Example sentences of "was a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect this was a period of withdrawal from a rigidly structured police world to a world turned upside down ; where , in a ‘ counter-cultural ’ way , we were to find that the strict terms of reference we had carefully built up over the years no longer seemed to have relevance . |
| 2 | It was a period of risk-taking and setting horizons for growth rates which were different to anything I had experienced before . |
| 3 | I remember there was a period when no-one was speaking to anyone and I recall going to the island of Mustique and being there a few weeks just before the final split . |
| 4 | As Robert Wilson , an elder in the Rasharkin church , recognizes , this was a period of unprecedented interest in the Free Church : |
| 5 | The second limitation of this discussion is that it will concentrate on the Graeco-Roman world , as this was a period when coin designs were at their most varied . |
| 6 | Yet this was a period when the English Civil War was at its height ; from the coins themselves we would never have suspected that such a large proportion of minting in the war years of 1639–47 was the result of a commercial agreement between the two countries and not just of the high levels of expenditure caused by the war . |
| 7 | The introductory leaflet did not mince its words : ‘ It was a period when words contradicted deeds , propaganda realities , and when everyday life was full of fear , hypocrisy , and people felt helpless , having been at the mercy of those in power . ’ |
| 8 | For the District it was a period of the funded-tutor enterprise which was later to be challenged through the gradual development of a new regional policy by the Cambridge University Extra-Mural Board . |
| 9 | To the contrary , there was a period in which the riverbed served as a channel for the full ferocity of the storm . |
| 10 | On the evening of Saturday , 22 October l966 , there was a period of free association between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. in D hall . |
| 11 | This was normal with jobs in domestic service and does not imply any disagreement with Jennens , though presumably there was a period when she saw little of her old employer . |
| 12 | The result was a period of internal instability which did nothing to facilitate the attempts which were being made to strengthen France 's external position by a policy of military reform and rearmament . |
| 13 | But before that , ‘ unfortunately , their domestic life was n't very happy and there was a period in their lives when they both lived in the same house but did n't speak to one another . |
| 14 | This phase was to last a year and a half and it was a period of general ineffectuality . |
| 15 | ‘ I wo n't deny that , Mrs Wilson , but there was a period , just before she disappeared … well , I say just before she disappeared but it may have been going on for years , I do n't know … there was a period when she was very unhappy , very unhappy indeed . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I wo n't deny that , Mrs Wilson , but there was a period , just before she disappeared … well , I say just before she disappeared but it may have been going on for years , I do n't know … there was a period when she was very unhappy , very unhappy indeed . ’ |
| 17 | There was a period when the police were very busy looking for you . |
| 18 | This was a period of rapid development in the technology and tactics of warfare ; gone were the Frankish troops of the time of Charlemagne , who were expected to be riders , foot soldiers , swordsmen , spearsmen and archers all at once . |
| 19 | I suppose Michael was quite a superficial person but to me he represented excitement and it was a period I had to go through . |
| 20 | There was a period when the Cabinet did not seem and , in fact , was not acting with collective responsibility , because one person was not playing as a member of a team . |
| 21 | It was a period that I would once have dreaded : short days and biting cold , when the river , so exciting for much of the year reflects the drab January sky and the dead vegetation . |
| 22 | Some commentators — particularly Cockburn and Dearlove — have argued that this was a period of structural change in which local government became more clearly tied to the interests of capitalism and closer to business interests . |
| 23 | This was a period when coal consumption , and hence the number of miners employed , was rapidly rising . |
| 24 | It was a period of intense debate , not only amongst politicians but also between many outstanding economists working within the Marxist tradition . |
| 25 | Following their disastrous showing at the polls , there was a period of time-consuming and bitter recrimination followed by a round of resignations . |
| 26 | With the start of the war , there was a period of silence on the religious front which lasted all of two weeks . |
| 27 | During the 1880s there was a period of particularly bad summers in the Highlands . |
| 28 | There was a period in the middle which was n't too good . |
| 29 | There was a period when only McQueen and Dustin were getting their per diem allowance , something they did not need as much as the rest of the cast and crew . |
| 30 | There was a period of unrest and excessive zeal , of settling old scores and family feuds — all very mild , really . |