Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] period for " in BNC.
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1 | Similarly , deliberately walk slowly and set yourself a specific time period for a relaxing lunch-break . |
2 | The problems reflect a painful transition period for Bolt Beranek as its major market — the military military , on which it depended for almost half its revenue — is slipping away while it has yet to see much return from its substantial investment in Asynchronous Transfer Mode switching or its T/10 Integrated Access Device . |
3 | Er for high traffic forecast there would be the blue route would save and this is a thirty year thirty year assessment period which is a standard assessment period for major road schemes , twenty four fatalities under high traffic growth conditions , twenty fatalities under low traffic growth . |
4 | The report looked at the use of DSS to support R & D project selection over a 10 year period for ICI Pharmaceuticals . |
5 | Interior Minister Carlos Saavedra Bruno announced on July 17 a 120-day amnesty period for drug traffickers to surrender voluntarily in return for a guarantee that they would not be extradited to stand trial in the United States . |
6 | In 1985 , the Industry and Employment Committee committed funds over a three year period for an initiative in New Technology . |
7 | Levy and Calvet , both long-time advocates of a five-year acclimatisation period for Europe after 1992 , are thought to have agreed to press the European Commission to deny the Japanese unhindered access to Europe until 2002 , and only then if it 's reciprocated . |
8 | It has already been mentioned that , in contrast , there is generally a six-year limitation period for instituting proceedings in respect of breach of contract in the civil courts . |
9 | There is a six-year limitation period for collecting fees and expenses , unless the expert is appointed under seal in which case it is twelve years : ss5 and 8 of the Limitation Act 1980 . |
10 | However , in insisting on a two-year probation period for new assemblers , the Polish government runs the risk that firms such as Wyse Technology Inc , which have been looking seriously at manufacturing in the country , may find short-term sales opportunities unattractive . |
11 | Patients were selected from a group of 80 who were admitted to Northwick Park Hospital during a five year period for management of active Crohn 's disease with an elemental diet . |
12 | Observations from the Earth of the east-west motion of small features in the Jovian clouds led some time ago to a sidereal rotation period for the equatorial region of 9h 50m 30.003s , and 9h 55m 40.632s for the rest of Jupiter . |
13 | The crime bill was opposed largely because it sought to enact a five-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns , while the education legislation , which aimed at upgrading the country 's schools , was opposed by Republicans following a congressional decision to remove an administration proposal to provide government vouchers to assist parents in sending their children to private schools . |
14 | If he was offered a 16-week repayment period for instance , instead of the 15-week ones , with £1.99 instalments ( ‘ Gosh , that 's under £2 a week ! ’ ) , he might be frankly incredulous when told that the rate of charge , instead of 6.6 per cent with the over-£2 instalments , was now 44.4 per cent . |
15 | If all else fails , remember there is a longer limitation period for non-personal injury losses and that that part of the claim can proceed in any event . |
16 | This was followed by a three-year trial period for successful candidates , who had then to sit a second examination ( examen de classement ) . |
17 | As a consequence , whereas before the government used to control the amount of loan redemption by setting a maximum redemption period for each category of asset , now it has a global control . |