Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] period and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preliminaries on this occasion extended over a rather lengthy period and so the 150 or so guests were in pretty good form when we eventually sat down to one of the best ‘ function type ’ meals that I have ever enjoyed . |
| 2 | The circular changed and allowed that joint finance money to be paid over a much longer period and virtually in perpetuity . |
| 3 | Most strikers also underestimated the length of the strike , anticipating it to last for a far shorter period and the continuation of the strike was not something they enjoyed . |
| 4 | The structure of excise duties is an historical anomaly , born of a quite different period and totally different market circumstances . |
| 5 | Investigations into the activities of this particular gang had been carried out over a very long period and they had been kept under constant surveillance by our officers who were thus able to feed us all the necessary information towards a successful interception . |
| 6 | Mr Jonathon Seeley , for Hilton , said his client was involved in drug distribution for a very short period and bitterly regretted his behaviour . |
| 7 | However , that buying policy seems to have existed for only a very short period and to have been an aberration , as indeed is Fishbane 's reign . |