Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Periods of low income when workers are in their 50s and 60s can only mean a sustained period of poverty in old age itself . |
| 2 | The persistence of the white chalk facies outside the new mountain belts must clearly indicate a long period when the Eurasian and American plates were not being affected by any major continental collisions . |
| 3 | If he refers it to the Court of Appeal , Courtney may well spend a proper period in jail . |
| 4 | One of the ways — perhaps the chief one — in which 1945 — 90 did indeed make a distinct period was that in 1990 those limits were about to be stretched by the provision of satellite services . |
| 5 | There would then follow a transitional period of up to five years during which " matters arising " from secession would have to be resolved , such as the status of USSR military facilities on the republic 's territory , ownership of economic plant and infrastructure , material and financial settlements ( including compensation to citizens wishing to remain in the USSR and therefore requiring resettlement outside the seceding republic ) , and the status of any territories ceded to the republic after its original accession to the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | The elections are likely to return a Centre Right majority in the National Assembly , and France would therefore begin a new period of ‘ cohabitation ’ , that is , a President and a Prime Minister from different parties . |
| 7 | They could therefore spend a considerable period of time in the towers , in full uniform , in temperatures of anything up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit , or more . |