Example sentences of "to a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Convention is different in kind , and the British signatories of it , worthy predecessors to the signatories of the Treaty of Brussels in 1972 , put an end to a period of more than four centuries during which no causes have been carried out of this realm . |
| 2 | It led to a period of sharp retrenchment and redundancies , a situation that at the time was very foreign to ICi which had been accustomed to unrestricted expansion in practically everything it undertook . |
| 3 | David Davies treasures some memories from a decade when a Spanish genius inspired British and continental players to a period of unparalleled success |
| 4 | The next extract refers to a period in Salisbury when Philip Parrish works eight hours a day in preparation for his Civil Service examination without too many lapses into dreaming . |
| 5 | Apart from demonstrating one of the unwavering laws of British journalism , that nothing sells newspapers like royalty , and nothing makes a better editorial column than declamations of simple patriotism , the curious thing about these assaults is how much they belong to a period . |
| 6 | Here the bargaining stage has given way to a period of time when you feel it is just not possible to cope with the situation and the future looks bleak . |
| 7 | This dormer was added to a period property by Priory Loft Conversions |
| 8 | We will give every citizen an entitlement to a period of retraining or education at a time of their choice during their adult lives , based on distance learning costs . |
| 9 | But what will be the effect of extending the interval to a period of days or even weeks ? |
| 10 | From the unholy mess that was the latter-day Smiths , to a period of hope and promise . |
| 11 | There was better recognition still to come , adding professional achievement to a period of happiness in his private life . |
| 12 | It belonged to a period of architecture that was both ugly and ornate , and it was fairly covered with scrolls and plaques and turrets and totally unnecessary little balconies . |
| 13 | It would also be a simple matter of alter the ‘ daily ’ timing to a period of more or less than one day . |
| 14 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 15 | If we are dealing with a regression to what may be a former lifetime , then , having asked the patient to go back to a period with which his subconscious mind feels comfortable , I like to help him to create the picture of his former personality little by little . |
| 16 | The Inner House of the Scottish Court of Sessions has held that the Prescription and Limitations ( Scotland ) Act 1973 ( the Act ) did not exclude the Crown 's claim to interest on overdue tax that related to a period more than five years before the Crown had acted to recover the tax and interest thereon ( see Lord Advocate v Butt and others [ 1992 ] STI 169 ) . |
| 17 | When questioned at the time , and for some time afterwards , as to what the novel was ‘ about ’ , I would reply vaguely that it referred to a period in my life in the 1960s , when I was married to a successful pop star and spent much of my time travelling up and down motorways , lulled with anti-depressants and sitting , an immobile non-person , in the back of a sealed , silent and chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce . |
| 18 | By contrast , the legends concerning Atlantis and the others refer to a period of time only a few thousand years ago . |
| 19 | No woman feels her best during the period leading up to a period . |
| 20 | Manual workers made up a large proportion of the TUC membership , and the health of many of these was depicted as having been destroyed by their employment ; and , moreover , it was held that all workers had a right to a period of leisure in later life supported by-a full subsistence pension . |
| 21 | Eventually these persons might have to face up to a period of crisis , of self-examination , and so achieve ego-identity by route C. However , foreclosure does offer an escape route and an individual might postpone indefinitely any real self-examination by clinging rigidly to his [ or her ] beliefs and values ( route D ) . |
| 22 | These may correspond to a period of high lake levels found elsewhere in the rift . |
| 23 | All four Gospels hark back to a period long before their own composition — perhaps as long as sixty or seventy years . |
| 24 | Perhaps the majority are right to submit themselves to a period of subliminal absorption . |
| 25 | Given that a detailed examination of every transaction of a business is impossible , auditing concentrates on a sample confined to a period of time or to a type of transaction which is singled out for detailed examination . |
| 26 | By notice of appeal dated 26 February 1991 Mr. Pegg appealed against that refusal on the grounds that the Divisional Court had erred ( 1 ) in rejecting the proposition that it would be Wednesbury unreasonable for the Secretary of State to fix Mr. Pegg 's tariff ( as a person serving a mandatory term of life imprisonment ) by reference to a period of retribution and deterrence which was higher than that recommended by the judiciary ; ( 2 ) in rejecting submissions that the tariff procedure was in breach of procedural propriety in that the court considered itself bound by the wrong decision of Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 ; and ( 3 ) in rejecting submissions that the decision to refuse his petition should be quashed and viewing that the tariff belonged solely to the Secretary of State to determine . |
| 27 | It is now widely accepted that such headaches can be precipitated by foods as well as stress , the oral contraceptive Pill , and the build-up to a period . |
| 28 | They represent a continuity of worship and music stretching back to a period well before the Reformation . |
| 29 | For example , he may be told that his alibi relates to a period between 2 and 5 p.m. last Thursday , when he left the refectory after lunch and took a train to a named neighbouring town and visited a friend in time for tea . |
| 30 | His resolve had been to give himself up every evening to a period of deep meditation . |