Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] period [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Renewed progress was made , after a prolonged period of decline , when Catherine II 's acquisition of the northern coast of the Black Sea initiated a major shipbuilding programme . |
| 2 | Coleridge was under contract to the Morning Post , and had to spend some time in London ; but in October 1799 he walked in the Lake District with William and John Wordsworth , and after a certain period of indecision arrived at Greta Hall , Keswick , with his wife and family in August 1800 . |
| 3 | The right to buy their home ( after a certain period of tenancy and subject to meeting financial criteria ) . |
| 4 | After a certain period of time denying the cravings for fats and carbohydrates , the mind and body simply rebel . |
| 5 | Every loan should be followed up after a certain period of time . |
| 6 | The Fitzwilliam Quartet recorded their cycle originally in the mid-1970s , shortly after a concentrated period of study with the composer . |
| 7 | After a three-year period in North America , Britten and Pears returned to the UK in 1942 at the height of the Second World War . |
| 8 | On Oct. 25 , 1989 , Japan had agreed to reschedule over $396,000,000 with Poland paying principal and interest in five years after a five-year period of grace . |
| 9 | These movements are preprogrammed " ballistic " responses whose velocities are determined by the anticipated distance of travel , ensuring that the eye arrives at the right place after a fixed period of time . |
| 10 | In many ancient cultures , indeed , the king was ritually sacrificed after a stipulated period of time . |
| 11 | Young people , the unemployed and women returning to work after a long period at home will have to show extra ingenuity to extract evidence of their work skills and potential from their life history . |
| 12 | Thus the death of Catherine I of Russia in 1727 and the changes it produced in Russian policy in the Baltic brought about a reconciliation with Britain after a long period of antagonism ; the death in 1762 of the Empress Elizabeth meant Russia 's immediate withdrawal from the Seven Years War ; and the accession to the throne of Frederick II was an essential preliminary to the Prussian attack on Silesia in 1740 . |
| 13 | What distinguishes the companies still with us after a long period of recession is that they are lucky — they do not seem to have been hit by the unexpected . |
| 14 | After a long period of deliberation , during which Craganour 's owner Charles Bower Ismay was seen to become ever more pale , the official announcement was given : the race went to Aboyeur . |
| 15 | After a long period of depression , and a short period of training , he had taken on a new career — one which also demanded dexterity with the hands : that of a mortician . |
| 16 | Finally , from whatever defence line was established and after a long period of mobilization , Nato 's forces ( presumably mostly Anglo-American ) would launch the great counter-offensive . |
| 17 | It said ‘ Many of the smaller hard drives available , especially old ones , use Stepper Motor actuators and it is these that really require that a low level format be carried out on them at least once a year , as after a long period of heating and cooling it is more than possible that the heads are out of alignment with the tracks . |
| 18 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 19 | And subsequently after a long period of time , the opinions of our members generally was that we should change the , the procedure . |
| 20 | 1976 ) , is being revived after a long period of disrepute . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | If after a reasonable period of time has elapsed , the Insurer having examined all evidence available , has no reason to suppose other than an accident has occurred , the disappearance of an Insured Person shall be considered as constituting a claim under this policy . |
| 23 | After a reasonable period of time ( for example , two years ) there should be a review of the position to determine whether the mobility clause needs to be retained in the contract of employment if it was found that the need for mobility was being met by a sufficiently large group of staff willing to be mobile . |
| 24 | The retention of such money by the landlord after a reasonable period of time is not unfair . |
| 25 | It should be noted that cl 3.2 gives a right to reject for latent defects that could not have been discovered upon examination and which appear after a reasonable period of use . |
| 26 | Furthermore , if by the nature of the goods and/or the work , any defects therein or any failure thereof to conform as aforesaid does not or would not become apparent ( despite the carrying out of any examination and/or such tests ) until after use we may reject the same even after a reasonable period of use . |
| 27 | After a 2-year period of quiescence , explosive activity near the summit along the same SSE fissure on 14 December 1991 heralded the start of the present eruption , which has continued to produce basaltic magma to the present day from further down the fissure at an elevation of 2,400m above sea level ( a.s.l . ) . |
| 28 | Such a clock will wake an individual when a certain stage of the sleep/wake cycle is reached ; if he goes to bed late then that stage will be reached after a shorter period of sleep than usual . |
| 29 | Only after a considerable period of experience do infants give clear signs that they are aware of the extent of their own bodies and the division between themselves and the wider world . |
| 30 | Jean Stuart has been diagnosed as suffering from crural neuropathy after a considerable period of weakness and loss of balance . |