Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time . |
| 2 | This will be the case where , for example , a minister stays in a government department for only a limited period of time . |
| 3 | The national assembly , up to only a certain period of time , according to the constitution , and then again the parliament has to come back again into the picture . |
| 4 | Only a single company is allowed to operate in each part of the country but the incumbent is given a licence for only a fixed period of time . |
| 5 | If you make sure the butt points at the target in the initial stages , and the tip follows through in a straight line , you will acquire both distance and accuracy after only a short period of practice . |
| 6 | In reality , the stories were recalled over only a short period of time and major event alterations did not occur , but both deaf and hearing people recalled the main episodes equally well and there was no significant difference in the number of events recalled . |
| 7 | In spite of only a short period of minority government the Labour Party in the 1920s had also developed some ambitious long-term policies . |
| 8 | Moreover , it has been suggested that only a short period of desaturation — perhaps as little as 30 minutes during a 24 hour period — may be all that is necessary to prevent cholesterol crystal nucleation from bile . |
| 9 | The specialized frugivores are , in general , foraging for only a short period of the day — in the cases of manikins and cotingas , for only some 10% of the daylight hours . |
| 10 | Now it 's a lot of people , it 's only a short period of time , is n't it , one month . |
| 11 | But the other two main additions to the new kingdom — Slovenia and Croatia — had been under the rule of Austria or Hungary for approximately the same period of time . |
| 12 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |
| 13 | This perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the colonial legal system because the post-independence practices evolved over a long period of time . |
| 14 | One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time . |
| 15 | Unlike groups in laboratory studies , the work group is not created and then disbanded permanently ; it often survives over a long period of time . |
| 16 | Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time . |
| 17 | The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time . |
| 18 | The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to . |
| 19 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |
| 20 | The NEAP process involves : ( i ) the identification of a country 's environmental conditions and specific problems ; ( ii ) preparation of proposals to overcome the problems ; and ( iii ) formulation of a plan of action to deal with them over a specific period of time . |
| 21 | A good game of tennis , badminton , hockey , netball , or football , for instance , all involve a great deal of running over a prolonged period of time . |
| 22 | ‘ The largest single category of problems mentioned , however , was depression and anxiety attributable to the stresses of caring over a prolonged period of time . ’ |
| 23 | Young children do imitate the aggressive acts of televised models as much as live models ; furthermore , this effect persists over a considerable period of time and is particularly pronounced when the aggressive model is portrayed as successful . |
| 24 | In such studies records of a very large number of events are taken over a considerable period of time and memory for the events is subsequently tested . |
| 25 | The composition of these works stretched over a considerable period of time . |
| 26 | Together with radiometric age determinations of the most recent eruptive episode , such reconstructions enable estimates to be made of the amount of material eroded over a known period of time . |
| 27 | And notwithstanding the invariable belief of these coaches that their own programme-of-the-moment is writ large on a tablet just descended from Heaven , there are no absolutes about which kind of exercises are best to get you fit over a short period of time . |
| 28 | It was not a twenty-year period of formal civil conflict . |
| 29 | Your son has suffered a terrible loss — six months is not a long period of time to get over such a trauma . |
| 30 | There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time . |