Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specialist series : These programmes are usually on for a limited period and cover specialist subjects such as holidays , motoring , food and wine or industry . |
| 2 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 3 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 4 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 5 | This is not wanted to there has to be a circuit arrangement which does not respond to a short pulse from the batting l.e.d. but acts only if this l.e.d. remains on for a longer period , that is , when the batsman has correctly intercepted the ball . |
| 6 | Grimsbury Secondary Modern was on the other side of the town , and had to be accommodated — I believe it was , successfully — within the plans , but only for a transitional period . |
| 7 | The complexity was intended to last only for a transitional period . |
| 8 | If she is severely disturbed emotionally , above the level normally expected in bereavement , and if she can not sleep , he may prescribe tranquillisers and a night sedative ; but this will usually be only for a limited period to help her over a particularly bad patch , as he will not want her to become addicted to these drugs , which if taken for too long may delay the normal grieving process which she will need to experience if she is to make a satisfactory recovery . |
| 9 | If a group wittingly shares an attitude over a relevant issue but does so only for a limited period of time before falling into disarray , it would be difficult to refer to the group as an elite in any meaningful sense since the outcomes would be insignificant . |
| 10 | The UK had maintained that rates should be left for the market to decide , and had demanded the indefinite maintenance of discretionary zero rating for sensitive items ( the Commission 's position being that zero rating would be tolerated only for a limited period ) . |
| 11 | The battle of the Catalaunian Plains was proof that the imperial policy could work , if only for a limited period of time . |
| 12 | It says that about 98,000 young people go missing annually , sometimes only for a short period . |
| 13 | We then test them thoroughly — but often only for a short period as we wish to get the latest fishkeeping news — including the latest products — straight to our readers . |
| 14 | In the end we all agree that AZT is an effective drug , but only for a short period . ’ |
| 15 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 16 | Only for a short period in the mid-1980s , when commodity prices and demand for semi-conductors slumped , did Malaysia risk hitting its borrowing ceiling . |
| 17 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
| 18 | This is a natural condition before menarche , and it re-occurs after menopause , during pregnancy as well as after abortion or birth ( post-partum amenorrhoea ) that lasts for some months even if the women does not breastfeed or nurses only for a short period . |
| 19 | The Government warned that it would apply only for a short period . |
| 20 | But they do , they get paid a lot of money but only for a short period of time . |
| 21 | In the event , two professors — Moorcroft and Coleman — were appointed , but only for a brief period . |
| 22 | Fifty years later they captured Delphi , if only for a brief period . |
| 23 | Grouse shooting , for example , occurs only during a fixed period each year , whilst military training is carried out periodically throughout the year . |
| 24 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 25 | Count Mandred , the acclaimed defeater of the Skaven , was elected Emperor and his respected generalship and charismatic personality held the Empire together during a vulnerable period of recovery . |
| 26 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 27 | Apparently , because my employment had officially been terminated by me , I had arguably made myself voluntarily unemployed and was therefore entitled to benefit money only after a certain period . |
| 28 | All ten residents had been long-term patients in a large psychiatric hospital , were severely disabled and had been discharged only after a lengthy period of active rehabilitation . |
| 29 | Only after a considerable period of experience do infants give clear signs that they are aware of the extent of their own bodies and the division between themselves and the wider world . |
| 30 | The reference to ‘ Eventually ’ in the last sentence implies that it was only after a commendable period of restraint that horses were ordered in . |