Example sentences of "a [adj] period and [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Could not public health medicine be organised in the same way as clinical specialties , where a coordinator is appointed for a limited period and then the role passes on , with the financial supplement , to another ?
2 Both grass and clovers recover and grow more quickly when grazed hard for a short period and then rested for two to three weeks than they do under continuous nibbling .
3 ‘ Paddock grazing ’ , in which the grassland is divided into small paddocks , grazed hard for a short period and then rested for up to three weeks , is a very good system for the control of parasite worms , the life cycle of which is broken during the rest periods .
4 Affected fish are dipped in such a solution for a short period and then can be safely returned to the pool .
5 It thus appears most unlikely that Fahreddin Acemi could have held the kadilik of Edirne for a significant period and much more likely that he never held it at all ; and in this respect , in his not holding a kadilik simultaneously with the Muftilik , Fahreddin Acemi seems not only to differ from his predecessors but also to resemble all his successors in the office of Mufti .
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