Example sentences of "go [prep] a period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every teenager goes through a period of deciding who he really is . |
| 2 | ‘ These countries are going to go through a period of not only political but also economic instability for some time to come , ’ he says . |
| 3 | From the president down , the policymakers have always appreciated that Germany was bound to go through a period of introversion . |
| 4 | Finally , you may expect her to go through a period of depression when she is ceasing to try to avoid the reality of her loss . |
| 5 | Whenever we suffer a major loss in our lives — such as the death of a loved one , divorce , redundancy , miscarriage , children leaving home , or the end of a love affair — we need to go through a period of mourning . |
| 6 | Many doctors think that it is important for parents to recognize these feelings and to go through a period of mourning for their lost imaginary baby … |
| 7 | Thus , for example , if people believe that the stock market is about to go through a period of ‘ boom ’ with share prices going up rapidly , they will switch some of their wealth into stocks and shares . |
| 8 | The future for financial reporting in New Zealand The New Zealand financial reporting regime is going through a period of radical change |
| 9 | Going through a period of artistic training can involve a frightening leap into the unknown — into the ‘ night ’ where one 's carefully constructed notions will dissolve and something much greater , more awesome , take their place . |
| 10 | This circle of writers and intellectuals did not confine themselves to their own particular pursuits , for the West Indies was going through a period of great political change in the aftermath of the First World War . |
| 11 | Charity accounting is going through a period of rapid and far-reaching change as accountants with charity clients or who are trustees themselves come to terms with the new regulatory procedures introduced by the Charities Act 1992 and the impact of the new SORP2 regulations . |
| 12 | Standard started looking at the possibilities of EAP back in 1990 when the financial industry was going through a period of great change . |
| 13 | Consumers were going through a period of retrenchment after the boom years of the 1980s . |
| 14 | It 's safe to say that every child in every culture will go through a period of saying that the pencil which has been moved up is now longer or bigger or big now . |
| 15 | It 's a nice idea that in business or banking you can go through a period of ‘ consolidation ’ , but it seldom works out that way . |
| 16 | We might turn away from our own particular church — we might go through a period of not knowing what we believe in — we might change from being a Catholic to a Buddhist or from a Jehovah 's Witness to an Anglican ; but , no matter how many times we reject religion , we know it will never reject us . |
| 17 | There are occasions , usually occurring when the weather conditions are near perfect for bream fishing , when you will go through a period of having bite after bite , all looking perfectly hittable in the classic bream style — slow and determined — and when you will become extremely frustrated because you miss every one . |
| 18 | The received BBC wisdom was that young people went through a period of obsession with rock and pop , but that as ‘ sanity and maturity ’ prevailed , they would graduate ‘ like their elders ’ to light , popular music . |
| 19 | ‘ I went through a period of seeing myself dead , seeing myself in a coffin and the people at my funeral . |
| 20 | I went through a period of depression erm I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told that I was suffering from various illnesses , but nothing helped . |
| 21 | In the early part of 1991 , before all this occurred , I went through a period of time when my find rate dropped drastically and on many occasions I went out and came back home with nothing at all . |
| 22 | Swedish industry went through a period of instability , due partly to the loss of important export/import markets in eastern Europe and partly to labour difficulties . |
| 23 | I know , I went through a period of a very much milder popularity in the United States in the seventies , nothing like what Neville has enjoyed or has been squashed by , which maybe is lucky for me , but the idea was that erm Rolling Stone , when I was doing it , became very heavily innovative and there was like countless magazines , you know weekly newspapers in different cities , sections of dailies , everything , that started looking like Rolling Stone there for a while . |
| 24 | While most young male dogs go through a period of excessive sexual behaviour and can be a little too pushy for their own good with older males between the ages of about ten months and two years , they usually calm down and become more sociable with other dogs and less strife to have around the home . |
| 25 | Infants go through a period of being completely self-centred . |
| 26 | Reptilian blood systems go through a period of self-adjustment permitting the conservation of heat as required , and allowing the creatures to distribute it when needed . |
| 27 | As well as these individual homework tasks , all clients , whether phobic or non-phobic , carry out the relaxation exercises , and go through a period of self-monitoring of their levels of anxiety . |
| 28 | As a result of two previous visits to London , Boulestin had already gone through a period of serious anglomania which extended even to our food , and an attempt to make his father 's household in Poitiers appreciate the beauty of mint sauce with mutton , the fascination of Sir Kenelm Digby 's Stuart recipes for hydromel and mead , and the anglo-oriental romance of curry as served at Romano 's . |
| 29 | One correspondent notes that , having gone through a period of using much folk music and guitar accompaniment , ‘ this phase seems to be declining in some places ’ . |
| 30 | The bookshop chain has recently gone through a period of rapid expansion and now has 42 sites . |