Example sentences of "a [adj] period [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meat can be kept at serving temperature for a prolonged period without the slightest deterioration of quality . |
| 2 | Efforts over a prolonged period by the BMC and the Sandstone Climbing Club have failed to win reductions in the excessive charges here , but these efforts will continue . |
| 3 | G/C Ilbery , now a doctor living in Australia , was the last man to fly an operational sortie from the now-abandoned airfield in the spring of 1945 , at the end of a bloody period in the anti-shipping strikes from Dallachy and nearby RAF Banff . |
| 4 | The guarantee in cll 9.1 and 9.2 of Precedent 1 is designed ( subject of course to the question of agreeing a specific period for the remedying of defects appropriate to the particular circumstances of the case ) to pass the test of reasonableness imposed by s 3 of the UCTA . |
| 5 | Resolution 44/44 of Dec. 7 , adopted without a vote , allocated $US40,800,000 to the UN Observer Group in Central America ( established for a six-month period by the UN Security Council on Nov. 7 ) . |
| 6 | All move about in huge foraging columns , but each species is active during a different period of the day or night an so they share out their environment over time . |
| 7 | After a further period in the translation agency of a chemical firm , she returned to England and had a child . |
| 8 | But , apart from a 10-minute period in the second half during which Dinamo appeared to toy with the Blues , Linfield did not let their heads drop . |
| 9 | As far as the RAF was concerned , they had this nice little lull when losses fell substantially , so it was for us a calm period in the storm . |
| 10 | ‘ Todor Zhivkov was involved in a painful period for the Communist Party , ’ said an official statement . |
| 11 | The company of some elderly relatives can only be enjoyed for a limited period at the end of a busy day , and long evenings — every evening — spent together can be a strain on all concerned in different ways . |
| 12 | In particular , the period from 1929 to 1931 , when the PCF was dominated by the unrelentingly sectarian leadership of Barbe and Celor , seemingly obsessed with the sole task of eliminating deviationists from the party line , with all the catastrophic consequences that this entailed ( reduced party membership , loss of electoral support , reduced sales of L'Humanite ) , represents a dark period in the history of the party itself . |
| 13 | For the duration of a fixed period after the setting of the flags , communication becomes more frequent and more customised . |
| 14 | However little detailed research has been undertaken into how these innovations were developed and implemented , and this project will make use of the unique Company Archive of the Thomas cook organisation to investigate the detailed circumstances of product development in a crucial period of the Company 's development from 1850 to 1939 , during which the foundations of the modern tourist industry were laid . |
| 15 | The years immediately following 725/6 must have been a crucial period in the establishment of Aethelbald of Mercia 's domination of southern England . |
| 16 | The four months from March to July , 1989 , represent a crucial period in the research . |
| 17 | For the ninth century was a crucial period in the ecclesiastical history of western Europe . |
| 18 | However , a Contracting State is entitled to declare that an application must be filed within a stated period from the date of entry of the judgment , a period which must not be less than one year . |
| 19 | They believe that the interpretation is from a later period of the Church and that it arises from using the parable for teaching purposes . |
| 20 | A period of teacher training followed , after which Blamey returned to teach at the Regent Street Polytechnic where he remained , apart from a brief period during the war , until it combined with the Chelsea Polytechnic . |
| 21 | However , this outlay can easily be offset by letting the apartment out for a brief period during the peak season . |
| 22 | St Giles 's cathedral nearby is more properly known as the High Kirk , having been formally designated a cathedral for only a brief period during the reign of Charles I. It was here that Charles attempted to impose a High Anglican liturgy , virtually a Mass , upon a Presbyterian society which responded with brawls in the church and outside , still remembered as the Jenny Geddes Riots after a vegetable seller from the market who was reported to have thrown her stool at the Dean 's head . |
| 23 | Apart from a brief period during the First World War , when the Royal Flying Corps had use of the area inside the circuit , Brooklands was used continuously from 1907 to the outbreak of the Second World War . |
| 24 | This situation has not led to a decline in enrolments : except for a brief period at the beginning of the crisis , the demand for education has been sustained . |
| 25 | It is conceivable that Kim had spent a brief period with the CCP at Yenan in the later 1930s . |
| 26 | For a brief period in the province 's history , its affairs became entwined in the broader struggles for the monarchy . |
| 27 | The excavations , a joint venture between British and Italian authorities ( Provincia d'Isernia ) and directed for the last twelve years by the School 's director , Dr Richard Hodges , have shown that for a brief period in the early ninth century San Vincenzo was an exceptional place with far-flung connections . |
| 28 | For a brief period in the Spring of 1987 , London was the only English metropolitan centre with more than one evening daily paper — it had three — having endured five years when only one , the Standard , was published . |
| 29 | He has been Professor of Architecture at the University of Belgrade , and was also for a brief period in the early 1980s the Mayor of the city . |
| 30 | This is apparent in the emergence of the physical disk of the sun as Aten , first named as such in the Middle Kingdom , to the status of a great god for a brief period in the Eighteenth Dynasty . |