Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] period [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case notes from all patients were reviewed and a follow up questionnaire was sent after a mean period of four years to those 72 still alive , of which 56 replied . |
| 2 | Patients in their 80s now constitute 3.5% of those undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting at the Mayo Clinic ; 79% of 115 survivors were free of angina after a mean period of 29 months . |
| 3 | Similarly , it is shrewd of him to play for the internationalist vote after a prolonged period of sullen Little Englandism during which Labour threatened to withdraw from the Common Market and called into question this country 's role within Nato . |
| 4 | THE APPOINTMENT of Robert Louis-Dreyfus as Saatchi 's chief executive and Charles Scott as financial director comes after a prolonged period of musical chairs involving top management . |
| 5 | After a transitional period of three years from 1 January 1992 , such companies will only be operable as part of a solicitors ' incorporated practice . |
| 6 | Preparatory ground for the visit which marked the steady improvement in links between the two countries after a 15-month period of strained relations [ see pp. 37009 ; 37357 ; 37531 ] , had been laid in October after a high-level Indo-Nepalese task force , meeting in Katmandu , reached " complete " agrement on the details of a trade and transit treaty . |
| 7 | To give judgment upon these presentments , the ancient machinery of the Forest Eyre was once more set in motion after a long period of general disuse . |
| 8 | After a long period of such government , an accumulation of demands for reform may build up , creating the possibility of a crisis based on unrealizable expectations . |
| 9 | Similarly , events arising out of long-standing difficulties would increase risk of depression : where , for instance , a husband left home after years of arguing and discord ; a child was arrested for burglary after a long history of behavioural problems at home and school ; or a substantial fine was incurred after a long period of extreme financial difficulty ( Brown et al. , 1987 ) . |
| 10 | Two years of stability after a long period of severe hyperinflation have meant that Argentine publishing has begun to show some solidly healthy results . |
| 11 | In July 1991 after a continuous period of widespread fighting between the various groups including the two U.S.C. factions , a conference was called at Djibouti under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Djibouti . |
| 12 | CHICAGO Blackhawks have won the Molson Challenge and a large share of the £25,000 prize , beating Montreal Canadiens 2-1 after a scoreless period of extra time and two penalty shoot-outs . |
| 13 | All ten residents had been long-term patients in a large psychiatric hospital , were severely disabled and had been discharged only after a lengthy period of active rehabilitation . |
| 14 | After a basal period of 30 minutes , increasing doses of synthetic cholecystokinin octapeptide ( CCK8 ) were infused intravenously , each dose for 30 minutes ( 2.4 , 7.2 , 21.6 pmol/kg/ hour ) . |
| 15 | After a further period of three months or so , Don Bennett appointed me Group training inspector — and I became virtually a horse thief ! |
| 16 | However , after a short period in 1732 at the Dissenting Academy in Findern , Derbyshire , he became a justices ' clerk in Sheffield until 1737 and then commenced work as a carrier between Sheffield and Macclesfield . |
| 17 | After a 12-year period of military rule , a new Constitution was adopted by referendum in February 1987 [ see p. 35367 ] . |
| 18 | The CDU and SPD had seemed close enough since 1960 on domestic and international issues to work together and the CDU were keen to rebuild themselves after a troubled period since 1961 . |
| 19 | Readers may like to think about the sort of policy interactions involved by asking themselves what would be the effects upon social life and social policy of the reintroduction of a two-year period of compulsory national service . |
| 20 | Since a call for , or a repayment of , special deposits requires a period of notice , the scheme is best suited to occasions when there is the prospect of a protracted period of surplus cash which the Bank wishes to offset . |
| 21 | As another type C arrangement indeed , it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the latter is of a similar period to that of the London mosaic . |
| 22 | That means the domestic sector faces the prospect of a prolonged period of persistent losses . |
| 23 | A visit to India by the Nepalese Prime Minister , Krishna Prasad Bhattarai , in June 1990 had marked the end of a 15-month period of soured Indo-Nepalese relations [ see p. 37531 ] . |
| 24 | Rather than ending divisions in the Labour Party , the controversies of 1935 mark the beginning of a new period of prolonged disunity . |
| 25 | As contemporary writing testifies , it was the sad end of a glorious period in English history . |
| 26 | By then the ethnic composition of its native population was multifarious and complex , being the result of a long period of prehistoric development . |
| 27 | Professor John in a seminal article stressed the great importance of the coincidence of a modest rate of population growth , putting no general pressure on a food supply expanded by a generation of agricultural improvement , with the bounty of a long period of good harvests . |
| 28 | In any case , a study of neolithic Early Minoan buildings very strongly implies that the temples were not an implant but the result of a long period of indigenous development . |
| 29 | The warrant boom of 1987–89 was the last phase of a long period of dramatic change for Japanese companies and their bankers . |
| 30 | We 're seeing the end of a long period of Cold War which effectively the West have won because they have kept their defences up , er and I think as Tom King , he was out here last week , has said we need to keep a strong force here to make sure that the Soviets keep their side of the bargain and er start a withdrawal at some stage . |