Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] period [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time .
2 This will be the case where , for example , a minister stays in a government department for only a limited period of time .
3 The national assembly , up to only a certain period of time , according to the constitution , and then again the parliament has to come back again into the picture .
4 Only a single company is allowed to operate in each part of the country but the incumbent is given a licence for only a fixed period of time .
5 In spite of only a short period of minority government the Labour Party in the 1920s had also developed some ambitious long-term policies .
6 If you make sure the butt points at the target in the initial stages , and the tip follows through in a straight line , you will acquire both distance and accuracy after only a short period of practice .
7 In reality , the stories were recalled over only a short period of time and major event alterations did not occur , but both deaf and hearing people recalled the main episodes equally well and there was no significant difference in the number of events recalled .
8 Now it 's a lot of people , it 's only a short period of time , is n't it , one month .
9 Moreover , it has been suggested that only a short period of desaturation — perhaps as little as 30 minutes during a 24 hour period — may be all that is necessary to prevent cholesterol crystal nucleation from bile .
10 The broad branching heads of large , ragged yellow daisies appear over a long period during summer ; a large patch is a magnificent spectacle .
11 A die could survive over a long period of time .
12 This perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the colonial legal system because the post-independence practices evolved over a long period of time .
13 One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time .
14 Unlike groups in laboratory studies , the work group is not created and then disbanded permanently ; it often survives over a long period of time .
15 Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time .
16 The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time .
17 The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to .
18 Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years .
19 The NEAP process involves : ( i ) the identification of a country 's environmental conditions and specific problems ; ( ii ) preparation of proposals to overcome the problems ; and ( iii ) formulation of a plan of action to deal with them over a specific period of time .
20 A good game of tennis , badminton , hockey , netball , or football , for instance , all involve a great deal of running over a prolonged period of time .
21 ‘ The largest single category of problems mentioned , however , was depression and anxiety attributable to the stresses of caring over a prolonged period of time . ’
22 Young children do imitate the aggressive acts of televised models as much as live models ; furthermore , this effect persists over a considerable period of time and is particularly pronounced when the aggressive model is portrayed as successful .
23 In such studies records of a very large number of events are taken over a considerable period of time and memory for the events is subsequently tested .
24 The composition of these works stretched over a considerable period of time .
25 Together with radiometric age determinations of the most recent eruptive episode , such reconstructions enable estimates to be made of the amount of material eroded over a known period of time .
26 And notwithstanding the invariable belief of these coaches that their own programme-of-the-moment is writ large on a tablet just descended from Heaven , there are no absolutes about which kind of exercises are best to get you fit over a short period of time .
27 Your son has suffered a terrible loss — six months is not a long period of time to get over such a trauma .
28 The Act applies only to convictions which have resulted in a sentence of no more than thirty months ' imprisonment , and which have been " spent " — ie a certain period of time has elapsed since the passing of sentence .
29 What we 're trying to do is say look , you are senior people in this company because although you 've only been here a short period of time , but you 're still very senior people .
30 So we see the difficulties of defining even a recent period of earth history , and the protagonists of the varied viewpoints would probably ( if it mattered at all ) argue just as fiercely as stratigraphers over the boundaries .
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