Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time . |
| 2 | This will be the case where , for example , a minister stays in a government department for only a limited period of time . |
| 3 | Fixed-term appointments are offered by the Board only where the job is expected to be of limited duration or there are exceptional management reasons for appointing someone for only a limited period to an ongoing job . |
| 4 | If a statutory demand is served , the debtor has only a limited period within which to apply to set it aside . |
| 5 | The national assembly , up to only a certain period of time , according to the constitution , and then again the parliament has to come back again into the picture . |
| 6 | Only a single company is allowed to operate in each part of the country but the incumbent is given a licence for only a fixed period of time . |
| 7 | St Giles 's cathedral nearby is more properly known as the High Kirk , having been formally designated a cathedral for only a brief period during the reign of Charles I. It was here that Charles attempted to impose a High Anglican liturgy , virtually a Mass , upon a Presbyterian society which responded with brawls in the church and outside , still remembered as the Jenny Geddes Riots after a vegetable seller from the market who was reported to have thrown her stool at the Dean 's head . |
| 8 | If you make sure the butt points at the target in the initial stages , and the tip follows through in a straight line , you will acquire both distance and accuracy after only a short period of practice . |
| 9 | In reality , the stories were recalled over only a short period of time and major event alterations did not occur , but both deaf and hearing people recalled the main episodes equally well and there was no significant difference in the number of events recalled . |
| 10 | In spite of only a short period of minority government the Labour Party in the 1920s had also developed some ambitious long-term policies . |
| 11 | Moreover , it has been suggested that only a short period of desaturation — perhaps as little as 30 minutes during a 24 hour period — may be all that is necessary to prevent cholesterol crystal nucleation from bile . |
| 12 | The specialized frugivores are , in general , foraging for only a short period of the day — in the cases of manikins and cotingas , for only some 10% of the daylight hours . |
| 13 | Now it 's a lot of people , it 's only a short period of time , is n't it , one month . |
| 14 | A single kiln , for instance , probably implies a potter 's presence for only a short period in the life of a settlement some may even have been itinerant or at best semi-residential , moving on once local demand had been satisfied . |
| 15 | But the other two main additions to the new kingdom — Slovenia and Croatia — had been under the rule of Austria or Hungary for approximately the same period of time . |
| 16 | There followed a time of uncertainty and bloodshed which was eventually resolved when the republic developed into an empire with Augustus as its first emperor from 27 B.C. The Augustan period from then until his death in A.D. 14 was one of the great and successful ages of man and , architecturally , this is reflected in the many great buildings which were erected under the auspices of Augustus whose boast was that when he came to Rome it was a city of bricks but that he left it a city of marble . |
| 17 | This is still a vital period for the new resident . |
| 18 | In 1963 the hundred largest UK enterprises controlled on average only 40 plants each within the UK : by 1972 this had increased to 72 , and it is clear that this period of domestic expansion and takeovers was also the main period of international expansion by TNCs . |
| 19 | Though the five years they spent here were to be ultimately clouded by the death of first their eldest daughter in 1869 and then a few months later their infant son , it was probably the happiest period in their marriage , and they enjoyed social life with the local landowning gentry . |
| 20 | On the seven-day cooling-off period , it is correct , as the Minister says , that there are similar provisions in other European countries , but will he confirm that , in those countries where there is a cooling-off period for unions , there is also a cooling-off period for employers ? |
| 21 | They are rewarded with the deep satisfaction of having seen a loved one through what is often the hardest period of their lives , with all its opportunities for expressing affection and support . |
| 22 | And , again , the monkeys , like ourselves , are still more lizards than anything else ; for , as Carl Sagan points out , by far the longest period of our air-breathing history was spent evolving through the Age of Reptiles . |
| 23 | In most samples , the relationship can be described by a marked " J " shaped curve , which implies unsuitability of the very young maternal ages and , particularly the late period of childbearing ages for healthy reproduction . |
| 24 | The Act applies only to convictions which have resulted in a sentence of no more than thirty months ' imprisonment , and which have been " spent " — ie a certain period of time has elapsed since the passing of sentence . |
| 25 | What we 're trying to do is say look , you are senior people in this company because although you 've only been here a short period of time , but you 're still very senior people . |
| 26 | Course adjustments may be put into effect immediately in the case of full-time courses , while , in order to protect the interests of part-time students locked into the Institution 's examination programme , adequate forward notice and even a transitional period with parallel diets , have had to be offered . |
| 27 | So we see the difficulties of defining even a recent period of earth history , and the protagonists of the varied viewpoints would probably ( if it mattered at all ) argue just as fiercely as stratigraphers over the boundaries . |
| 28 | Studies at King 's College School of Medicine show that even a short period of hard pedalling on an exercise bike diverts blood flow from the uterus to the legs , ‘ stealing ’ oxygen from the foetus . |
| 29 | Any market situation can change rapidly over even a short period of time , as can be the case when a major competitor is suddenly declared bankrupt . |
| 30 | Because the Mariner 10 orbital period is about twice the orbital period of Mercury , and because of Mercury 's own synchronization , much the same hemisphere of Mercury was sunlit during each of the three fly-bys . |