Example sentences of "a brief period [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | An agreed formula provided for a brief period of UN control before Indonesia moved in , early in 1963 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Britain firmly and — except for a brief period in March 1951 — consistently advocated the conclusion of an early peace treaty . |
| 6 | The Aden episode lasted from September 1926 until May 1927 : approximately nine months ; a brief period in Nizan 's existence but one which had far reaching consequences . |
| 7 | Her formal education , after a brief period in Islington , was in a school in Heidelberg where , as well as developing her musical talents , she acquired a facility in languages which was to be useful in her later career . |
| 8 | Except for a brief period in September and October when prices threatened to fall to below $400 , platinum remained close to $500 an ounce for much of the year . |
| 9 | Except for a brief period in August , rubber prices were in decline despite falling stocks and low output in Malaysia . |