Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] period [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such horses that are locked up in stables without sensory stimulation for a long period will become permanently more anxious and fearful . |
| 2 | Dean Acheson responded that the unhappy stalemate which had existed for a lengthy period could not be extended . |
| 3 | Anyone who was prepared to submit himself to a debtors ' prison for a token period could apply from The Fleet or the Marshalsea for the help of the Insolvent Debtors Court . |
| 4 | Equally , the maintenance of that support through a difficult period will reflect back credit on banking as a whole . |
| 5 | The costs of producing a particular product in a past period will be very useful information in predicting the costs of producing the same product in the future . |
| 6 | Again , many decisions which are successfully carried out in a given period may not turn out to have been the best possible courses of action . |
| 7 | Not all the decisions in a given period can be carried out , since many of them may erroneously anticipate and depend upon other decisions which are in fact not being made . |
| 8 | Again , files that have not been worked on in a given period can be selected . |
| 9 | That is , whether spaced out advertising — the " drip " — over a long period would work better than heavy advertising , the " burst " , concentrated into a short space of time . |
| 10 | A case report and clinical-epidemiological studies in patients who have misused anthranoid laxatives over a long period should be considered in a final risk assessment for colorectal cancer in man . |
| 11 | The cost of training at a summer school over a five-week period will vary with the different establishments , but the overall fee is likely to be around £700 ( 1990 prices ) , for all students , whether from Britain or overseas . |
| 12 | Occupational , family and residential histories over a twenty-year period will elucidate and Aberdonians ' relationship to and experience of the oil industry across generations . |
| 13 | Changes in level of depression associated with different employment histories over a five-year period will be studied . |
| 14 | First , the payment of this sum of money over a short period would have a considerable inflationary effect . |
| 15 | We recognise that to add value through successful exploration over a sustained period will require a continuing supply of quality new venture opportunities . |