Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using this same period as a basis for comparison with the general population and examining available records ( including the Icelandic Who 's Who ) , he was able to show that the relatives concerned significantly more often entered creative occupations . |
| 2 | Given this shorter period of experimentation with other drugs prior to heroin use , it could be expected that these informants would have exhibited less variety in their pre-heroin polydrug use . |
| 3 | ‘ I propose to halve that qualifying period to six months , ’ Mr Lamont said . |
| 4 | Coloured tins were used to identify each two-hour period of the day . |
| 5 | One of the reasons I forgot about Ohio was that I wanted to forget that unhappy period of my life . |
| 6 | We call this first period of recording the baseline which tells us how bad the problem is before intervention starts . |
| 7 | The day was a continuous series of interruptions so that it was difficult for clients to have any real period of rest and quiet . |
| 8 | And only two amazing misses , one of those candidly coming er just before scored the second Notts goal , with a headed chance headed wide when er had come and missed it , and when on forty four minutes on the watch but not a minute before the end of half time if you get the meaning because we had that long period of extra time , er missed the chance completely , he 'd made the er Pisa goal brilliantly with a cross from the right hand side , deep cross , pulled back brilliantly , but left with a chance , the number eleven in front of the post , well what was he doing ? again had come and again he 'd missed it and left with an open goal was wide of the target . |
| 9 | It may reflect some prolonged period of stress at any level of being ; physical , mental or emotional . |