Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response the Interior Minister , José Luis Corcuera , on Feb. 24 challenged ETA to suspend violence for a six-month period as proof of its new willingness to talk . |
| 2 | A child who is not feeling well will stop eating temporarily and rapidly lose weight over a short period but this will be regained equally quickly once the child has recovered . |
| 3 | In many countries in the early stages of industrialization agriculture has been a major source of foodstuffs , exports and labour , but the degree to which agriculture in Japan contributed capital over a sustained period is unusual . |
| 4 | One spokesman initially described the plants as ‘ surplus to requirements ’ , only to be contradicted by another — IBM Europe has made noises about a 12-month period in which the plants have to prove profitability , while others deny that there is any particular timescale . |
| 5 | Most will arrange a payment holiday , reduced payments for a specified period or devise a special scheme for you . |
| 6 | The meat can be kept at serving temperature for a prolonged period without the slightest deterioration of quality . |
| 7 | Nor was he under a duty to appoint a sufficient number of adjudication officers to handle applications within a statutory period . |
| 8 | The government had , on Sept. 15 , promised aid of F50,000,000 to help farmers over a difficult period . |
| 9 | Start by making a list of the areas in which you think you might be able to generate coverage over a three-month period . |
| 10 | The large amounts of data needed for such an analysis were obtained by means of a participant observation method which allowed the investigator to record speakers over a long period , returning to collect more data if specific gaps emerged in the course of the analysis ( cf. 3.1 ) . |
| 11 | To emphasise his authority the unforgiving Rangers boss exposed Roberts to a humiliating period as a reserve team substitute . |
| 12 | takes place during a particular period and in a particular environment . |
| 13 | The USSR is by most standards a highly militarised society ; in common with militarist movements of previous eras , the CPSU considers war to be the ultimate test for society and regards peace as a pre-war period . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman will be aware that the changes will take place over a four-year period . |
| 15 | DHAs have also found their freedom to make service changes heavily restricted by the political need to ensure stability in a pre-election period , slow down the changes and prevent disruption . |
| 16 | For illness to occur , salmonellas usually require a growth medium such as prepared food and exposure to warm temperatures for a prolonged period , to allow multiplication to their 100,000 to 100,000,000 cells which constitute an infective dose . |
| 17 | Some companies even report losing credibility for a brief period as their documents have been so badly presented . |
| 18 | Agreements were also reached on ( i ) cutting tariffs over a five-year period following the conclusion of the Uruguay Round ; ( ii ) public procurement , i.e. buying of goods and services by governments ; and ( iii ) the reform of GATT 's anti-dumping code . |
| 19 | A rates reduction for a certain period is inadequate to compensate for the great disruption that was caused to people seeking to make a living in that area — people who do not have the wherewithal or the ability to use the court system against the Minister . |
| 20 | On 7 June 1972 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) issued a standard on asbestos exposure at work which took effect over a four-year period to 1 July 1976 . |
| 21 | The printing of De revolutionibus took place during a tense period when the freedom of Protestants and the independence of Nuremberg were being threatened by Catholic authorities . |
| 22 | Mr Edwards also detects caution in employers who are recruiting : ‘ They hire people for a specific period , maybe one or two years , so that at the end of that time they can decide whether or not to renew their contract or make them redundant . |
| 23 | As with any technique , direct mail has basic principles which must be obeyed if the programme is to communicate and raise money over a long period : * It must be regular ( a minimum of eight times a year ) * It must be personal , relevant and informal * It must be good quality * It must ask for and offer something * It must appeal to emotion first and reason second |
| 24 | It is accordingly advisable for the lease to contain a right to terminate the lease if reinstatement has not taken place within a reasonable period . |
| 25 | The charge was to be levied ‘ for failure to complete development within a specified period from the grant of planning permission ’ . |
| 26 | It then lends the money to house purchasers for a long period of time by granting mortgages ( typically these are paid back over 20 to 30 years ) . |
| 27 | This is only one of many instances of the breadth of Marryat 's view , the sturdy wholeness of his reconstructions of life on men of-war and escort vessels at a crucial period of British naval history . |
| 28 | Iron fittings could replace wooden components gradually , allowing major alterations to take place over a long period . |
| 29 | It had to take place over a long period , in the face of a prodigious number of uncontrolled variables which were likely to confuse the outcome . |
| 30 | Mr Jack Adams , chairman of the union side , said that action would have to take place within a 28-day period from yesterday 's anouncement or it would be ruled out of order . |