Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [prep] a period " in BNC.

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1 A full and accurate assessment of land potential involves detailed enquiries into soil and climate and experience of the behaviour of the crops and livestock it carries , and this can only be achieved over a period of years .
2 Alternatively , and conversely , it may be recognized that the end goal will not be achieved without a period of turbulence , and the pace of change may actually be accelerated , to get it over as quickly as possible .
3 In any case any pattern of interaction between popular radicalism and revivalism , whether oscillating or of any other kind , could not be discerned in a period bounded by 1815 .
4 " ( lA ) It shall be a condition of purchase for any undertaking proposed for sale under this section that the business shall not be re-sold within a period of five years without the consent of employees in the undertaking " .
5 " It shall be a condition of purchase for any undertaking proposed for sale … that the business shall not be re-sold within a period of five years without the consent of employees on the undertaking . "
6 Is not the timing of that exercise particularly insensitive , and is there any reason why it should not be postponed for a period of , say , a week as a mark of respect to the crew of the Antares , all of whom perished when the vessel was sunk ?
7 In the treatment of gonorrhoea with complications , a longer course of antibiotic therapy is needed and this must usually be combined with a period of rest , preferably in bed , preferably alone .
8 They may also be interrupted by a period of unsettled weather — when the winds blow from anywhere at any strength !
9 A firm may also be restricted for a period from accepting certain types of new appointments without the committee 's consent .
10 The trench warfare of the early 1980s was replaced by more subtle forms of guerrilla conflict , in which the guiding principles are no longer so straightforward , yet the consequences of change may be rather more significant , to the extent that the '80s as a whole might justifiably be seen as a period of structural change .
11 The occupational mobility of labour can often be overcome by a period of retraining , but this takes time and may be costly for the unemployed worker .
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