Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] within a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within marriage , in Gorer 's group , the most frequent rate of intercourse — the number of times within a given period in which intercourse generally took place — was once or twice a week , in about a third of the marriages concerned . |
| 2 | 4.3.4 The Lead Organization undertakes to submit the claims for the agreed payment periods of the Non-academic Parties in consolidated form to the Secretary of State within a reasonable period of their receipt . |
| 3 | Later applicants may therefore wish to wait until the new practising year commences to avoid paying two sets of fees within a short period . |
| 4 | Provided there is sufficient interest , tenders should also result in certainty of sale within a defined period . |
| 5 | In Beck v Szymonowski [ 1924 ] AC 43 a clause which provided that " the goods delivered shall be deemed to be in all respects in accordance with the contract " unless the buyer notified the seller of complaints within a stated period was held not to apply where the seller contracted to sell reels of cotton 200 yards in length but actually supplied reels of only 188 yards : the claim was " not in respect of goods delivered but in respect of goods which are not delivered " ( despite the fact that this might have been regarded as a claim that the goods did not comply with their description ) . |
| 6 | A person can insure against death within a specified period , the policy paying nothing if the insured survives . |
| 7 | Such land may be zoned for immediate development or for development within a specified period of five or more years . |
| 8 | Depending on the efficiency of the staff of the accounts department the cost accounts for the previous month should be available to management within a maximum period of a further seven days , making a total maximum delay of 21 days . |
| 9 | An application can be made in the original care proceedings or at any time while the child remains in care although there is a prohibition on repeat applications without leave within a six-month period ( s91(17) and see below ) . |