Example sentences of "[prep] a period [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is not a particularly difficult race and the brindle who made his comeback in the Dundalk ‘ 525 ’ International after a period at stud , looks set to qualify safely . |
| 2 | The unity of the theme is at stake , so that after a period of change it is inevitable that we return to our original discourse . |
| 3 | His other priorities include a review of the bureaucracy of BAIE 's committee structure , getting the Association 's finances on a firmer footing after a period of change , and creating greater influence over leading lights in the business world . |
| 4 | BET has been struggling to pay off debts after a period of over-expansion combined with the recession to hit profits . |
| 5 | In most cases a panel will trickle charge the batteries so efficiently that , after a period of idleness , the batteries are well charged , and ready for a cold engine start . |
| 6 | He went back to the ballet , he said , after a period of doubt , because he walked into a studio and saw a young woman putting her feet into the rosin box to stop her shoes from slipping : the familiar action , a mixture of habit and discipline and grace , made him realize where his heart belonged . |
| 7 | Sue Weston ( Mrs Griffin ) has after a period of secondment returned to the National Childminding Association where she now works as their National Training Officer . |
| 8 | After a period of subjection to Assyrian and later neo-Babylonian rulers , Persia saw the emergence in the first millennium BC of the Achaemenid dynasty . |
| 9 | If so , it would surely only be after a period of mourning . |
| 10 | After a period of abstinence during which " tolerance " is lost , the same quantity of drug that was previously used daily by that sufferer from addictive disease might now be fatal to him or her . |
| 11 | He said he had already made it clear to the convention that he wanted to establish a good relationship with COSLA and local government , and to make a new start after a period of expenditure difficulties . |
| 12 | Recent studies from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food ( MAFF ) have now seen evidence of the migration of dioxins from chlorine bleached milk cartons into milk after a period of storage . |
| 13 | The prediction of its heliacal rising after inferior conjunction , that is , its first reappearance as ‘ the morning star ’ after a period of invisibility , was of vital concern to the Maya , who regarded it as a moment of particular dread . |
| 14 | ‘ After a period of rationalisation we are now in good shape to take advantage of improving markets as the recession comes to an end but we do n't expect an upturn until 1994 , ’ said chief executive . |
| 15 | Important as the victory at Stirling Bridge had been for Scottish pride , there was , after a period of despondency and subjugation , to be an even more significant battlefield above the Bannock Burn two miles south of the town . |
| 16 | After a period of conflict , Henry was forced to accept the ban , and fled to his father-in-law in England . |
| 17 | Thus , a clause in your contract to the effect that your employment will ‘ automatically terminate ’ , if , for example , you fail to return to work on the due date after a period of leave , is likely to be regarded as an invalid attempt to ‘ contract out ’ of modern job security laws . |
| 18 | If this is carried out after a period of exercise your dog may readily remain in this position since it may be relatively tired . |
| 19 | Mr Morgan , who was married with three grown-up children , had returned briefly to school after a period of illness . |
| 20 | After a period of consultation with readers , advertising agencies and others in the newspaper business it was relaunched in February 1992 offering a fresh design , modern masthead and new sections aimed in particular at females and business readers . |
| 21 | Her husband began to complain of headaches and lethargy and after a period of investigation in hospital it was discovered that he had a malignant cerebral tumour . |
| 22 | He was transferred to the intensive care unit for intubation for airway control after a period of desaturation . |
| 23 | Booth then cross-checked these impressions with those of other local people such as clergymen , and with the observations of his own investigators after a period of residence in a poor community . |
| 24 | The move was described by the Independent of April 20 as marking " a renewal of close co-operation between France and [ West ] Germany after a period of uncertainty generated by the speed of German unification " . |
| 25 | They had done so after a period of co-operation and consultation with East Germany which looks in retrospect like a laying of the groundwork for what was to come in both Germanys . |
| 26 | After a period of disuse , the Carr Tanning Co took over the premises and are still there . |
| 27 | The Agency 's Management Development Division organises and sponsors courses for those entering management for the first time , those already in management and those wishing to take up a management position after a period of unemployment . |
| 28 | After a period of unemployment in 1919 he found work at the government-run Slough Transport Depot where he became chairman of the shop stewards ' committee , organizing strikes and demonstrations against its eventual closure in April 1920 . |
| 29 | Initially , garden plots of c. 1 ha are created by felling ( slashing ) and the felled trees are burnt after a period of drying . |
| 30 | Complete restoration occurs after a period of prolamin free diet . |