Example sentences of "[vb pp] in a period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been designed in a period of relative economic stability and was not fitted for such tumultuous times . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | The temple must have been built and adorned in a period of some twenty years at most , probably less . |
| 4 | I note that the Opposition 's tax plans have gone back to the drawing board ; after five years of careful preparation , they have been ditched in a period of five weeks . |
| 5 | Certainly , it seems very possible that both were produced in a period of reconstruction immediately following the termination of hostilities and the payment of compensation for Mul . |
| 6 | It was understandably difficult for those whose views had been formed in a period of high unemployment to shift them radically and swiftly . |
| 7 | In a religiously-divided country such as the Netherlands , trade unions had been formed in a period of strong Protestant and Catholic religious revival when a socialist trade union movement was regarded as implying a secular view of society . |
| 8 | The Fifth Congress document comments : ‘ We are still far from achieving the desired compulsory schooling as envisaged in the National Education System ’ , conceived in a period of relative peace . |
| 9 | This support , he said , enabled the RNLI to follow such ambitious plans for the future and he emphasised that the year 's results had been achieved in a period of sharp recession and uncomfortably high inflation . |