Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Perhaps the most symbolically significant event in the general area of religion and morals in the early 1960s — if not the whole period under discussion — was the publication of John Robinson 's Honest to God in 1963 . |
| 3 | There followed a time of uncertainty and bloodshed which was eventually resolved when the republic developed into an empire with Augustus as its first emperor from 27 B.C. The Augustan period from then until his death in A.D. 14 was one of the great and successful ages of man and , architecturally , this is reflected in the many great buildings which were erected under the auspices of Augustus whose boast was that when he came to Rome it was a city of bricks but that he left it a city of marble . |
| 4 | In 1963 the hundred largest UK enterprises controlled on average only 40 plants each within the UK : by 1972 this had increased to 72 , and it is clear that this period of domestic expansion and takeovers was also the main period of international expansion by TNCs . |
| 5 | Though the five years they spent here were to be ultimately clouded by the death of first their eldest daughter in 1869 and then a few months later their infant son , it was probably the happiest period in their marriage , and they enjoyed social life with the local landowning gentry . |
| 6 | They are rewarded with the deep satisfaction of having seen a loved one through what is often the hardest period of their lives , with all its opportunities for expressing affection and support . |
| 7 | And , again , the monkeys , like ourselves , are still more lizards than anything else ; for , as Carl Sagan points out , by far the longest period of our air-breathing history was spent evolving through the Age of Reptiles . |
| 8 | In most samples , the relationship can be described by a marked " J " shaped curve , which implies unsuitability of the very young maternal ages and , particularly the late period of childbearing ages for healthy reproduction . |
| 9 | Because the Mariner 10 orbital period is about twice the orbital period of Mercury , and because of Mercury 's own synchronization , much the same hemisphere of Mercury was sunlit during each of the three fly-bys . |
| 10 | Structures tested so far have lacked significant shows ; according to Kamerling ( 1979 ) this may be because the formation of the traps was later then the main period of hydrocarbon generation . |
| 11 | He preferred the furtherance of his own prestige over the needs of his kingdom — especially England , from where he was absent for almost the entire period of his kingship . |
| 12 | ( He was to keep audiences waiting almost the same period in Rain Man many years hence . ) |
| 13 | In the spring of 1802 there was another phase of mutually influenced poetic production ; Wordsworth wrote over thirty important poems at this time , and though Coleridge had already announced — in March 1801 — that ‘ The poet is dead in me ’ , he was able to contribute the main theme of the dialogue , which is , put simply , what happens to ‘ young Romantic poets ’ after the age of thirty when the visionary period of youth comes to an end . |
| 14 | This is why the normal period for a charitable covenant is 4 years . |
| 15 | Previously the longest period without a lost day accident at the site , where paint manufacturer started in 1990 , had been 372 days , achieved in 1989 . |
| 16 | Figure 4.3 ( b ) illustrates that the axial spin rate , and therefore the axial period of a planet can be determined from the spread of wavelengths induced in the echo by the motion of the surface . |