Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The 1950s were undoubtedly an important period in the history of the Tanzanian press . |
| 3 | Now it 's a lot of people , it 's only a short period of time , is n't it , one month . |
| 4 | Your son has suffered a terrible loss — six months is not a long period of time to get over such a trauma . |
| 5 | This is still a vital period for the new resident . |
| 6 | On the seven-day cooling-off period , it is correct , as the Minister says , that there are similar provisions in other European countries , but will he confirm that , in those countries where there is a cooling-off period for unions , there is also a cooling-off period for employers ? |
| 7 | It was not a twenty-year period of formal civil conflict . |
| 8 | It was n't an enjoyable period of his life , but he stuck it out , certain that he was on the right track . |
| 9 | There clearly was quite an extended period between Eadwine 's marriage to Aethelburh — some time before c . |
| 10 | The third quarter of the century was therefore a fertile period of experiments in the mobilisation of capital for industrial development . |