Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be recommended that independent psychiatric or psychological assessment is made or that the sufferer is admitted for prolonged assessment over a period of time ( ten days or so ) in daily contact with the group of patients already in treatment . |
| 2 | SAYS Kinsey : ‘ What we have seen in newspaper editorials and in political speeches over a period of time , is a latching on to the problem of crime and a series of assertions about the so-called welfare-dependent underclass . |
| 3 | She may be able to work different hours for a period of time while her burden is shared by another member of the family or a neighbour . |
| 4 | Barclays Bank would not divulge its figures despite repeated requests over a period of three weeks . |
| 5 | He said it would change and tone a man in three five-minute sessions over a period of a week . |
| 6 | R Aræ , in the same × 7 field with Zeta and Eta , is an Algol-type eclipsing binary with a period of 4.4 days . |
| 7 | This intermediate stage consists of what appears to be a free-running rhythm with a period that differs from 24 hours . |
| 8 | • A free-running rhythm with a period greater than 24 hours ( because the time-cues were too weak or the subject was unable to receive or respond to them adequately ) ; |
| 9 | Maintaining a healthy body of scientific research in a period of financial stringency is a problem of widespread concern . |
| 10 | This represents the very abrupt onset of a period of sustained high productivity and diatom mat flux . |
| 11 | In this thesis he describes a meticulous dietary study over a period of several years at the Juliana Children 's Hospital in a patient with coeliac disease , which started in 1936 ! |
| 12 | The prescriptive monarchy of the United Kingdom stands constitutionally isolated in a world where some forty independent republics , large and minuscule , trace their historical origin from a period of rule under the British Crown in Parliament . |
| 13 | At the same time we began another daily exercise in a period of devotional Bible study . |
| 14 | People have made wonderful toys in a lot of different places over a period of time . |
| 15 | He was simply lucky , perhaps , that the land which he sold had been allocated for residential purposes in a period when a new suburban city was coming into being . |
| 16 | The water in the bare tank is agitated by using an airline to disperse the chlorine in the fresh water for a period of 24 hours . |
| 17 | Roebuck , moved a famous and extremely detailed vote of censure on Palmerston 's foreign policy over a period of two decades , 2,000 – 3,000 volumes of manuscript correspondence were consulted by officials in the government 's attempt to produce a convincing rebuttal . |
| 18 | Both parties wish to enter into an agreement whereby category ‘ A ’ and ‘ B+ ’ paintings which include the most significant paintings of the Collection be loaned to a Spanish Foundation for their maintenance and public exhibition for a period of up to ten years . |
| 19 | It should also recognise that there is a need to protect such exercises from public scrutiny for a period so that teachers have time to acquire evaluative skills . |
| 20 | The abandonment of the gold standard and the devaluation of sterling removed the theoretical justification which the Treatise supplied for public works in a period when bank rate was too high for purposes of domestic equilibrium . |
| 21 | The time lags between first use and daily use show a similar distribution , with 72 per cent of interviewees becoming daily users within a period of six months after initial use . |
| 22 | Unsafe sexual behaviour and HIV transmissions have increased among homosexual men after a period of decline . |
| 23 | This latter is a longitudinal survey over a period of two and a half years following a structured sample of some 4,000 persons who registered as unemployed in May 1980 . |
| 24 | Through the creation and use of databases in a number of different contexts over a period of time , pupils develop an awareness of the microcomputer as an information handling tool rather than a games machine or programming instrument , while , at the same time , developing valuable learning skills . |
| 25 | If the court finds that councillors have acted illegally , then councillors can be surcharged and barred from holding public office for a period . |
| 26 | They might also be banned from holding public office for a period determined by the courts . |
| 27 | Eleven Clay Cross councillors were surcharged for the money which would have been obtained had the Act been implemented and they were also disqualified from holding public office for a period . |
| 28 | " and in giving such directions the Secretary of State shall direct that no fixed assets shall be sold by a disposed undertaking within a period of five years without the consent of the Secretary of State " . |
| 29 | ( E ) The conference nominates his excellency , Ali Mahdi Mohammed , as provisional President of the Somali Republic for a period of two years from the day on which he takes the oath . |
| 30 | Under the Wedgwood Savings Related Share Option Scheme , options were outstanding over a total of 13,974,414 Ordinary Shares at a price of 14.5p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within the period of six months from 14 December 1995 ; over 2,351,041 Ordinary Shares at a price of 29p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within a period of six months from 1 January 1997 or 1 January 1999 , depending on the savings period ; and over 4,896,200 Ordinary Shares at a price of 12.5p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within a period of six months from 1 November 1997 or 1 November 1999 , depending on the savings period . |