Example sentences of "[adv] in a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | But obviously in a recessionary period , which we are certainly not out of yet , you have to remember that Alton Towers has a per cap of something like fourteen pounds a head at the moment , er , average of all people . |
| 2 | He assisted nevertheless in keeping the Protectionist party together in a difficult period , with few resources and little help from his leaders . |
| 3 | If all the etch-resist is completely stripped away in a short period of time , then perhaps the whole board has been exposed at some stage to too much UV light . |
| 4 | Again , files that have not been worked on in a given period can be selected . |
| 5 | Again , many decisions which are successfully carried out in a given period may not turn out to have been the best possible courses of action . |
| 6 | ONE of your contributors recently stated that we were now in a post-apartheid period . |
| 7 | British Columbia , who fielded only five of the players that tackled the All Blacks , have acquitted themselves admirably in a four-day period that has seen them take on the might of the two Antipodean giants . |
| 8 | Government policy and company policy alike have to take a view of long term trends and possibilities , particularly in a future period that may see the UK 's decline as an oil exporter . |
| 9 | This may not prove to be a serious problem , but having it happen twice in a short period of time makes me wonder . |
| 10 | And therefore in a recessionary period when pressure is on people spending er , that sort of figure is under tremendous pressure . |
| 11 | Given the cash generating capacity of Darty and Kingfisher , he said : ‘ I am confident that gearing will reduce significantly in a short period of time . ’ |