Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The usual system is for the client to say how much he will spend as a working budget during a certain period of time . |
| 2 | Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time . |
| 3 | Indeed , as the indices stubbornly refused to improve , there seemed little prospect that interest rates would not remain at this historically high level for a long period to come . |
| 4 | According to a spokeswoman for the Fraud Squad , he is alleged to have stolen more than £130,000 from the Inland Revenue over a four-year period . |
| 5 | According to government estimates , the Soufriere geothermal project could potentially provide electricity for around a quarter of the island 's population and saved about US$250 million in foreign exchange over a 30-year period . |
| 6 | The areas which do not receive intervention can then serve as a basis for comparison with the targeted areas after a suitable period of time has elapsed ( see Table 6.1 ) . |
| 7 | Once the eggs have hatched the tiny fry are without parental care and become free swimming for a brief period during which time they must find their own host anemone . |
| 8 | The explanation is that , given a totally unvarying diet over a long period of time , especially if it is from kittenhood right through into adult life , a cat 's ‘ food variety mechanism ’ gets worn down and is finally switched off altogether . |
| 9 | The Middle Ages and the Renaissance — a wider ranging historical examination of a formative period , which preceded the beginnings of our ‘ Modern World ’ , yet possessed a very distinctive character and ethos of its own . |
| 10 | His untiring efforts over a 27-year period include developing services for the mentally handicapped in Cleveland , including setting up a joint unit of Venture Scouts and Ranger Guides . |
| 11 | The remedies adopted reflected very strongly the work of Heath 's backroom team of the late sixties and were intended to ‘ remove the need for continual changes for a considerable period in the future ’ . |
| 12 | In this case , the researcher asks the subjects of the research to keep a detailed diary over a given period . |
| 13 | But it is encapsulated in the phrase that she was subjected to sadistic behaviour over a lengthy period of time which she accepted because she was in love with him . |
| 14 | Occupational , family and residential histories over a twenty-year period will elucidate and Aberdonians ' relationship to and experience of the oil industry across generations . |
| 15 | The National Reconciliation Document encapsulating the Taif Accords , which had been ratified by the Lebanese parliament on Nov. 5 , 1989 , had stated that the Syrian forces would assist the Lebanese government " to extend the authority of the Lebanese state within a limited period not exceeding two years after the ratification of the National Reconciliation Document , the election of the President of the Republic , the formation of the Government of Reconciliation and the adoption of the political reforms constitutionally " . |
| 16 | The physical and social legacies of a heavy period of de-industrialization were massive , although they varied a little between areas ( Chapter 11 ) . |
| 17 | Jean Stuart has been diagnosed as suffering from crural neuropathy after a considerable period of weakness and loss of balance . |
| 18 | The UV Exposure Timer described here enables the constructor to operate an ordinary UV Light Unit for a predetermined period ( from 2 to 24 minutes , in two-minute steps ) and will then automatically turn off . |
| 19 | WAQAR YOUNIS 'S county Surrey have been fined £1,000 for repeated ball-tampering over a three-year period . |
| 20 | The former Clipstone Colliery linesman had his progress impeded by a string of top-class seamers during a frustrating period on the Nottinghamshire staff , and considered quitting the game before Ken Higgs recruited him for Leicestershire in 1990 . |
| 21 | Wright and West , in a study of all incidents recorded by the police as genuine rapes or attempted rapes in six English counties over a five-year period from 1972 to 1976 , found that of a total of 297 cases , fellatio was attempted or demanded in 30 incidents , cunnilingus in 13 , buggery in 12 and other sexual acts usually involving masturbation in 35 . |
| 22 | It arises from a combination of factors e.g. dampness and absence of adequate ventilation over a significant period of time . |
| 23 | Hanson and the Museum of London say that ‘ as soon as practicable the site will be open to public view for a limited period . |
| 24 | themselves admit that ‘ a definitive answer to the question of job techniques and job autonomy could be provided only by systematic and direct observation over a prolonged period of time ’ . |
| 25 | Mind you , if someone would like to sponsor this work it might be that the Great Central Railway would be happy to give the locomotive a different identity for a short period . |
| 26 | Some families require extensive help over a prolonged period to overcome long-standing emotional problems in the family which have culminated in a child who is failing to thrive or is obese . |
| 27 | A quick glance at the seven-layer decision-making ladder of the OSI , makes plain the potential for querulous technical in-fighting over a near-interminable period . |
| 28 | According to market researchers the Gartner Group , it costs a company an astonishing £19,500 or so to run a single personal computer over a five-year period . |
| 29 | Emphasizing the failure of the courts to resolve civil disputes within a reasonable period of time , Kidder argues that the fault lay with the structure of typical disputes in India . |
| 30 | Economic income is simply the maximum amount of real income that can be consumed out of real wealth during a given period without impairing the ability of that stock of real wealth to deliver real income and hence real consumption in the future . |