Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years .
2 In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ?
3 The mill-pond was drained for a three-year period in order to allow some necessary excavation .
4 Barthes has differentiated between a postwar period during which the cultural influence of the French writer/intellectual has gradually diminished , and an interwar period during which " great writers … such as Gide , Claudel , Valery , Malraux … were at the centre of intense activity , exerting enormous cultural influence " . "
5 Perhaps the attitude developed during a long period of established practice and little change .
6 The company of some elderly relatives can only be enjoyed for a limited period at the end of a busy day , and long evenings — every evening — spent together can be a strain on all concerned in different ways .
7 Yet it is known that between one third and one half of mentally handicapped people currently resident in mental handicap hospitals should not be in hospital and could be either immediately discharged or discharged after a short period of training .
8 Unlike a probation order , which was not regarded as a sentence of the Court , a suspended sentence ranked not merely as a sentence , but as a sentence of imprisonment , with a condition attached which activated the element of custodial confinement only if another offence was committed within a stated period of not less than one year nor more than two ( originally three ) years .
9 For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) .
10 In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops .
11 It is widely accepted that the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century was preceded by a long period of gradual economic growth , but when the upturn began remains uncertain .
12 Admittedly the current burst of improvement dates back only to the Renaissance , which was preceded by a dismal period of stagnation , in which European scientific culture was frozen at the level achieved by the Greeks .
13 An undertaking not to compete with the business transferred for a specific period within a specific geographical area will commonly be given by the vendor to the purchaser ( see Clause 15 of the Standard Sale Agreement — Appendix III ) .
14 Fifteen years ago they began to offer market-related interest rates on wholesale deposits , deposits in excess of a large minimum , made for a fixed period of time .
15 ( 2 ) It is generally acceptable to state that an offer will not be made for a particular period of time .
16 CND had planned a number of marches in London for that summer but they were affected by a ban on all public processions ( other than those traditionally held ) in the Metropolitan Police District which was imposed for a twenty-eight-day period by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner , with the consent of the Home Secretary , under section 3 of the Public Order Act 1936 .
17 In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest .
18 This appears to be subject to an exception where the licence was granted for a limited period of time and for a specific purpose .
19 The salvation history of the Bible is coupled with what is seen as a significant period in the history of the protestants of Ireland .
20 And at whatever time of the year you visit Edinburgh , there are the art galleries and museums — though the priceless and vulnerable collection of Turner water-colours can only be seen for a short period in winter .
21 A takeover bid must be accepted within a certain period of time , namely not less than four weeks but not more than ten weeks from the date of when the offer document is made public .
22 They were built in a vital period of political turmoil , growing republican nationalism , and American and British imperialism , formal and informal .
23 It had been tracked over a three-year period by satellite and radio beacon and its movements have demonstrated that four separate currents affect the region of Antarctica near the Ross Ice shelf .
24 Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption .
25 In this type of study , trend values of consumption and income are collected over a long period of time so that most cyclical fluctuations are smoothed out .
26 Gross domestic product measures the value of all final goods and services produced during a particular period of time in the UK .
27 ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said .
28 According to US figures on June 7 , up to 6,700 Iraqi refugees , mostly children under five , had died during a two-month period in mountain camps along the Turkish border .
29 Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch .
30 A behavioural response is strengthened when it has an increased probability of occurring ( frequency ) or when it is likely to be performed for a longer period of time ( duration ) .
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