Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] period and " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would have preferred a six-month trial period and controls to prevent abuses . ’ |
| 2 | In midwifery , the delay due to a specialized training period and the slightly greater proportion of unmarried women modifies the pattern slightly . |
| 3 | His financial controller Roger Richardson came up with a system of false accounting , which enabled them to borrow millions of pounds over a three year period and keep the company going . |
| 4 | Ervin and Washburn ( 1981 ) have shown that even with very favourable combinations of a low discount rate , a long planning period and a high level of individual cost sharing , private incentives are very seldom sufficient for the individual farmer . |
| 5 | I do , however , keep giving the actors directions which belong to a five-week rehearsal period and then have to tell them to forget what I 've just said . |
| 6 | The new code would be subjected to a three-month consultation period and was expected to become effective in the autumn of 1990 . |
| 7 | you 'd be expected to , to do a lot of work by yourself , and that 's reflecting the fact that erm you 'll probably have four or five lessons in each of your three subjects , but most people would choose three subjects for A level , and that means that er , when you 're not having lessons , you 've got a lot of time that is not accountable for , you will have been , or going to a general studies period and stuff like that , but there will be a fair number of private study periods , erm , there are some people I think who , who go overboard , and you 've got such a different approach erm from er the lower sixth , people do n't use the time that they have , erm , what I 'm really saying is that if you go into the sixth form and you spend less school time in the sixth form you do n't need to be prepared |
| 8 | One influence is the fact that eurobonds can not be sold into the United States before the end of a 90-day seasoning period and must be registered . |
| 9 | These had been developed over a one year period and had been fully piloted . |
| 10 | To illustrate this , let us consider three hypothetical firms A , B , and C. The assets that comprise firm A have a 10% chance of producing a cash inflow of £1,000 at the end of a given time period and a 90% chance of producing cash flows of zero . |
| 11 | Yet at the time the report was released , the actual company that was used as the basis for the research had been trading for five months and is coping well with a difficult launch period and providing to be highly successful in meeting its targets . |
| 12 | The balance of the interest arrears would be settled through the issuing of 10-year bonds , with a three-year grace period and increasing amortization . |
| 13 | O&Y failed to make a $62m interest payment on the issue despite a 20-day grace period and is trying to negotiate a standstill agreement . |
| 14 | ( iii ) Is there a minimum qualification period and , if so , how many years ? |
| 15 | Some companies do have genuine offers after April 5 because they 've begun a new accounting period and will be keen to impress their investors . |
| 16 | Our analysis covers a 19 year period and includes some patients who took atenolol for over 10 years . |
| 17 | Clover variety Siwan was measured over a twenty-four hour period and showed a slight growth trend with a large ( over 30% ) roughly periodic variation , see Figure . |