Example sentences of "[num] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlemagne was lucky in that his only brother , four years younger than himself , died in 771 after a short period of increasingly fraught joint-rule ; but it took more than luck to remove that brother 's sons — they , and their mother , disappeared when their uncle defeated and imprisoned their protector , the Lombard king . |
| 2 | CHICAGO Blackhawks have won the Molson Challenge and a large share of the £25,000 prize , beating Montreal Canadiens 2-1 after a scoreless period of extra time and two penalty shoot-outs . |
| 3 | In July 1991 after a continuous period of widespread fighting between the various groups including the two U.S.C. factions , a conference was called at Djibouti under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Djibouti . |
| 4 | They were doubled in real terms in 1987 over a five-year period . |
| 5 | The committee was also told yesterday that the threat of bankruptcy action against deliberate non-payers of the poll tax was having a positive effect in reducing debts which stand at more than £100 million for a three-year period . |
| 6 | The committee was also told yesterday that the threat of bankruptcy action against deliberate non-payers of the poll tax was having a positive effect in reducing debts which stand at more than £100 million for a three-year period . |
| 7 | At a formal ceremony on June 1 the two leaders signed a framework agreement on the major elements of a treaty on strategic arms reductions ( START ) , involving a reduction of each side 's long-range nuclear missiles by about one-third over a seven-year period . |
| 8 | The arrangement provided for the repayment of all the principal owed for 1989 and 1990 and half the interest payable for 1989 over a 10-year period with five years ' grace . |
| 9 | The Department of Defence announced on Jan. 11 , 1990 , that it was to streamline its weapons procurement system in a move to save $39,000 million over a five-year period ; the changes , it said , would involve some 42,000 job losses among the 600,000 staff currently engaged in some 15,000,000 transactions a year . |
| 10 | The protracted budgetary negotiations involving the administration and a group of Republican and Democrat legislators on Sept. 30 produced a draft agreement for fiscal 1991 which aimed at reducing the budget deficit by $500,000 million over a five-year period . |
| 11 | Mr Sefton said : ‘ It is absolutely vital that Stockton wins because the bid will bring in around £100 million over a five-year period for the regeneration of the town . |
| 12 | Des McNulty , who chairs Strathclyde 's local government reorganisation subcommittee , said : ‘ Imagine the number of additional teachers , policemen and home helps we could employ if the Government were prepared to give us even £500 million over a five-year period . |
| 13 | The club 's financial performance has been shattered by the incurring of revenues expenditure approaching £1 million over a two-year period to make good various defects , including gas leaks , to the new Bedser Stand and Ken Barrington Centre . |
| 14 | On Nov. 18 the US Defence Secretary , Richard Cheney , announced a plan to reduce US defence spending by USdollars 180,000 million over a three-year period . |
| 15 | Lome IV was signed in December 1989 ( see p. 37133 ) and was to come into effect in March 1990 for a 10-year period ( unlike the previous conventions , whose duration had been five years ) . |
| 16 | He was chosen as president of the provisional government , based in Shanghai in 1919 , but visited Shanghai only in 1920–21 for a limited period . |
| 17 | Even in the past 12 months , unemployment has risen from 1.66 million to 2.47 million — more than 700,000 in a short period . |