Example sentences of "[noun sg] of this period the " in BNC.

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1 At the beginning of this period the Ottoman Empire occupied a position akin to that of Russia .
2 Throughout almost the whole of this period the industry depended on supplies eroded by the sea and cast up on shore .
3 This is all the more surprising because almost from the start of this period the birthrates of many European countries began to go down .
4 By the end of this period the political groupings which were to carry out the great changes of the next century in Britain , though very far from having assumed their late-Victorian form , were slowly evolving .
5 In Russia , on the other hand , commanders such as Rumyantsev and Suvorov had developed to a high pitch of effectiveness by the end of this period the more aggressive method of attack in column with the bayonet ( though the contrast between Russian and West European tactics has been greatly exaggerated by some Soviet historians ) .
6 At the end of this period the Syrian and Lebanese governments " would decide to redeploy the Syrian forces in the Bekaa area " and at certain other points as might be agreed [ see also May 1991 agreement p. 38214 ] .
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