Example sentences of "for a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be effective for tax purposes a Deed of Covenant has to turn for a period capable to exceeding three years . |
| 2 | Garde à vue detention allows the police to detain suspects for interrogation for a period of up to 10 days . |
| 3 | the failure has continued for a period of , or periods amounting to , at least five years , |
| 4 | It is usual to hire a new vehicle on a fully maintained basis for a period of about three years . |
| 5 | Most fieldwork is simply episodic , made by an outsider moving in for a period to assess observed social behaviour . |
| 6 | This gives an approximate value to work to , so a 20-year-old will aim to generate a pulse rate of 175 beats per minute for a period of 20 minutes or so . |
| 7 | All stretches should be gradual and held for a period of 30 seconds before release . |
| 8 | In order to provide ‘ permanent ’ help , many agencies operate a rota system with the carers working for a period of one or two weeks or a month , and then changing over in a planned way with another carer . |
| 9 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 10 | Serjeant was then stricken with severe arthritis and was for a period chair-bound . |
| 11 | When the Constituent Assembly was dissolved after the 1917 Revolution , and the Bolsheviks ' Land Decree had stolen the main plank of the Socialist Revolutionaries ' platform , Siberian and Black-Earth peasants alike failed to give any further support to their still loyal party , despite the fact that for a period an SR-dominated Directory prevailed in eastern Russia . |
| 12 | For new cars the length of the agreement varies according to whether you buy on contract hire ( commonly known as ‘ lease ’ ) which is for a period of three years , or on hire purchase which can be between four and five years . |
| 13 | Mr Neville Chamberlain , in his Housing Act of 1923 , changed the subsidy arrangement to one by which the Government undertook to give a definite and limited contribution of £6 per annum per house for a period of twenty years . |
| 14 | The proposal was that His Majesty would invite certain individuals as individuals to take upon their shoulders the burden of carrying on the Government and Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Samuel ( sic ) had stated that they were prepared to act accordingly … the Administration would not exist for a period longer than was necessary to dispose of the emergency , and when that purpose was achieved the political parties would resume their respective positions . |
| 15 | 1973 when he became chairman of the corporation for a period of three years . |
| 16 | For a period , he worked in the Manchester factory from 3am until 5pm , going to bed at 7pm so he could get up in time for the next day 's duty . |
| 17 | They stay in the reception classes for a period of up to three years , after which they are usually dropped into the lowest streams of the schools to which the classes are attached … |
| 18 | That tribunal said that to force an applicant to state whether he intends to live here forever , or for a period of not less than six months , invites deceit and was somewhat removed from reality . |
| 19 | He has appealed for a halt to the fighting , warning anybody who will listen that the Arab world is headed ‘ for a period of turbulence like never before ’ . |
| 20 | Different in theory , but similar in effect , are the provisions of the Prescription Act 1832 , under which rights to easements and profits à prendre may be established by reason of enjoyment for a period of not less than twenty years in the one case , and not less than thirty in the other . |
| 21 | The term of the grant is sixteen years , but where it appears that a patentee has been insufficiently remunerated , the Court may extend the term for a period not exceeding five , or , in an exceptional case , ten years . |
| 22 | These relationships assume great importance and for a period of time they are probably the most significant ones we have . |
| 23 | It becomes an inevitable part of normal living that we form significant relationships with particular individuals for a period of time and then , often through force of circumstance , move away from those same relationships . |
| 24 | UNLIKE those rich enough to set aside assets for a period of years in order to avoid tax , those dependent on income — particularly those subject to Pay As You Earn — have limited scope to fend off the taxman . |
| 25 | The M1 was opened for a period at junction one yesterday , to relieve congestion . |
| 26 | In middle age , at a time when those in other industries were looking for a period of consolidation , the farmer could be faced with problems when a son or daughter ‘ came home ’ . |
| 27 | One college had started a course of 3 hours on one evening each week plus ‘ homework ’ for a period of 16 months . |
| 28 | ICI , on the other hand , runs a career break scheme where breaks are available for both men and women for a period of between two and five years . |
| 29 | If the stimulus is removed for a period , the cell response recovers , but not to the original level . |
| 30 | In hide-and-seek , a number of people agree for a period of time to abstract from living what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function ( i.e. that people can be ‘ hiders ’ and ‘ seekers ’ and that places can be ‘ hiding places ’ ) and to behave , for the time being , as if only that function mattered . |