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

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1 Thus , a clause in your contract to the effect that your employment will ‘ automatically terminate ’ , if , for example , you fail to return to work on the due date after a period of leave , is likely to be regarded as an invalid attempt to ‘ contract out ’ of modern job security laws .
2 Any private business which has been set down for consideration at Seven o'clock on an allotted day shall , instead of being considered as provided by Standing Orders , be considered at the conclusion of the proceedings on the Bil on that day , and paragraph ( 1 ) of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) shall apply to the private business for a period of three hours from the conclusion of the proceedings on the Bill or , if those proceedings are concluded before Ten o'clock , for a period equal to the time between Seven o'clock and the conclusion of those proceedings .
3 The death of the old Daily Herald , the longest surviving Labour daily , founded in 1912 and owned by the Labour party for a period between the wars , was more agony than trauma when compared with the demise of the News Chronicle , but equally disturbing for its supporters .
4 So deep was the division on the " entrist tactic " that the unified body reached the compromise of working within the Labour Party for a period and then withdrawing for a time and continuing independent activity .
5 ( E ) The conference nominates his excellency , Ali Mahdi Mohammed , as provisional President of the Somali Republic for a period of two years from the day on which he takes the oath .
6 The water in the bare tank is agitated by using an airline to disperse the chlorine in the fresh water for a period of 24 hours .
7 After three quarters of an hour the advocates were informed that they had decided to defer any statement of their reasons and their conclusion as to the appropriate orders for a period of approximately 10 days until 3 February 1992 .
8 The overall characteristic of a period of growth is that of a consensus among decision makers .
9 As shown in Fig. 2 , chilling of the cotyledonary petiole to 4°C completely stops translocation of 11 C-labelled photosynthate through the chilled region for a period of at least ten minutes before a spontaneous recovery .
10 This is the inevitable product of a period during which the adults have failed to instil in the children truly effective consciences , resulting in an increase in uncivilised behaviour in all its endlessly varied forms , from the unfair ‘ jumping ’ of otherwise orderly queues waiting for goods or services , to acts of great cruelty and violence .
11 Third , the gradual detoxification over a period of ten days , in order to avoid common withdrawal symptoms of tiredness , insomnia and general irritability , may be helped by use of chewing gum containing nicotine .
12 And when it is burnt in large amounts , then the CO 2 that was taken up in the ancient world over a period of , say , a million years , may be released into the modern world in just a few years .
13 The Diploma is awarded on the successful completion of a period of study which comprises coursework and a dissertation .
14 The tender of Walter Laughton , a builder of Bedford for the construction of the nurses ' home in the sum of £7,722.11s.1½d was accepted , and the Minister of Health was asked to sanction the raising of the necessary loan for a period of not less than thirty years .
15 The Community shall adopt measures with the aim of progressively establishing the internal market over a period expiring on 31 December 1992 …
16 The main characteristics of a period of standstill are :
17 In such a situation it may be appropriate to think of restricting development of some SBUs — not to a specific amount of investment each year , but to a projected rate of development consistent with internal funds generated by the whole company over a period of years .
18 In particular Ramsey helped the Anglo-Catholic members of the Conference to take a more friendly attitude to the South India Church , which united a Church with bishops to Churches without bishops in a unified structure over a period of years .
19 This latter is a longitudinal survey over a period of two and a half years following a structured sample of some 4,000 persons who registered as unemployed in May 1980 .
20 " and in giving such directions the Secretary of State shall direct that no fixed assets shall be sold by a disposed undertaking within a period of five years without the consent of the Secretary of State " .
21 This intermediate stage consists of what appears to be a free-running rhythm with a period that differs from 24 hours .
22 These convertible issues are convertible into the underlying equity at a fixed rate over a period of years and usually on certain dates in each year .
23 It is impossible to judge on the basis of a single day , however , and you should be looking for a consistent improvement over a period of time .
24 Alpha , of course , is the nearest of all the bright stars , at a mere 4.3 light-years ; it is a fine binary with a period of 80 years , but the components are too close to be split with binoculars .
25 The work has led to the development of a conceptual framework for a period which is both a phase and a process .
26 Although Anna still experiences slight bloating and feels a little weepy before a period , her energy levels in general have increased .
27 Another Director-General whose vision of broadcasting had a major influence in a period of important change in social attitudes was Hugh Greene , who oversaw a more liberal interpretation of ‘ public service ’ in the 1960s .
28 In Boston " mentoring " programmes exist where employers release a staff member on a regular basis over a period of months to work with potential " drop outs " to win their commitment .
29 Where parties do business together on the same terms on a regular basis over a period of time , their trading may amount to a course of dealing .
30 These are based largely on existing historical studies and usually offer a good overview of a period or topic .
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