Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj -er] period [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Rule 5 The module version has been nominated for a greater period than the nomination latency set in the configuration file . |
| 4 | They believe that it is too expensive an option , given that older workers will remain in employment for a shorter period than younger ones . |
| 5 | The governments that result , either a minority party governing with the consent of other parties , or a coalition of two or more parties , tend to last for a shorter period than one-party governments but the difference disappears if reshuffles of ministerial posts within single-party governments are taken into account ( Blondel , 1990 , p. 271 ) . |
| 6 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 7 | Such a right would give a monopoly in the program , thus protecting the underlying ideas more effectively than copyright , but the right would last for a shorter period than a patent , say 5 or 7 years maximum . |
| 8 | The district judge may extend the period of four months for a further period or periods each not exceeding four months , if reasonable efforts have been made to serve the summons and provided that the application has been made before the preceding 12 months expire , or if later , in the court 's discretion ( Ord 7 , r 20(2) ) . |
| 9 | It seems likely , in short , that they have erred through applying principles which are valid for a later period but were not yet operative in the time of Molla Husrev . |
| 10 | Some were more active than any predecessor against some particular organism , and some had special merits in use , such as working when given by mouth , or acting for a longer period than usual . |
| 11 | For a longer period than in years gone by they can expect to be on their own together . |
| 12 | The small girl who was once told to be a little lady need now only be a girl and , indeed , boyish behaviour is smiled upon in girls for a longer period than the opposite is approved in boys . |
| 13 | ( c ) Ensure that no voucher is retained for a longer period than 14 days from receipt . |
| 14 | It is quite common to insert further provisions prohibiting the offeree group from entering into contracts or commitments involving more than a stated sum or for a longer period than , say , a year , or entering into other transactions which are outside the routine course of trading without the consent of the acquirer . |
| 15 | Also , it is likely that although I will get custody of my daughter , he will also be given leave to see her every week , and likely for a longer period than he sees her now . |
| 16 | The announcement of a scheme will put the target company " into play " for a longer period than under a conventional offer ( which , as mentioned above , may be declared unconditional up to one month earlier than a scheme can be implemented ) . |
| 17 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
| 18 | A single sentence of more than about four lines puts unreasonable demands on your reader : Since Etherege ( writing in a later period than Wycherley and recognising a greater desire for a new " Man of Mode " ) recognises that love , sex and inheritance are still important considerations , which he also criticises , both playwrights can be said to expose hypocrisy rather than improve society , as heroes and heroines are constantly undermined by the contrasts created in the new social order and the codes of morality being set up which are both critical and celebratory . |
| 19 | Light : Requires plenty of bright light over a longer period than is required by most other plants . |
| 20 | Light : Requires bright light over a longer period than is required for most aquarium plants . |
| 21 | Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F . |
| 22 | Changing the law to place NationalPower and Power-Gen under a legal obligation to agree fixed contracts for specified tonnages over a longer period than the current year was hinted at by Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , in evidence to the energy select committee last year . |
| 23 | Spruce needles certainly take longer to decay than some other leaves , releasing humic acid over a longer period but at a slower rate , but being a long standing constituent of the northern latitudes coniferous belt , spruce ( Picea ) is quite compatible with lakes well stocked with fish . |
| 24 | The run-down was to be stretched over a longer period and the agreed strength raised from Sandys ’ proposed 45,000 to 55,000 . |
| 25 | As the right hon. Gentleman is now keen to look at a longer period than just the last year , he will also be interested to know that between 1981 and 1991 the British economy grew faster than the German economy , the French economy , the Italian economy or the economy of any other country in Europe . |