Example sentences of "a [adj] period [coord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formerly it was sufficient that attention might be required at night ; now repeated attention is required involving a carer being awake for a prolonged period or at frequent intervals . |
| 2 | People who drink very heavily on the other hand , either over a prolonged period or in a single drinking session , do run the risk of damaging their health . |
| 3 | Australia , he adds , has entered a post-industrial period and without radical alternatives and a revolution of the traditional industrial base its society will crumble . |
| 4 | Under such a scheme sums of money are paid over periodically either for a fixed period or until the death of the injured party . |
| 5 | These are effectively IOUs certifying that there is a sum of money on deposit for a stated period and at the end of the period the holder of the CD will have title to the principal and interest . |
| 6 | The study contributes towards a comprehensive view of the working of the labour market over a long period and of the sources of shocks disturbing the economy . |
| 7 | The treaty provided for the elimination of all chemical weapons stocks over a 10-year period and for a detailed inspections procedure for to ensure compliance . |
| 8 | Borrowers are able to use the facility up to 140 per cent of their quota over a four-year period and with much more relaxed repayment conditions than the normal facilities . |
| 9 | Suppose is individual A's average income but obtains in a good period and in a bad period . |
| 10 | And in France , Irigarayan psychoanalysts attained a degree of visibility which led them to appear , for a short period and to some people , as the whole French women 's liberation movement ( Turkle 1979 , Moi 1987 ) . |
| 11 | By ‘ risk ’ we understand ‘ the likelihood of a specified undesired event occurring within a specified period or in specified circumstances ’ ( Health and Safety Executive 1989 : 30 ) . |
| 12 | Spruce needles certainly take longer to decay than some other leaves , releasing humic acid over a longer period but at a slower rate , but being a long standing constituent of the northern latitudes coniferous belt , spruce ( Picea ) is quite compatible with lakes well stocked with fish . |
| 13 | takes place during a particular period and in a particular environment . |
| 14 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 15 | Shareholders must be notified if the company intends to " stand in the market " for a particular period or until such time as a particular number of purchases have been made ( para 30.4 ) . |
| 16 | The next thing er which again er is er a detail of something which is already approved and it is merely than in our conditions of service during our discussions with the city er personnel department we noted , or they noted as it had arisen that we indicated the route to erm sick pay over a certain period and before a certain period but not the detail of how you got there . |
| 17 | By any standards it was a sensitive period and about the worst moment that anyone could have chosen to circulate proposals of this kind . |