Example sentences of "[prep] a period of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gen. Prosper Avril , who had seized power in a military coup in September 1988 [ see pp. 36281-82 ] , resigned as President of Haiti on March 10 , after a period of prolonged and intensifying popular opposition to his government . |
| 2 | His son , Jean-Claude , inherited the office in 1971 but fled the country in February 1986 after a period of prolonged popular unrest . |
| 3 | After a period of prolonged popular opposition Avril was forced to resign as President in March 1990 and was replaced by Ertha Pascal-Trouillot , a Supreme Court justice , as laid down by the 1987 Constitution . |
| 4 | The Republic of Haiti , which achieved independence from France in 1804 , was ruled between 1957 and 1971 by the President for Life , François Duvalier , and then by his son , Jean-Claude , who fled abroad in 1986 after a period of prolonged popular unrest . |
| 5 | In warmer climates , where conditions are often unsuitable for larval survival , the carrier animal is probably a more important source of pasture contamination and outbreaks of disease in lambs and kids are most likely to occur after a period of prolonged rain around the time of weaning . |
| 6 | It was perhaps typical of Ferguson that his home debut for Scotland after a period of prolonged difficulty on and off the field should be an unfettered display of the forward 's rich gifts . |
| 7 | After a period of stable numbers between 1985 and 1989 , the PCC will have seen its workload increase by 66% in 3 years . |
| 8 | Onset of proarrhythmia after a period of stable , long-term drug treatment is probably due to an intervening event such as ischaemia , hypokalaemia , the addition of another drug , or change in drug dose . |
| 9 | Sexual relations between the newcomer and the old man 's daughters are not resented , and after a period of mutual co-existence the young male leads the daughters into a separate existence as a new harem . |
| 10 | After a period of normal conversation , they turned to the subject of his loyalist background . |
| 11 | Being undersold out there in Jamaica was to be only one of William Charles 's problems as time went by : after a period of increasing success as a linen draper and mercer , he was eventually beset by financial problems , occasioning a move northwards from Bishopsgate to Finsbury Place , Finsbury Square ( on the corner of Chiswell Street ) , together with a reproof from William Jowett , who lost no time in admonishing his cousin in a letter to Richard Titford from Jamaica , dated 28 April 1806 : |
| 12 | After a period of external biliary drainage ( usually 48 hours ) the guide wire was reinserted and advanced through the stricture to allow insertion of an endoprosthesis . |
| 13 | My gut , after a period of glorious dependability on a diet of potatoes , was bailing everything out again , spurred on by a meal of Lomo ( pork ) a lo Gordon Blyed from Puno International Restaurant . |
| 14 | After a period of apparent — and perhaps misleading — political stability in the first twenty-five years following the Second World War , the 1970s seem to have marked some sort of turning-point for the British political system . |
| 15 | At laparotomy , performed after a period of attempted stabilisation , the whole of the stomach and omentum was found to have herniated into the left hemithorax . |
| 16 | This was an honorary and part-time position , but it enabled him to do his most effective and lasting work in Ireland , inspiring and helping the provost , after a period of political disruption , to revise the Statutes , establish regulations for degrees , appoint new staff and design new courses . |
| 17 | She called upon Canadians to remember their tradition of " honourable accommodation " of differences , and declared her confidence that " after a period of calm reflection " the country would resolve its current difficulties . |
| 18 | The result is that after a period of free movement the material begins to harden and if one goes on deforming it it will become brittle . |
| 19 | REM are back after a period of self-imposed reinvention , and ‘ Out Of Time ’ is easily their most eclectic and wildly inspired album yet , although it is still very identifiably REM — a brand new book from a familiar author . |
| 20 | Usually after a period of considerable discomfort and attempted solutions some apparent answer is found which may be successful or unsuccessful in meeting the long-term interests of the client . |
| 21 | Suffice it to say here that unemployment rates in all advanced industrial societies rose substantially during this period ; the optimism of the 1950s and 1960s was replaced by general pessimism about future economic prospects in individual countries and in the world in general ; and all this after a period of unprecedented growth in public expenditure on education and health in all advanced industrial countries . |
| 22 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest pointed out , 39 mortgage payers out of 40 are not in arrears with their mortgages , and that is after a period of unprecedented expansion of owner-occupation . |
| 23 | As early as 1906 , after a period of intense industrial conflict , an agreement was reached ( the ‘ December Compromise ’ ) on the membership issue between the union and employer central federations . |
| 24 | Do n't go to bed immediately after a period of intense concentration , e.g. working late , playing cards , or following a difficult knitting pattern . |
| 25 | He recalled the desire for leisure which even the most serious and industrious of workers experienced after a period of constant application , impelling them to " indulge in idleness " . |
| 26 | The decision created ripples throughout California , Joanne is a computer expert , she was head of the technical division at the California state lottery until her firing earlier this year after a period of sick leave . |
| 27 | After a period of modest growth in the 1950s , both branches of the legal profession in England and Wales experienced major growth in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 28 | The Thatcher government , after a period of rapid decline in manufacturing and a sharp rise in unemployment , which reached 3.2 million by mid-1982 , appeared to have conquered many of the major difficulties in the mid-1980s , and there was talk of a ‘ British miracle ’ comparable to those of Germany and Japan . |
| 29 | He also said he is ‘ very optimistic ’ about the NCR computer division , where orders from Europe recently have picked up after a period of extreme softness . |
| 30 | It should never be taken hastily or immediately a crisis arises in the life of an elderly person , such as bereavement or a sudden illness or depression , for grief usually passes to some extent after a period of supported mourning . |