Example sentences of "period was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discovery of an effect with such a long latent period was no mean feat of epidemiology . |
| 2 | One of the notable features of the mid-Thatcher period was a revival of the civil liberties movement , as governmental pressures against individual right of expression impressed themselves on the public consciousness . |
| 3 | Spurs ' best effort in the first period was a 25-yard shot from Gray just beyond the far post , though Samways tested Rees with a low effort from the left . |
| 4 | The typical LRDG truck of the period was a 30-cwt . |
| 5 | Superficially , I was coping , but I can see now that this period was a kind of moratorium . |
| 6 | It is not as if that period was a failure in terms of personal relationships but it was very hard work to build up those relationships . |
| 7 | On graduating he was ordained , and for a short period was a tutor at New College . |
| 8 | It is we who project upon the continuous flux of history such categories as ‘ Mannerism ’ , and it is evident that not everybody at that period was a Mannerist . |
| 9 | The chief mark of that period was a new confidence in the power of reason , as opposed to acceptance of authority , to discover truth : we find things out , not simply by believing what someone else tells us , but by considering the evidence , reflecting upon it , and accepting what can ‘ prove itself at the bar of reason ’ . |
| 10 | Although the early modern period was a time of profound religious and cultural upheaval in England , certain important features of popular belief and religious practice remained largely unchanged throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . |
| 11 | This period was a particularly happy one for him . |
| 12 | Despite continuing dependence on the agricultural economy , the Tokugawa period was a time of rapid urbanization . |
| 13 | The interwar period was a difficult one for the world economy as a whole , characterized by widespread dislocation of , and fluctuations in , international trade . |
| 14 | 40% of the women interviewed considered pregnancy should be treated as a disease and 87% that the perinatal period was a " highly dangerous " time for them . |
| 15 | My period was a week late but I was too scared to have a test . |
| 16 | To be Emperor during this period was a highly dangerous undertaking . |
| 17 | The result throughout this period was a continuous struggle between republican and Orangist groups and an uneasy oscillation of power between them . |
| 18 | The first period was a one-on-one . |
| 19 | The consultation period was a long one , to give all members the chance to think through the issues involved . |
| 20 | The CNAA 's concern for the defence of standards throughout this period was a concern for institutional and course considerations and student access and outcomes . |
| 21 | Wedged neatly between his route flying at this period was a rescue operation to collect Gen Sikorski 's staff who were making their way to the South of France , hotly pursued by the Germans . |
| 22 | When the Lions should have been exerting control from a position of 31–3 ahead with 28 minutes left , it was Southland who did the scoring and the Lions ' only score in that final period was a drop goal from Tony Clement . |
| 23 | But she but her period was a week and half late and she started well panicking ! |
| 24 | Edgar Gillet , who at that period was an interesting painter , recalls that he lost practically all of his friends to other , and easier , artistic disciplines . |
| 25 | Nov 23 1985 Debate rages over whether this notorious period was an intellectual renaissance or indulgo-dilettante ego-tossery . |
| 26 | As the ITVA 's rules on comparative whiteness claims in detergent ads have tightened , the ( by now ) several Persil products have not always been able to use this theme , but its development over such a long period was an astonishing piece of consistency by client management and virtuosity by the agency . |
| 27 | His most important assignment during that period was an appearance at the Lateran Council of 1139 , where he defended Stephen 's claim to the throne of England by attacking Matilda 's legitimacy . |
| 28 | The greatest missionary of our whole period was the Devonian St Boniface . |
| 29 | Perhaps the most important stimulus to the musico-liturgical development of this whole period was the introduction of Roman chant under Pepin III , father of Charlemagne , at Metz cathedral where a saintly ancestor ( Arnulph ) had been bishop in the previous century . |
| 30 | The great achievement of this period was the eradication of the very large hacienda from the countryside . |