Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | To test its effectiveness , Biotherm monitored 80 women using the treatment over a period of 30 days . |
| 2 | Nylon bristles are not to be recommended because they are likely to create static electricity in the coat and may actually damage the hair over a period of time . |
| 3 | The Insurance Company Nationale Nederlanden , which owns the newly completed office block , is sponsoring the undertaking for a period of five years . |
| 4 | My Lords , may I ask my Noble Friend if it would n't be better really to lease the land for a period of time , perhaps long enough for the anguish felt about the cost of the library as it currently stands and when perhaps more optimistic views could be entertained , because the piece of land it 's on is not going to be recoverable once it 's sold . |
| 5 | A growing number of the University 's courses provide an opportunity for a period of study in another country of the European Community . |
| 6 | This method of calculating an average is favoured by the hotel and catering industry as it can show the trend over a period of time and eliminates the effects of seasonal fluctuations . |
| 7 | The Manor was an important landmark during the annual and ancient custom called the ‘ perambulation of Purton ’ , during Rogation Tide in May , when a large procession , headed by the clergyman , would beat the bounds over a period of two days . |
| 8 | I hasten to add that when I was responsible , as Secretary of State for the Environment , for such developments in England , I found that , with certain conditions one could improve the environment over a period of years . |
| 9 | In Technograph Printed Circuits Ltd v Chalwyn Ltd [ 1967 ] RPC 339 a restrictive covenant prevented the employee for a period of two years after the end of his employment from being associated with any company in the UK concerned with manufacture of " printed electrical circuits " . |
| 10 | You wo n't be granted a divorce until a period of a year has elapsed and during that period you 'll have to work out access and maintenance for the children . |
| 11 | With the new proposals it seems the needs of the children will be put first because you wo n't be granted a divorce until a period of a year has elapsed and during that period you 'll have to work out access and maintenance for the children and put their needs first and that seems very good . |
| 12 | If the draftsman wishes to create a lease for a period that can not be made certain at the time of the demise the only way is to express it as being granted for a fixed term subject to a power to break at the expiry of the period . |
| 13 | Many aspects of our environment show a rhythm with a period of 24 hours as a result of this solar day . |
| 14 | She let it be known that this was a cause she would wish to be supported and therefore we intend to open a Fund for a period of six months from 1st March — 1st September at the end of which time the Society will donate the money to the hospital in Molly 's name . |
| 15 | The results of testing the model over a period from the late 1890s to 1970 are satisfactory for all the variables employed , and the government 's impact upon union growth is shown to be highly significant . |
| 16 | Gotz Adriani 's latest show for the Tübingen Kunsthalle , ‘ Cezanne 's paintings , masterpieces from four decades ’ marks the beginning of a period of radical reassessment of the artist 's career . |
| 17 | The completion of the computer system for Phase 1 of the New OED Project marks the end of a period of intensive and innovative software development . |
| 18 | The failure of the Younger Pitt 's Poor Bill of 1797 perhaps marks the end of a period of " sympathetic paternalism " towards the poor . |
| 19 | He and the Bosnian Croat leader , Mate Boban , also signed a new paper giving interim arrangements for governing the country during a period up to two years . |
| 20 | Lloyd 's argues that many members who are leaving are those with limited resources who joined the market during a period of rapid expansion in the 1970s . |
| 21 | Let us suspend the tolls for a period of say , 14 days , so that we can all see if they are right . |
| 22 | Some doctors prefer to fit an IUD during a period . |
| 23 | Every Buddhist boy became a monk for a period , it might be for a lent , or a year or two , it might continue for a lifetime or be as short as a week . |
| 24 | Not one delivery — ’ he held up one finger — ‘ was more than six minutes later than we estimated , taking account of the traffic , and we checked every delivery over a period of two weeks . ’ |
| 25 | I do reinforce the need for a period of recuperation . |
| 26 | The intention is to fund the Centre for a period of eight years , subject to a detailed review in the fourth year . |
| 27 | By a notice of motion dated 14 February 1992 the local authority appealed against those parts of the order which directed that there should be no contact between the father and the girl until after the local authority review and that there should be supervised contact between the girl and her half-sister , on the grounds that ( 1 ) the justices had been wrong in law in failing to invite the parties to comment on the agreed proposals for contact ; ( 2 ) the justices had been wrong in law in failing to indicate to the parties the nature of the orders for contact which they proposed to make , thereby depriving the parties of the opportunity to make submissions relating to those proposals ; ( 3 ) the justices had wrongly exercised their discretion in authorising the local authority to refuse contact to the girl by the father for only six months when they had found as a fact , inter alia , that the father had abused the girl over a period of at least 18 months ; ( 4 ) the justices had been wrong to impose the condition of supervision on contact between the girl and her half-sister when there had been no application for such contact to be supervised , the evidence was that the half-sister had been enjoying unsupervised contact and that there was no evidence that there was any risk of the girl coming into contact with her father while having contact with her half-sister , and the justices had heard evidence that the local authority were considering placing the girl with her half-sister and by their order they had precluded the local authority from making such a placement and had fettered the discretion of the local authority ; and ( 5 ) the order was therefore contrary to the girl 's best interests . |
| 28 | They had to look only as far as France to learn how pernicious are the effects of unlocking the archives after a period when the secret police have been keeping open house . |
| 29 | ‘ The FA has therefore fined Mr Jones £20,000 and imposed a suspension for a period of six months , suspended for three years . |
| 30 | The Robbins Report , and its acceptance in broad terms by the Conservative government of the day , marked the beginning of a period of rapid expansion . |