Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a [adj] period " in BNC.

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1 If a statutory demand is served , the debtor has only a limited period within which to apply to set it aside .
2 petals strongly and sweetly perfumed , retained over a long period when dried , used in perfumery , potpourris , for perfuming writing paper .
3 A die could survive over a long period of time .
4 Together with radiometric age determinations of the most recent eruptive episode , such reconstructions enable estimates to be made of the amount of material eroded over a known period of time .
5 The broad branching heads of large , ragged yellow daisies appear over a long period during summer ; a large patch is a magnificent spectacle .
6 Out of a thousand cases reported in United States waters over a five-year period , only two resulted in death .
7 Hatching occurred over a two-month period commencing at the end of June , with most juveniles emerging in mid-July .
8 And notwithstanding the invariable belief of these coaches that their own programme-of-the-moment is writ large on a tablet just descended from Heaven , there are no absolutes about which kind of exercises are best to get you fit over a short period of time .
9 This is an acquired skill which develops over a long period .
10 As discussed in Chapter 7 , ageing increases the tendency for us to become ‘ larks ’ — and some of us are ‘ larks ’ anyway — because the body clock has then a free-running period that is below the average for the population as a whole .
11 No one can predict when a busy period may occur in the ward .
12 Young children do imitate the aggressive acts of televised models as much as live models ; furthermore , this effect persists over a considerable period of time and is particularly pronounced when the aggressive model is portrayed as successful .
13 The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period .
14 The examples all have the same structure : a well-defined quantity is recorded at successive equally-spaced time points over a specific period .
15 There are two broad categories : ( 1 ) where the object is to generate more work by some system of cross-referral in particular fields , though such arrangements are difficult to sustain over a long period if member firms wish to retain their independence and separate profitability .
16 One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time .
17 ( Martial arts are a way of life — skills learnt and practised over a long period , used to tune the mind and body to a state of superb readiness .
18 Under the proposal Poland would allocate over a twenty-year period the zloty equivalent of the hard currency involved to set up and develop schemes to reduce pollution and improve the environment in Poland .
19 And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period .
20 The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to .
21 Project B remits larger cash inflows spread over a five-year period as opposed to the three years of cash inflows from Project A. Discounted cash flows would provide a rational basis for comparing these two projects on an equitable basis .
22 Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures .
23 For monthly savings , Mr Murrell recommends Friendly Society plans over a 10-year period because the money grows tax free .
24 One of the most important limitations on statutory safeguards is the insistence that , to qualify for most rights , you must have built up a specified period of continuous employment .
25 So we see the difficulties of defining even a recent period of earth history , and the protagonists of the varied viewpoints would probably ( if it mattered at all ) argue just as fiercely as stratigraphers over the boundaries .
26 In particular , the New Moon present in your own birth sign on the 29th will trigger off a new period of some really quite remarkable and reassuring developments in your very personal life .
27 Most people discharged from hospital psychiatric care have had only a short period as in patients and do not need long-term help after leaving .
28 The disparities in overall changes in assumed unit costs over a three-year period are quite remarkable .
29 The second deterrent is a financial one : course participants do not have to pay fees , since the course itself is financed by the DES , but they do have to fund their living costs over a ten-week period — a not inconsiderable financial commitment .
30 ‘ The largest single category of problems mentioned , however , was depression and anxiety attributable to the stresses of caring over a prolonged period of time . ’
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