Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The early eighteenth century was the most successful period of the School 's activity since its foundation . |
| 2 | Ages 20 to 34 years represent the most favourable period for childbearing ; ages 20 to 29 are the safest . |
| 3 | Wimbledon v Manchester U That hard-won point at Liverpool a week ago must seem awfully distant now as Alex Ferguson approaches the most critical period of his managerial career at Old Trafford . |
| 4 | However , these surpluses or PSDR ( Public Sector Debt Repayment ) shrank rapidly after 1989 as government revenue suffered in the wake of the most protracted period of recession since the Inter-War years . |
| 5 | Not only is it not recoverable but it has taken place at the most profitable period in the product life , before the adverse effects of ageing have affected its sales and costs . |
| 6 | Not only is it not recoverable but it has taken place at the most profitable period in the product life , before the adverse effects of ageing have affected its sales and costs . |
| 7 | Reflecting on the most traumatic period of his life , let alone his rugby career , he said : ‘ I just felt like a man reprieved . |
| 8 | Finally , evidence from what was arguably the most traumatic period for capitalism , the post-1929 Depression in the United States , does not lend support to the real-balance hypothesis : ‘ For the 1929–32 period as a whole there was an increase in real balances of 42 per cent , and a decrease in real income of 40 per cent ’ ( Patinkin , 1951 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ That is the most traumatic period for both the children and their parents , as the children can often be subjected to jibes and name-calling , ’ Dr Allen added . |
| 10 | But the man whose first year as chairman has co-incided with the most traumatic period in Liverpool 's history , spoke out to ease the pressure on Souness . |
| 11 | ‘ That was because I came from the most stable period of his life and I made him feel secure . ’ |
| 12 | The 1930s was the most crucial period in the whole history of cinema in Britain and America . |
| 13 | Even the late Legers ( not the most favoured period in the artists ' output ) sold well the 1951 pen and brush study of the lower torso of a barefoot construction-worker , seated on a chair , sold ( to the same buyer as ‘ Nature morte au buste ’ ) for $180,000 ( £100,000 ) ( est. $60–80,000 ) . |
| 14 | I feel wonderful inside and out , it has been the most productive period in ages , and one day I 'll need my sound nerves more than ever … |
| 15 | The most popular period for BES investment occurs in the last three months of the tax year as investors begin to think about reducing tax liabilities ; the early autumn sees a second surge as investors can claim up to half the tax relief for the previous year on investments made before 6 October ( subject to a maximum of £5,000 ) . |
| 16 | As she entered the most dynamic period of her career , Kylie took stock of the success — and tried to analyse the curious chemistry of the TV series that set her on the road to it . |
| 17 | Blenkin , for example , ( 1980 ) believes ‘ the most recent generation of teachers has worked through the most rapid period of curriculum development in the history of state education ’ ( p. 45 ) . |
| 18 | The sack of Rome in 410 marked the most hostile period in the relations between Alaric and the imperial court . |
| 19 | The most important period of this kind of learning is childhood . |
| 20 | The most important period of the 18th century was now at hand however . |
| 21 | It will be easier to understand the most important period of Coniston mining — the 19th C — if first of all we look at the way the men were employed and the techniques they used . |
| 22 | Dr Alexandre was a privileged witness to what we now consider to have been the most important period in Modigliani 's life , from 1907 to 1914 ; that is , from his arrival in Paris . |
| 23 | The most romantic period of the whole adventure now followed as , often resembling a ragged beggar more than a would-be king , the young prince moved across to the west coast , hiding in caves and foresters ' huts , until at the end of June he made his most famous journey , ‘ over the sea to Skye ’ , posing as an Irish sewing maid . |
| 24 | Chiefly the collection covers the period from the eighteenth-century until the early part of the twentieth-century and so covers the most interesting period in the history of the city . |
| 25 | He says that this is the most unpleasant period in his 25 years in local Government . |
| 26 | A spokesman said ‘ This is the most dramatic period in ferry travel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and the best time ever for the customer . ’ |
| 27 | The most common period of time for this sort of agreement is three or four years , and the advances payable should reflect this . |
| 28 | Yet the exchange had been all gain , for this became the happiest , the most rewarding period of his life , when to lose himself utterly in God and His Work was truly to find himself . |
| 29 | Fleischmann 's entry reports ‘ music , cooking , skiing , walking ’ — nothing very remarkable here perhaps , but they helped to bring him to the most intense period of his scientific career . |
| 30 | The Making of Europe ( 1932 ) discussed a specific case of this , showing that the ‘ dark ages ’ were in fact the most creative period in the culture of the western world . |