Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] period in " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a three-year period in North America , Britten and Pears returned to the UK in 1942 at the height of the Second World War . |
| 2 | It was as if our vision was a piece of elastic which was being stretched for the first time after a long period in a drawer . |
| 3 | It included the following , and the list provides an indication of requirements after a lengthy period in the desert : 400 gallons of petrol , rations , 2 tow chains , 2 tins of Lockheed brake fluid , 8 jeep spare wheels and tyres , 200 1 lb. plastic bombs and fuses , beer , cigarettes , rum and 2 crates of lime powder . |
| 4 | After a further period in the translation agency of a chemical firm , she returned to England and had a child . |
| 5 | After being shot down during the Battle of Britain , Stienhilper became a PoW and after a short period in a British camp was transferred to Canada . |
| 6 | However , after a short period in 1732 at the Dissenting Academy in Findern , Derbyshire , he became a justices ' clerk in Sheffield until 1737 and then commenced work as a carrier between Sheffield and Macclesfield . |
| 7 | G/C Ilbery , now a doctor living in Australia , was the last man to fly an operational sortie from the now-abandoned airfield in the spring of 1945 , at the end of a bloody period in the anti-shipping strikes from Dallachy and nearby RAF Banff . |
| 8 | Each player has been set an individual achievement target , and has the security of a year-long period in which to prove himself . |
| 9 | He flew from London to Sweden at the beginning of December , and at the ceremony on 10 December he was described as " a leader and champion of a new period in the long history of the world 's poetry " . |
| 10 | As contemporary writing testifies , it was the sad end of a glorious period in English history . |
| 11 | In fact it is a remnant of a disastrous period in the history of European felines . |
| 12 | It is also the culmination of a fifteen-year period in which the care of children had become a major political concern , the focus of media attention and public outrage , and an ideological battleground for rival pressure groups and experts . |
| 13 | The mill-pond was drained for a three-year period in order to allow some necessary excavation . |
| 14 | Loans are available for a three-year period in support of a three-year macroeconomic and structural adjustment programme . |
| 15 | It will be available for a limited period in a number of pubs including the City of Mabgate and the Grove Inn in Leeds , the Marine Hall in Fleetwood , Cooky 's Devonshire Arms in Bradford . |
| 16 | Options may , however , be exercised for a limited period in certain specified circumstances , including death , ceasing employment on account of injury , disability , pregnancy or redundancy , retirement , the sale of the business or subsidiary for which the employee works or ( at the discretion of the Committee ) if the employee ceases to be employed in any other circumstances . |
| 17 | To coincide with a CAMRA 21st birthday party on April 14th , the Queens Head will also be the base for a press launch of Gales Festival mild , a special brew available for a limited period in 21 Gales-tied houses . |
| 18 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 19 | ‘ Monday afternoon 's vigil marks the self-destruction of PDAG , as well as preparing for a new period in our campaign for an independent and democratic education system , ’ said the society 's education spokesman , Ffred Ffransis , last night . |
| 20 | Routes to England and France are normally flown at flight levels 50 and 40 respectively , and present an opportunity for a reasonable period in cruise mode . |
| 21 | Alternatively , major capital projects would be undertaken by private sector contractors who would finance and build the assets in question , operate them for a specified period in return for an agreed fee and then transfer them to the commissioning authority . |
| 22 | She taught briefly in schools in Liverpool , Oban , and Eastbourne , and for a longer period in Tunbridge Wells , but eventually returned to Inverness to keep house for her invalid father , whom she outlived by only two years . |
| 23 | The remedies adopted reflected very strongly the work of Heath 's backroom team of the late sixties and were intended to ‘ remove the need for continual changes for a considerable period in the future ’ . |
| 24 | Where keg milds and bitters are concerned , when fermentation is complete they are conditioned for a short period in tanks under a heavy blanket of carbon dioxide . |
| 25 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 26 | And at whatever time of the year you visit Edinburgh , there are the art galleries and museums — though the priceless and vulnerable collection of Turner water-colours can only be seen for a short period in winter . |
| 27 | Only for a short period in the mid-1980s , when commodity prices and demand for semi-conductors slumped , did Malaysia risk hitting its borrowing ceiling . |
| 28 | In 1902 he lived for a short period in Clerkenwell , east London . |
| 29 | Sigismund III of Poland actually enticed Marenzio to his new capital at Warsaw for a short period in 1595–6 and employed a number of Italian musicians , one of whom , Asprilio Pacelli ( 1570–1623 ) , published a book of madrigals ( Venice , 1601 ) ; but that was all . |
| 30 | For a short period in the reign of Selim I ( 918–26/1512–20 ) there existed a third kazaskerlik , for the Arab and Persian lands , hut this was , after a few years , combined with the kazaskerlik of Anadolu . |