Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a period [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 2 | However , fearing that the UN force would legitimize the loss of its territory to Serbia , Croatia also continued to insist that the force should be deployed only on the 560-km front lines and only for a period of six months . |
| 3 | if either party is by any cause ( other than a cause directly attributable to the other party ) prevented from performing its obligations hereunder for a period of 3 ( three ) months or for a total period of 6 ( six ) months in any period of 12 ( twelve ) consecutive months . |
| 4 | Design a chart the parents can fill in for a period of one week . |
| 5 | This period of the second industrial revolution is marked especially as a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization . |
| 6 | These courses have 4 hours tuition daily for a period of four weeks and are aimed specifically at people who for reasons of trade or technical co-operation require sound practical Portuguese to work efficiently in Portuguese-speaking Africa or Brazil . |
| 7 | On the basis of privately commissioned opinion polls showing an increasing majority in favour of some measure of divorce legislation , FitzGerald agreed with his cabinet to proceed with a referendum on whether to change the constitution so as to allow divorce for marriages irretrievably broken down , though only after a period of five years ' actual breakdown and legal separation . |
| 8 | Such posts might not carry a large salary , for although Henry VIII had evidently raised the wages of household officials , Elizabeth held them down in a period of rising prices . |
| 9 | It will slide on as a whole line , from the bottom right hand corner ( which will take 50 frames to complete ) stay still for 120 frames , and then scatter off randomly over a period of 30 frames . |
| 10 | For instance , in a group of patients with rheumatoid and osteoarthritis who were treated with an elimination diet followed by a wheat-free diet , cervical reintegration and the green-lipped mussel preparation , Seatone , significant and often dramatic improvements were obtained in a fortnight of an order similar to , or better than , those obtained by either homoeopathy or Seatone alone over a period of three to six months . |
| 11 | The Office hints defensively at a period of nomadic existence which was censured by critics as unstable . |
| 12 | A very considerable number of sub-licences which were normally for a period of six to 12 months were granted during the relevant years of assessment and the aggregate profit therefrom during these years amounted to some HK$57m . |
| 13 | This registration is normally for a period of twelve months and during this time the student will begin work for the research project . |
| 14 | Relief can be granted for limited periods when a property first becomes unoccupied and unfurnished , generally for a period of 6 months . |
| 15 | After his death his empire could barely be sustained by the new rulers ( including Charles the Bald and Charles the Fat — is it possible to hold an empire together when the populace is taking the mickey out of you to that extent ? ) and crumbled away over a period of two centuries . |
| 16 | The rules would normally specify that the completion accounts are to be prepared in accordance with : ( a ) generally accepted accounting practices or the statements of standard accounting practice ( SSAPs ) in order to give a true and fair view ; ( b ) the same accounting practices as used consistently in previous accounts of the business , normally over a period of several years ; ( c ) specific accounting rules legislated for in the sale agreement . |
| 17 | He rang the Wallis 's number twice more during a period of five days and each time got the answerphone . |
| 18 | And Financial Assurance ( 081–367 6000 ) was paying 8.05% on £5,000 or more for a period of four years . |
| 19 | Usually after a period of considerable discomfort and attempted solutions some apparent answer is found which may be successful or unsuccessful in meeting the long-term interests of the client . |
| 20 | The pulsar is also spinning rapidly with a period between I ms and a few seconds , but its magnetic dipole axis is not aligned with the spin axis . |
| 21 | A typical building of 10 storeys will sway back and forth in a period of 1 second , giving it a natural frequency of 1 cycle per second or 1 hertz . |
| 22 | Aim to alter your diet gradually over a period of six months . |
| 23 | They emerged gradually over a period of half a century , culminating in his book Two New Sciences , which was first published in 1638 , almost a century after the publication of Copernicus 's major work . |
| 24 | You will need to spray at three day intervals at least three or four times , but preferably over a period of several weeks to control any new pests as soon as they hatch , before they can reproduce . |
| 25 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 26 | It is also about a period of recent history , the 1950s , and about the way in which those years shaped individual lives and collective ideas . |
| 27 | He also said he is ‘ very optimistic ’ about the NCR computer division , where orders from Europe recently have picked up after a period of extreme softness . |
| 28 | " Month " means a " calendar month " ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s61 ) made up of a period of consecutive days . |
| 29 | Both regimes are also in a period of difficult political transition , the Northern regime attempting a form of hereditary socialist succession , and the Southern regime a peaceful transfer of power to a fully civilian government . |
| 30 | REM are back after a period of self-imposed reinvention , and ‘ Out Of Time ’ is easily their most eclectic and wildly inspired album yet , although it is still very identifiably REM — a brand new book from a familiar author . |