Example sentences of "period [prep] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The human brain , particularly memory , works best for concentrated periods of about forty to fifty minutes . |
| 2 | The first REM sleep period is usually shorter than the subsequent ones — about fifteen minutes in adults , as against later periods of about half an hour . |
| 3 | In that period of about sixteen months , the level of prices rose by approximately 7,500 m. times . |
| 4 | The range is from 6.8 to 9.1 , and there is a rough period of about 198 days . |
| 5 | There is said to be a rough period of about 100 days , but I have never been able to confirm this . |
| 6 | This may have occurred in the western Pacific Ocean where the age of the lithosphere presently being subducted indicates that cooling over a period of about 180 200 Ma is required for this process of spontaneous subduction to occur . |
| 7 | The poor girl had gone off to her camp before she had formulated any hypotheses ; she had no idea as to what theory or concepts her work was to throw new light on , and so , to be on the safe side , she had recorded everything she could think of over a period of about six weeks and her notebooks practically filled a medium-sized suitcase . |
| 8 | To achieve this , larger mammals , such as goats , sheep and deer , must mate in he shortening days of autumn because they have a gestation period of about six months . |
| 9 | It has been said that there is a period of about 5½ years , but it is very vague indeed . |
| 10 | Almost all large retailers face a Christmas peak lasting for a period of about two months and concentrated in the weeks before Christmas . |
| 11 | It 's a constant threat of danger and after debrief which takes place in the police station , erm relaxation is necessary erm , we have the availability of er stress counselling as well and a period of about two hours normally elapses before the officers is er reasonably able to er function as a normal police officer again and because of this er it has been decided that the officer 's duties for that day er will be terminated . |
| 12 | He I I 'd been to them over a a period of about two years erm with all sorts o of different problems and in the end he said , You know I can increase your drugs but that wo n't help . |
| 13 | I knew him over a period of about two years before he died . |
| 14 | And gradually , over a period of about nine months , she began to lose the use of her eyes . |
| 15 | The work is to be done at home over a period of about nine months . |
| 16 | We monitored them for a period of about twelve months before we reported to members on the outcome . |
| 17 | The rebuilding of the old manor took place over a period of about five years and was probably finished in about 1727 . |
| 18 | This period of about five weeks , in which Gloucester and the council governed in apparent harmony , provides an unfamiliar perspective from which to view Gloucester 's subsequent usurpation . |
| 19 | There had been a recent period of about five weeks during which , Alistair came to realize , he had gone clinically insane . |
| 20 | This period of about five weeks , in which Gloucester and the council governed in apparent harmony , provides an unfamiliar perspective from which to view Gloucester 's subsequent usurpation . |
| 21 | Chairman the , the mechanism is well practised and widely known it starts with the draft two two B in the January the Committee and after a period of about five to six months ' consultation within which the board programme of work of all capitalists are listed and put out to the community for response through their elected organization as to acceptability , five points of detail who were at relatively hirer one man to speak |
| 22 | After I had been there one term , however , my father took one of his almost yearly visits to Africa , this time for a rather longer period of about four months . |
| 23 | And we 're shortly to appoint some erm consultant assessor who will assess our system , and we will run our , have our system in place for a period of about four months . |
| 24 | There followed a period of about fifteen years when creative genius became evident , such as the works of William Shakespeare ; Marlow ; Spencer and Ben Johnson . |
| 25 | Again and again , users , after a period of about fifteen years , suddenly decide to leave . |
| 26 | On that assumption , Theunis Krankoor 's arrival in Cape Town can be placed within a period of about fifteen years , after the implementation of the full Napoleonic legal code in the Netherlands and before the birth of his first child , James , who , according to his wedding and death registrations , was born in the Cape Colony about 1823 or 1824 . |
| 27 | The system was developed over a period of about 10 years and arrived on the market in three stages . |
| 28 | We 're having with effect from next Monday to reduce er our service to urgent cases only : accidents , emergency cases , those that need urgent medical care , they will be dealt with , but patients who are awaiting this type cases , for orthopaedics , gynaecology , general surgery er will have to be postponed for a period of about 5 weeks . |
| 29 | Over a period of about eighteen months , her father hit her mother to such an extent that she went into a Battered Wives Home five times , taking her two daughters with her each time . |
| 30 | It is usual to hire a new vehicle on a fully maintained basis for a period of about three years . |