says that this is the most unpleasant period in his 25 years in local Government . |
| 6 | Chiefly the collection covers the period from the eighteenth-century until the early part of the twentieth-century and so covers the most interesting period in the history of the city . |
| 7 | The most popular period for BES investment occurs in the last three months of the tax year as investors begin to think about reducing tax liabilities ; the early autumn sees a second surge as investors can claim up to half the tax relief for the previous year on investments made before 6 October ( subject to a maximum of £5,000 ) . |
| 8 | Ages 20 to 34 years represent the most favourable period for childbearing ; ages 20 to 29 are the safest . |
| 9 | But Richards , 49 , refused to reveal why timid Jack was the reason for the record , written during the band 's most tempestuous period amid drug trials and the decision of founder member Brian Jones to quit . |
| 10 | The 1930s was the most crucial period in the whole history of cinema in Britain and America . |
| 11 | Blenkin , for example , ( 1980 ) believes ‘ the most recent generation of teachers has worked through the most rapid period of curriculum development in the history of state education ’ ( p. 45 ) . |
| 12 | Its most likely period of operation is between 300 and 325 , whereafter some of its craftsmen appear to have been employed at Withington , and . |
| 13 | The sack of Rome in 410 marked the most hostile period in the relations between Alaric and the imperial court . |
| 14 | LABOUR has begun its most intensive period for reselection . |
| 15 | Yet this was not only his most effective period in office but also the job he enjoyed most . |
| 16 | Certainly the happiest and most confident period in Firdaus ' life is when she can pick and choose her customers and determine for herself the relationship she will have with them . |
| 17 | On 7 December 1967 the Apple Boutique at London 's 94 Baker Street opened its doors to the world , selling all the bright colours and bamboozling gaudiness of that most extraordinary period in the history of fashion . |
| 18 | The most important period of this kind of learning is childhood . |
| 19 | The most important period of the 18th century was now at hand however . |
| 20 | It will be easier to understand the most important period of Coniston mining — the 19th C — if first of all we look at the way the men were employed and the techniques they used . |
| 21 | Dr Alexandre was a privileged witness to what we now consider to have been the most important period in Modigliani 's life , from 1907 to 1914 ; that is , from his arrival in Paris . |
| 22 | Yet the exchange had been all gain , for this became the happiest , the most rewarding period of his life , when to lose himself utterly in God and His Work was truly to find himself . |
| 23 | The inclusion of such relatively unimportant details would have given Wellesley a more human frame during the most formative period of his life in India . |
| 24 | Psychology has concluded that the most formative period of life is childhood , and in particular the first five years of life . |
| 25 | As she entered the most dynamic period of her career , Kylie took stock of the success — and tried to analyse the curious chemistry of the TV series that set her on the road to it . |
| 26 | What was true on the wider front was also true at a personal level : Layton was about to go into his most prolific period of writing , and the whole literary scene was being galvanised into a productivity never before realised in Canada . |
| 27 | The most romantic period of the whole adventure now followed as , often resembling a ragged beggar more than a would-be king , the young prince moved across to the west coast , hiding in caves and foresters ' huts , until at the end of June he made his most famous journey , ‘ over the sea to Skye ’ , posing as an Irish sewing maid . |
| 28 | A spokesman said ‘ This is the most dramatic period in ferry travel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and the best time ever for the customer . ’ |
| 29 | McQueen 's most fruitful period in films had been in the sixties while Dustin was still unknown outside off-Broadway . |
| 30 | However , these surpluses or PSDR ( Public Sector Debt Repayment ) shrank rapidly after 1989 as government revenue suffered in the wake of the most protracted period of recession since the Inter-War years . |