Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the outcome of the general election , due next year , would seem to be either a hopelessly splintered parliament or a second period of ‘ co-habitation ’ between a Socialist president and a conservative prime minister . |
| 2 | The apples produced all the weight-control benefits of low ingestion , high bulk and a lengthy period in the stomach and they did not lead to rebound hunger . |
| 3 | It was felt that if people managed to overcome the above obstacles , a support programme and a transitionary period are necessary to make entering employment successful . |
| 4 | So , apart from the odd practice session and a brief period recovering from illness , Morrissey was completely detached from Marr , Joyce and Rourke . |
| 5 | In the past there has been an assumption that pupils ' attainment will dip as a result of transfer and a settling period will be needed . |
| 6 | In Winterhalter Gastronom Ltd v Webb ( 1973 ) , an employee , dismissed unfairly for incompetence because a fair period to improve was not allowed , nevertheless saw his compensation halved by the Employment Appeal Tribunal , who concluded that : |
| 7 | You must indicate a time window within which the check should take place ; this time is specified by a maximum period and a minimum period . |
| 8 | They need a dry period and a wet period as in the wild . |
| 9 | This was not done for players with less than ten years ' service and a longer period was usually required . |
| 10 | He based the latter on his research into Victorian and Edwardian ‘ salon ’ music and showed what can be done by looking into such highways and byways of music when a particular period atmosphere is needed . |
| 11 | According to the LFS code book , temporary jobs in the first category can include jobs the termination of which " is fixed for , by example , reaching a certain date or completing an assignment , or by return of an employee who has been temporarily replaced " ( our italics ) i.e. jobs that could fit equally well into the second category whilst jobs in the second category are taken to include those with " a work contract for a specific task or a fixed period of time " ( our italics ) i.e jobs that could fit equally well into the first category . |
| 12 | Despite a programme of Russification ( including a ban on the use of Ukrainian in schools and publications ) , a strongly nationalist movement emerged in the late nineteenth century which led to pressure for greater autonomy and a brief period of independence immediately after the October revolution . |