Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the managing director in front of Mr erm said to me , It wo n't affect your wages but what we will ask is that you give the company car back until a period of time that your wife passes a test in which case it can be given to your wife as indeed managerial status Mr . |
| 2 | They were a poor investment now in a period of inflation , even if ‘ free ’ golf was enjoyed . |
| 3 | Instead of retreating instead of going underground instead of accepting that the situation had become extremely difficult and it was necessary to try and rebuild their organization and their influence gradually over a period of time , they committed their shattered forces to further battles and more or less completed er their destruction . |
| 4 | Aim to alter your diet gradually over a period of six months . |
| 5 | He also found that sitting a person inside for a period each day helped the processes of healing . |
| 6 | Do n't go to bed immediately after a period of intense concentration , e.g. working late , playing cards , or following a difficult knitting pattern . |
| 7 | These courses have 4 hours tuition daily for a period of four weeks and are aimed specifically at people who for reasons of trade or technical co-operation require sound practical Portuguese to work efficiently in Portuguese-speaking Africa or Brazil . |
| 8 | Ben , aged 3 years , started to refuse food gradually over a period of months . |
| 9 | Trade union activity is gradually gathering strength again after a period in which it had been almost impossible to act publicly . |
| 10 | Leaving aside those equity partners who , exceptionally , are never obliged to put cash into the firm , as mentioned in Chapter 4 , the choice lies between : ( 1 ) seeking capital contributions when the new partner joins the firm , he borrowing the amount required as necessary ; or ( 2 ) allowing the new member of the firm to buy his way in over a period out of his profit share , appropriate restrictions on his drawings being imposed as " security " for the agreed payments . |
| 11 | A similarly austere portrait style reappeared in the mid-third century AD during a period of prolonged crisis in the administration of the Roman Empire . |
| 12 | Try reducing your use of salt slowly over a period of weeks and use flavouring substitutes like herbs , spices and lemon juice . |
| 13 | Second , they should have been using heroin regularly for a period of at least two years . |