Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to be that only during the period of very rapid growth . |
| 2 | The first class is of wider ambit than the second and exists only during the period of employment . |
| 3 | The major conclusions are therefore that the market economy is a remarkably efficient way of creating wealth largely because it succeeds in utilising more information than alternative economic systems ; that for a market economy to work , the society of which it is part needs to believe in certain kinds of values : it must lay great store by individual responsibility and also have a non-egalitarian view of what constitutes social justice ; that the so called ‘ crisis ’ of capitalism results from a prevailing set of cultural values , typified by Freudianism and Marxism , which are contrary to those needed for the market economy to prosper , that humanism as a philosophy can not guarantee to generate the appropriate values , and that Christianity can provide such values and has indeed done so during the period of industrialisation throughout much of the Western world , but in consequence the kind of market economy which is then championed is different from that currently defined by the libertarian philosophy of Professor Friedman and Professor Hayek . |
| 4 | This meant that the men on each farm , with the addition of certain seasonal workers like the company of sheep-shearers , agreed with the farmer to bring in the harvest on ‘ piecework ’ — so much per acre of crops ; or perhaps they would contract to get the harvest in during the period of a month from the time they started ; or instead of a month some agreements would state Twenty Four Fine Days . |
| 5 | Although the Commonwealth immigration acts since 1962 had slowed the inward flow from Commonwealth countries to a trickle , the problems of assimilating the black population now resident were as acute as ever , especially during the period of rapidly rising unemployment . |
| 6 | The all-items index is shown annually for the period since January 1975 in column l of Table 5.3 . |
| 7 | Standardisation of time was necessary because cancer incidence is rising slowly in the west of Scotland and because prescribing atenolol increased greatly during the period of study ( fig 1 ) . |
| 8 | The main obstacles to normalizing relations appeared to be North Korea 's unwillingness to allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities , and Japan 's refusal to accede to the North 's demand for compensation not merely for the period of Japan 's colonization of the country ( 1910-45 ) but also for the post-Pacific War period . |
| 9 | Jesus then is the bearer of the Spirit : he , and he alone during the period of the ministry . |
| 10 | It does not matter whether the successor and the tenant resided together in one or more houses or whether the residences were all council houses provided they resided together in a council house at the moment of death and provided that the successor and the tenant resided together during the period of 12 months prior to the death of the tenant . |
| 11 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 12 | This is because when people try to translate an APR into what a loan will actually cost them they generally still seem to assume that an APR of , say , 10 per cent on a $100 loan would mean a credit cost of $10 — regardless of the period of the loan . |
| 13 | The Authors jointly and severally warrant to the Publisher that the Company is entitled to the relevant services of the Authors and is therefore in as position to contract in this way with the Publisher , and that this will continue to be so throughout the period of the Publishing Agreement . |
| 14 | The table and chairs and windowboxes all fit in with the period of the house . |
| 15 | Japan regained her independence long before the period of rebuilding was over , but the terms of that independence dictated Japan 's international alignment in later years . |
| 16 | In the twentieth century and especially in the period since 1945 , more and more workers have moved into service industries . |
| 17 | Had it always been so in the period of the conflict with England ? |
| 18 | Fifteen of the 27 CABx who were on-line , used Lawtel several times a week and seven used it daily in the period of piloting . |
| 19 | I do not feel able to speculate as to whether or not it will recover sufficiently over the period in which we are dealing as to be again a and situation . |
| 20 | The strains of Wagner had certainly filled those rented rooms in Earl 's Court or South Kensington , to the annoyance of the neighbours , though like his practical study of the German language they belonged only to the period of Hitler 's influence upon him . |
| 21 | Though he may not know it , it is broadly the procedure of a creative artist who seeks to redefine his criteria of success , perhaps over the period of his lifetime . |
| 22 | This concept of individual timetables enables us to get away from the focus on the family or household as an undifferentiated unit , and to understand something of the complex patterns which evolve when individuals ' lives are woven together over the period of their lifetimes . |
| 23 | Thus during the period of restrictions the contras grew , and occasionally even thrived , apparently on air : or on nothing more than the scattered largesse of rich Americans . |
| 24 | William Cobbet passed through during the period of expansion , and hated it ! |
| 25 | 3.1 The Distributor agrees that it will not during the period of this Agreement and after termination ( for whatever reason ) seek to register in the Territory or anywhere in the world the Trade Mark ‘ Oxford ’ or any other trade mark or trade name being used and owned by the Publisher |
| 26 | That we will not during the period of 45 consecutive days immediately following the date of this letter enter into discussions with any other person relating to the disposal of our respective interest in the Shares unless you withdraw from negotiations for such purchase or unreasonably delay such negotiations ; and |
| 27 | Well certainly not in the period during which we 're going to be discussing the various submissions , er un un at the E I P , now Mr Heselton , erm in a way your comments yesterday would probably be taken that Selby could cope , or would be prepared to cope , even with additional development , now you better sa tell me whether that 's true or false , and I 'm thinking particularly of that element of Greater Sel , of Selby which is in Greater York . |
| 28 | It is not surprising either to find that English visitors were hostile ; the notable point is that their real venom was unleashed not in the period before 1560 , when England and Scotland were nourishing their long-standing enmity , but afterwards , when they were officially allies , and particularly once the unthinkable and shameful had happened , and Scotland had given England a king , in the person of James VI in 1603 . |
| 29 | Attempts by the Orthodox clergy to convert the indigenous peoples , mainly shamanists , to Christianity were in some case approved of by the authorities , but generally in the period under study there was a reluctance to permit the baptism of natives , since they then ceased to pay yasak . |
| 30 | Certainly not within the period of the current structure plan . |