Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say that over only a four-year period , the number of undergraduate students at Liverpool JMU has more than doubled from under 10,000 to nearly 20,000 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | While this is admittedly still a lengthy period , it is significantly quicker than under the ordinary procedure . |
| 4 | Any market situation can change rapidly over even a short period of time , as can be the case when a major competitor is suddenly declared bankrupt . |
| 5 | Settling into the first interview is usually quite a tense period . |
| 6 | Once upon a time , there was waking , which was slow and painful , and then quite a long period , replete with chances and triumphs and defeats and risks , which sometimes , though not always , ended in lunch . |
| 7 | Pretty much a standard period . |