Example sentences of "after a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that the outcome of the talks , after a suitable period to allow the club to recover , will be a new takeover bid for the club , made by the Lebanese-born businessman and United director , Amer Midani . |
| 2 | In which case either no more medicine will be needed or continuation of the remedy if , after a certain period , symptoms continue . |
| 3 | The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations . |
| 4 | It is significant that a popular monarch , making war at the very start of his reign , after a long period of peace , could only raise such inadequate sums . |
| 5 | After a long period of soothing and occasional stroking he managed to get his arms round her . |
| 6 | After a minimum period of five days stability they were eligible for randomisation and inclusion into the trial . |
| 7 | Zimbabwe became independent in April 1980 as a republic within the Commonwealth , after a 15-year period of unilaterally declared independence under the government of Ian Smith ended in 1979 with the Lancaster House agreement on the Constitution [ see p. 30165 ] . |
| 8 | After a brief period of independence , Soviet rule was established in 1919 and the larger part of historic Belorussia joined the USSR in 1922 . |
| 9 | Her formal education , after a brief period in Islington , was in a school in Heidelberg where , as well as developing her musical talents , she acquired a facility in languages which was to be useful in her later career . |
| 10 | After a brief period soon after trading opened the FTSE dived from its near five point gain to be 14.5 points down at 3044.6 . |
| 11 | Wrangham , after a short period of ecological work , remarked that ‘ herd formation clearly involves costs even at the beginning of the wet season , when a grazing animal should have the best food supply of the year ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ All Europeans who deal with the Masai inevitably , after a short period , appreciate that the Masai have certain characteristics which we , the British , deeply applaud ’ , wrote the District Commissioner in charge of Narok in 1955 . |
| 13 | After a short period Lymn took Rambush into partnership , forming the gas and chemical engineering firm of Lymn & Rambush . |
| 14 | On re-entering the RAF , DCT was made an acting wing commander and , after a short period , was given command of No 77 Squadron flying Whitleys which , with his background , must have been a daunting experience . |
| 15 | Happily , after a short period , this was rectified and he commanded No 10 Squadron with Halifaxes . |
| 16 | After a further period four queens and then four aces came along and they got in the beds too . |
| 17 | After a further period , even he could no longer see it . |
| 18 | Eventually the traditional route to professional training will emerge whereby qualified community interpreters will , after a defined period of professional practice and experience , be trained to pass on their skills . |
| 19 | ‘ After a longer period , donors and patients sometimes meet and some have become great friends . ’ |
| 20 | After a lengthy period of looking , one respondent ended up with the following list of constructs : |