Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [adv] [adj] period " in BNC.

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1 Today , with the pressure of business on the Court , there is usually a very lengthy period of at least nine months between allowance of Proof and the Proof itself .
2 Twelve months is usually a more appropriate period .
3 er this is not the case in Britain which is traditionally a very slow period erm for releases .
4 Incongruously , this was also a very happy period for me in many ways .
5 There was therefore a very long period during which the need for a god was having its effect on the developing mind of man , but during which no god worship as now understood was practised .
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