Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response the Interior Minister , José Luis Corcuera , on Feb. 24 challenged ETA to suspend violence for a six-month period as proof of its new willingness to talk . |
| 2 | Nor was he under a duty to appoint a sufficient number of adjudication officers to handle applications within a statutory period . |
| 3 | The government had , on Sept. 15 , promised aid of F50,000,000 to help farmers over a difficult period . |
| 4 | Start by making a list of the areas in which you think you might be able to generate coverage over a three-month period . |
| 5 | The large amounts of data needed for such an analysis were obtained by means of a participant observation method which allowed the investigator to record speakers over a long period , returning to collect more data if specific gaps emerged in the course of the analysis ( cf. 3.1 ) . |
| 6 | DHAs have also found their freedom to make service changes heavily restricted by the political need to ensure stability in a pre-election period , slow down the changes and prevent disruption . |
| 7 | For illness to occur , salmonellas usually require a growth medium such as prepared food and exposure to warm temperatures for a prolonged period , to allow multiplication to their 100,000 to 100,000,000 cells which constitute an infective dose . |
| 8 | The charge was to be levied ‘ for failure to complete development within a specified period from the grant of planning permission ’ . |
| 9 | It then lends the money to house purchasers for a long period of time by granting mortgages ( typically these are paid back over 20 to 30 years ) . |
| 10 | Iron fittings could replace wooden components gradually , allowing major alterations to take place over a long period . |
| 11 | It had to take place over a long period , in the face of a prodigious number of uncontrolled variables which were likely to confuse the outcome . |
| 12 | Mr Jack Adams , chairman of the union side , said that action would have to take place within a 28-day period from yesterday 's anouncement or it would be ruled out of order . |
| 13 | The length of time it has been operation will determine how much money she gets back , but it is unlikely to have made much of a profit , because endowments are designed to make money over a long period of time . |