Example sentences of "a brief period [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He retired from medicine in 1930 , although for a brief period during World War II he acted as locum for a Cambridge doctor who had joined up .
2 Oddsson , 43 , had been elected as IP chair on March 10 , 1991 , after a brief period as deputy leader .
3 It seems , therefore , that the Burgundians should be seen as a largely catholic people , but that for a brief period under Gundobad they had an arian Church .
4 Even now , and though the events of June triggered a brief period of reappraisal , the British still seem besotted by their vision of China as a billion-strong market for their goods and services — and either unaware , or unimpressed , that their exports to Hong Kong itself are currently worth three times as much as those to its northern neighbour .
5 In 1922 , following a brief period of Home Rule Party — Sinn Féin rule , the abolition of proportional representation in Northern Ireland in local government elections and a readjustment of the ward boundaries enabled the Unionists to regain control of the corporation .
6 Silverpoint enjoyed a brief period of popularity in the 1890s when silverpoint kits , including specially prepared papers , were made commercially available by Winsor & Newton .
7 This school had enjoyed a brief period of success and national distinction in the first decade of the sixteenth century under the Mastership of John Stanbridge , who was well known when he migrated north from Oxford and whose Grammar was prescribed in the statutes of Manchester Grammar School .
8 But following a brief period of panic sales in the immediate aftermath of the turmoil of 1905 , noble land sales slowed down markedly .
9 After a brief period of independence in the second half of the eleventh century — an independence recognised by Pope Gregory VII in 1077 — Zeta was eclipsed by a new Serbian principality , known as Raška , situated in the wild mountainous districts of southern Serbia , which later became known as the Sandžak of Novi Pazar .
10 Despite a programme of Russification ( including a ban on the use of Ukrainian in schools and publications ) , a strongly nationalist movement emerged in the late nineteenth century which led to pressure for greater autonomy and a brief period of independence immediately after the October revolution .
11 After a brief period of independence , Soviet rule was established in 1919 and the larger part of historic Belorussia joined the USSR in 1922 .
12 John was a cardmaker , and yet it was his good fortune to have depended on parish relief rather less often than some ; he and his family needed a brief period of support in the famine period of 1801–2 , when they were allowed 2s. a week , later reduced to 1s. , until payment stopped on 9 March 1802 .
13 Reduction of waiting lists is not necessarily an indicator of improved ‘ quality ’ of care for elderly people , whose needs may go beyond a brief period of surgery and recovery .
14 It is possible that the baby will remain well , and not respond to any of the foods — a brief period of avoidance can sometimes clear up the sensitivity .
15 An agreed formula provided for a brief period of UN control before Indonesia moved in , early in 1963 .
16 Juan José Arévalo Bermejo , who as President in 1945-1951 initiated a brief period of democracy and social reform , died in October aged 86 .
17 After a brief period of uncertainty , it is now clear that common-law recklessness , not Caldwell recklessness , is the relevant test .
18 These books are both related to the exhibition On The Passage of a Few People Through a Brief Period of Time presented at the Musée national d'art moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou , the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London , and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston , Massachusetts during 1989 — 90 .
19 In contrast with the previous case , where it was thought necessary to stop medication at the beginning of treatment , this woman clearly benefited from the introduction of a hypnotic for a brief period of time .
20 Unfortunately , there is sometimes resistance among staff on inpatient units to admitting patients who may not be suffering from psychiatric illness , but who for a brief period of time need to hand over responsibility for their well-being to the inpatient clinical team .
21 He was a guy who could be something for a brief period of time and then he vanished like the spirit he was impersonating .
22 ( Duncan Cubitt ) Above : Warbird reflections as the fighter Collection 's Hellcat , a pair of Beech 18s and the Dutch B–25 Mitchell enjoy a brief period of sunshine during Sunday 's display .
23 A brief period of training using the manual provided with the program is all that is required for a manager to start developing his own models .
24 In serious cases , consideration should be given to a brief period of suspension while the case is investigated and this suspension should be with pay .
25 Certainly , after a brief period of novelty , the hapless , aggrieved house-husband threatens to become as rigid and unexamined a comic invention as the grotesquely intrusive mother-in-law once was .
26 With the abolition of the monarchy came a brief period of rule by a Council of State elected by what was termed the Rump Parliament .
27 After a brief period at home , he and Leopold returned in August to Milan , where Wolfgang finished the serenata Ascanio in Alba .
28 After working as house surgeon to Jones Quain [ q.v. ] at University College Hospital , he became assistant medical officer at Wakefield Asylum ( 1857–8 ) , before a brief period at Brentwood Asylum as assistant MO , during which he was elected a member of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane ( later the Medico-Psychological Association ) in July 1858 .
29 After the war , many of the type served for a brief period with RCN reservist units until they were all struck off charge in 1947 .
30 Britain firmly and — except for a brief period in March 1951 — consistently advocated the conclusion of an early peace treaty .
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