Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wihtred 's long reign , though devoid of known incident , is distinguished as a period of close co-operation between the royal court and the Church in Kent under Archbishop Beorhtwald . |
| 2 | ( i ) where the specified event happens in respect of a member , any share registered in his name may , notwithstanding paragraph ( 1 ) of this Rule , remain so registered for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any such share while it remains so registered ; and |
| 3 | ( i ) where the specified event happens in respect of a member , any share registered in his name may , notwithstanding paragraph ( 1 ) of this Rule , remain so registered for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any such share while it remains so registered ; and |
| 4 | Such regions are designated for a period of five years and are specifically defined to be those areas ( NUTS Level II ) where per capita GDP in PPSs is less than 75 per cent of the Community average . |
| 5 | Spare Rib was already well established , and was joined for a period by the Leveller , another collective magazine , and the East End News , which produced the first attempt to appeal to ‘ the masses ’ of East London by dressing up Right-On concerns in chirpy Chas'n'Dave-style modernized Cockney . |
| 6 | This reiterated the belief , common among all those concerned with the youth question , that ‘ adolescence ’ should be regarded as a period of education , supervision , control , and guidance . |
| 7 | Does he further agree that the time has come for a period of consolidation ? |
| 8 | Two of , two of them departed for a period of six months . |
| 9 | It had been designed in a period of relative economic stability and was not fitted for such tumultuous times . |
| 10 | During a period of extreme emotional distress , the ending of her first marriage , she became interested in the work of Philip Guston. these paintings ‘ Beggar ’ ( 1982 ) , along with Guston 's later work , are included in a period of art referred to as ‘ Bad Paintings ’ . |
| 11 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 12 | Allowance will be made for the early payment of a lump sum to the employer which he would have earned over a period of time . |
| 13 | Such a selection policy is clearly professionally and publicly unacceptable , from any political grouping , and if pursued over a period of time , will surely replace education with propaganda as one of the purposes of the public library service . |
| 14 | According to Barclays Computer Operations , Barclay 's services arm which manages the data centres , the old kit was installed over a period of one to four years . |
| 15 | Given that a detailed examination of every transaction of a business is impossible , auditing concentrates on a sample confined to a period of time or to a type of transaction which is singled out for detailed examination . |
| 16 | Where , well where er disruptive selection i i i is very huge differences between men , male and female and this was then accentuated over a period of time |
| 17 | The publication of this document was preceded by a period of nationwide discussion and consultation which began in 1987 with the publication of Scottish Education Department Circular No.1157 indicating the Secretary of State 's intentions with regard to the development of S.C.E. Short Courses for implementation into the curriculum in Scottish Secondary Schools . |
| 18 | The initial crisis of the reign was succeeded by a period of prolonged negotiations . |
| 19 | The stimulus to demand would be felt during a period of expansion and so would exacerbate any inflationary pressures which might be building up . |
| 20 | Washing machines : In the catering and industrial environment mechanical dishwashing and traywashing machines both usually incorporate a rinse cycle where water , at a temperature in excess of 80°C , is applied for a period of 15 seconds or more . |
| 21 | ‘ The challenge will be to maintain morale among the staff because what really matters is to make sure that services to people who need them are not disrupted during a period of change . ’ |
| 22 | Kenneth Clarke , when Home Secretary , announced the establishment of secure training centres where young people aged up to fifteen years could be sentenced for a period of up to two years . |
| 23 | Since most theses are lent for a period of one month , it could be that most borrowers are able to digest the contents of theses within this period , but , due to the widespread availability of photocopiers , it is suspected that the regulations on thesis copying are frequently broken . |
| 24 | A licence is usually granted for a period of five years . |
| 25 | A lease was granted for a period of five years in which the tenant agreed to pay the landlord a sum equivalent to two months rent as a security deposit . |
| 26 | The trench warfare of the early 1980s was replaced by more subtle forms of guerrilla conflict , in which the guiding principles are no longer so straightforward , yet the consequences of change may be rather more significant , to the extent that the '80s as a whole might justifiably be seen as a period of structural change . |
| 27 | The nineteenth century has been seen as a period of transition from a largely amateur ‘ natural history ’ to a professionalized science of ‘ biology ’ . |
| 28 | Built during a period of architectural optimism , when it was assumed that technology would triumph , it had been laid out in a series of oblong paved courtyards , surrounded by long , low , concrete-faced buildings , remarkable solely for their brutalism . |
| 29 | It is perhaps necessary to set the scene for this remarkable decade in the history of the District to show the ways in which the firm foundation for subsequent growth and consolidation was secured following a period of more than twenty years of uncertainty and improvision . |
| 30 | It was written following a period of pioneering work on the application of matrices to engineering problems , undertaken by Frazer , Duncan and Collar at the N.P.L. , Teddington , in the 1930s . |