Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] period [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | C.1 which are brought after a certain period because the Vendor would otherwise have a contingent liability for six years which is unacceptable ; the Vendor wants to know after a reasonable period that it is free from any further claims . |
| 2 | Readability Plus entered the shareware arena after a successful period as standard commercial software , but publishers Scandinavian PC Systems thought it would reach more potential users from the shareware catalogues . |
| 3 | C.1 which are brought after a certain period because the Vendor would otherwise have a contingent liability for six years which is unacceptable ; the Vendor wants to know after a reasonable period that it is free from any further claims . |
| 4 | In other cases a relative or foster carer may apply for custody after a shorter period and you will be informed of this action and be able to contest it in court if you wish . |
| 5 | Try to visit after a rainy period as the falls are very impressive then . |
| 6 | After a short period as quarantine master in Bombay in 1832 , Haines was appointed to the survey ship Palinurus to chart the south coast of Arabia . |
| 7 | As it happened , the death of her husband after a brief period as king of France , and Mary 's failure to find a replacement in the royal houses of France or Spain , forced her back to Scotland . |
| 8 | His farming having failed , Smith decided to try journalism and after a brief period as correspondent on a provincial newspaper , he went to London to work as secretary to Jerome K. Jerome [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | Where there is a causal link between the grant of a rent-free period and the carrying out by the tenant of work to the property , and the tenant is obliged to carry out such work ( eg shopfitting ) , the tenant will be treated as making a supply to the landlord of an amount equivalent to the rent foregone . |
| 10 | While life expectancy has extended , it appears to have been at the price of a longer period and a greater proportion of life being spent in chronic sickness . |
| 11 | Rule 5 The module version has been nominated for a greater period than the nomination latency set in the configuration file . |
| 12 | There are also a number of cases where the Commission has held that the banning of meetings and procession for a restricted period because of fears for public safety , such bans being under the democratic laws of a State , were not in contravention of the Convention . |
| 13 | Building societies will , generally , be sympathetic if you ask to suspend your mortgage payments for a fixed period because you have been made redundant or because you have a crisis . |
| 14 | Under such a scheme sums of money are paid over periodically either for a fixed period or until the death of the injured party . |
| 15 | Although it is true that warrants must be for a fixed period and may not be open-ended , the period in question is a relatively long one and may exceed the purposes for which the warrant is initially granted . |
| 16 | If the site chosen is in the opinion of the local authority not suitable for the carrying on of an offensive trade , being for example too near to residential properties then consent may be refused , or granted for a limited period or subject to conditions . |
| 17 | Eventually she gave her mother an undertaking for a limited period and hoped Edward would agree . |
| 18 | Specialist series : These programmes are usually on for a limited period and cover specialist subjects such as holidays , motoring , food and wine or industry . |
| 19 | Could not public health medicine be organised in the same way as clinical specialties , where a coordinator is appointed for a limited period and then the role passes on , with the financial supplement , to another ? |
| 20 | After the Turkish conquest of most of Hungary in the 1520s and 1530s the Hungarian nobles who had then fled westwards often still maintained claims to their former lands and even asserted their right to live tax-free on them for a limited period and to levy feudal dues in them . |
| 21 | Head of the Building Employers ' Confederation , Sir Brian Hill , on Tuesday called on the Government to raise the threshold of mortgage tax relief , now £30,000 , for a limited period and abolish stamp duty on house purchases . |
| 22 | We must introduce … another National Service Act for a limited period until we know exactly what is going to happen … |
| 23 | It is only if a strike remains in the news for a long period that anything of its history or underlying causes will emerge and then only in the ‘ quality ’ press , rarely on television or in the tabloid newspapers where most people obtain their information . |
| 24 | We have made it clear for a long period that we believe that devolution or independence would damage very severely the degree of inward investment into Scotland and the degree of self-generating investment within Scotland as well . |
| 25 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 26 | On Dec. 29 Cuba and the Soviet Union — with which Cuba conducted more than 70 per cent of its total trade — concluded a trade agreement for 1991 only , instead of for a five-year period as in the past . |
| 27 | A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting endorsed a consensus which committed member states to retain the alliance for a transitional period while agreeing to appoint a committee to review the Pact on the basis that it represented " sovereign and equal states … built upon democratic principles " . |
| 28 | Formerly it was sufficient that attention might be required at night ; now repeated attention is required involving a carer being awake for a prolonged period or at frequent intervals . |
| 29 | Aylwin , however , stated that he did not wish to accept such an offer , nor did he feel that it was justified , given that he had agreed to be elected for a four-year period and that to alter the term of office ( by amending the Constitution ) " would be to change the rules of play of our democratic co-existence " . |
| 30 | These are effectively IOUs certifying that there is a sum of money on deposit for a stated period and at the end of the period the holder of the CD will have title to the principal and interest . |