Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] period [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The years immediately following 725/6 must have been a crucial period in the establishment of Aethelbald of Mercia 's domination of southern England . |
| 2 | The last years of Henry VII had been a prosperous period for the port — the average annual sum paid in customs dues from 1504 to 1509 was over £10,000 , and in the early years of Henry VIII a group of merchants had maintained voyages to Brazil . |
| 3 | The guidelines took effect on 1 August , but there will be a transitional period for the sake of students and members who began their pre- or post-qualification training before that date . |
| 4 | For instance , a year may be a reasonable period for a washing machine , but five years , or even ten , may be expected for building works . |
| 5 | The first 20 minutes will be a crucial period for a derby that will have a strong bearing on promotion and relegation issues . |
| 6 | Must this period last until an agreement is reached by both parties , or will it be a finite period at the end of which the unions must accept the propositions put forward by their employers ? |
| 7 | This is the start of the heavy banqueting season , leading up to Christmas , which should be a busy period for a lot of hotel restaurants . |
| 8 | Nobody is pretending that we are having a great time , but it is important to recognise the factors which have affected us in what is a transitional period for the club . |
| 9 | For the ninth century was a crucial period in the ecclesiastical history of western Europe . |
| 10 | There would have been less practical difficulty about saying that trade ceased when business ceased actively to be carried on , because there was a further period of a year during which a petition could be presented . |
| 11 | It was a difficult period for a few years until the market caught up with us . ’ |
| 12 | The union representing the performers were militantly opposed to British dancers taking work from them and there was a lean period for the sixteen Girls left . |
| 13 | Following the overthrow of the Achaemenid dynasty by Alexander of Macedon in 331 BC there was a confused period in the history of Zoroastrianism until its revival as the state religion under the Sassanian dynasty ( AD 226–651 ) . |
| 14 | This was a hard period for the Prime Minister — she lost the confidence of senior colleagues , was widely regarded as an electoral liability and lost battles in the Cabinet . |