Example sentences of "go [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The harmony between Europe 's big six — VW , Fiat , PSA , Renault , GM and Ford — looks more likely than ever to persuade the commission to go for a transitional period longer than three to five years . |
| 2 | For a short while after it fires , the nerve goes through a refractory period when it will not respond to a nervous stimulus . |
| 3 | I certainly would not advocate as many in rugby union , but a maximum of one per team seems perfectly reasonable , and they should not have to go through a qualifying period . |
| 4 | If this is not possible , your parent might be willing to consider going for a temporary period into one of the short-term homes for the elderly known to the National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants , or into a home for the elderly run by the social services department of the local authority , while you are away . |
| 5 | This takes practice but you can soon learn to use that new-found sense of awareness whether you are going through a tranquil period of your life or whether you are lying in bed wondering why you can not get to sleep . |
| 6 | We are going through a crucial period . |
| 7 | With record repossession figures , house prices that are at best static , and interest rates still uncomfortably high , the property-owning democracy is going through a rough period . |
| 8 | According to the Crewe Programme , the Youth have been going through a rocky period . |
| 9 | The fact that the Sun is producing far less of these enigmatic particles than expected could well be a symptom that it is going through a quiescent period — although it could equally well be that there is something wrong with our theories concerning what makes the Sun shine . |
| 10 | Quite apart from the impending expansion and modernisation of our fleet , we had been going through a difficult period in the prevailing political climate at HQ . |
| 11 | He was going through a difficult period . |
| 12 | It 's no exaggeration to say that I owe my start in politics to the G M B because after having worked , as Dick said , for the G M B for a number of years it was the support of the G M B which helped me win the nomination for Chesterly Street and in the early eighties I can remember when er the Labour Party was going through a difficult period it was officials and members of the G M B who were a steadying influence in my constituency , as they have been ever since . |
| 13 | Rigney , after going through a difficult period with a knee injury , is back in action following a summer of hard graft and determined to regain his international berth . |
| 14 | His wife Ann-Marie Turnpenny , of Sheerwater Avenue , Darlington , said their marriage had been going through a difficult period . |
| 15 | This denial was particularly important , since at the time the Thatcher administration was going through a bad period in terms of popular opinion on issues such as unemployment , social services , and housing . |
| 16 | They 're going through a bad period and they 'll be looking for a positive result as well . |
| 17 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |
| 18 | Derry City 's new boy conceded Roy Coyle 's side had been going through a lean period but he said the lads would bounce back . |
| 19 | I went through a long period of thinking of having him adopted . |
| 20 | Chairman Alan Potts explained : ‘ The Club went through a bad period in the eighties but happily we resolved the problems . ’ |
| 21 | Marconi 's company went through a difficult period ; Marconi had to put all his own money into it for its survival . |
| 22 | The period 1860–90 was crucial for Germany : as the German state emerged and the German self-image was formed , Prussia-Germany went through a chaotic period of social and economic transformation : a boom in canal and railway building , in the steel industry , in banking , engineering , scientific research and in developing industrial techniques had been accompanied by a war with France ; this was followed by a slump , financial collapse and a steady move to the right in political thinking . |
| 23 | He went through a brief period of chatting to the customers down at the bank about how he had seen someone come back from the dead . |
| 24 | She had intended to say , ‘ Because I went through a promiscuous period after I left Sam , and it was a hateful , shameful , humiliating time , and I 'll never let it happen again . ’ |
| 25 | Subsequently , barbel fishing went through a slack period when interest was lost through an increased enthusiasm for game fishing . |
| 26 | She must have gone through a terrible period in her life ; looking back , she genuinely believed it to be worse than it really was . |
| 27 | They went into a quiet period a few years ago it was very quiet erm but er yes they 're they 're going strong . |
| 28 | Reduction of waiting lists is not necessarily an indicator of improved ‘ quality ’ of care for elderly people , whose needs may go beyond a brief period of surgery and recovery . |