Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.

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1 Routes to England and France are normally flown at flight levels 50 and 40 respectively , and present an opportunity for a reasonable period in cruise mode .
2 They had a mortgage with the Woolwich and an endowment for a fixed period of twenty five years
3 As we suggested in the introduction , " temporary workers are normally thought of as those who are not engaged on indefinite contract of employment , and the obvious opposite of an indefinite contract of employment is a contract for a fixed period of time .
4 The solicitors at the end of the chain are asked to release their contract for a specified period of time to the solicitors acting for the buyer next in line .
5 In order to obtain consistent results , it is best to expose the board for a timed period , though only the more expensive UV Light Boxes have a built-in timer .
6 A rates reduction for a certain period is inadequate to compensate for the great disruption that was caused to people seeking to make a living in that area — people who do not have the wherewithal or the ability to use the court system against the Minister .
7 The Bill sought powers of compulsory purchase for a five-year period of all privately owned property on the site .
8 A logical consequence occurs when the parent intervenes and ( in the example above ) removes the toy while indicating that the child has ‘ chosen ’ or decided to play without the toy for a specified period of time because of his or her actions ( it is a form of response-cost ) .
9 Indeed , as the indices stubbornly refused to improve , there seemed little prospect that interest rates would not remain at this historically high level for a long period to come .
10 The usual system is for the client to say how much he will spend as a working budget during a certain period of time .
11 The landlord requires security of income for a long period , and this is specially desirable where the landlord is an investing institution which pays out pensions or insurance policies , because a period of twenty-five years ' secure income facilitates the actuarial calculations necessary in order to determine the level of payments which the landlord can make .
12 Section 5 covers convictions for minor offences , e.g. a failure to deliver a return , account or document to the Registrar of Companies , and may lead to disqualification for a maximum period of five years .
13 He said : ‘ If they really had contemplated they would get such a sum of money a part of the plan would have been where to put the money for a temporary period .
14 Equally , the maintenance of that support through a difficult period will reflect back credit on banking as a whole .
15 Patients in their 80s now constitute 3.5% of those undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting at the Mayo Clinic ; 79% of 115 survivors were free of angina after a mean period of 29 months .
16 The normal reaction of all parturient females is to seek a degree of isolation for a transient period .
17 Her successor , Stephen Martin-Scott , left for a variety of reasons , and the task of guiding the Association for a brief period fell to the honorary officers who received magnificent assistance from all the dedicated team at Trinity Road .
18 The Rights of Way Act 1932 provides that where a way over land had been actually enjoyed by the public as of right and without interruption for a full period of 20 years , the way shall be deemed to have been dedicated as a highway , unless there is sufficient evidence that there was no intention during the 20-year period to dedicate it .
19 Scientific work into the effects of vitamin E deficiency revealed that , in extreme cases , male animals deprived of the vitamin for a long period suffered irreparable damage to their testes .
20 Midland 's Seven Days ' Notice Deposit Account offers a competitive rate of interest , regular statements and access to cleared funds , while the Fixed Term Deposit Account is aimed at customers requiring an investment for a specific period , with a higher and guaranteed fixed rate of interest over the stated term .
21 The current Governor-General , Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo , would assume the functions of president for a transitional period , the duration of which was not fixed .
22 The last Governor-General , Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo , assumed the position of President for a transitional period expected to last three months .
23 In Spencer v Marchington [ 1988 ] IRLR 392 the plaintiff was employed by the defendant for a fixed period of one year .
24 At this time , some ozone-depleted air may drift out from the hole , passing over Australia and New Zealand and exposing that continent for a short period to increased ultraviolet radiation penetrating through the thinned ozone layer .
25 The company also paid travelling expenses for all employees following the move of their department for a six-month period .
26 Nevertheless we are always faced with a contradiction between rates of deposition and the known thickness of rock for a particular period of geological time .
27 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 .
28 This undoubtedly cushioned the Club during a difficult period .
29 On both days , the plants achieved their best-ever power production figure for a 24-hour period .
30 In mildly hypertensive non-insulin-dependent patients a recent controlled study using an intended diet shown in Table 3.4 lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure , improved glycaemic control and reduced weight during a three-month period ( Dodson et al , 1984 ) .
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