Example sentences of "from a [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is thought to have resulted from a prolonged period of subaerial exposure in response to a drop in sea-level prior to the deposition of the Z3 Anhydrite . |
| 2 | Shale sections benefit from a long period with 0.25 µm powder , as this gives very slow removal of material without plucking of quartz grains . |
| 3 | ‘ … and the pathetic thing was that he thought he had just recovered from a long period of madness . ’ |
| 4 | These measures had resulted from a long period of maturation and fitted into Morrison 's 1944 vision of a ‘ legislative programme of social reconstruction ’ after the war had ended . |
| 5 | He had sought and received asylum in the Senegalese embassy in Conakry only a month after his return home from a long period of exile [ see p. 38181 ] . |
| 6 | By the last decade of Henry VIlI 's reign , if not before , England was beginning to recover from a long period of population decline . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Apart from a brief period after 1964 when prescription charges were removed , these charges have remained ever since and been increased regularly . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | which can be thought of as a temporary , unexpected rise or fall in income ( for example , an unexpected increase in income resulting from a win at the races , or a temporary fall in income resulting from a short period of unemployment ) . |
| 12 | Apart from a short period between May 1929 and October 1931 , it was the largest political party throughout the inter-war years . |
| 13 | They believe that the interpretation is from a later period of the Church and that it arises from using the parable for teaching purposes . |
| 14 | Amongst those who did not do duty in this year 's championship are Phil Davies ( standing down as Llanelli skipper after a highly successful five year run ; reverting to the second row and declaring his intention to challenge for a place in the Lions party in that position — remember the trouble he gave Paul Ackford when Wales last beat England in 1989 ) ; David Bryant ( controversially appointed a youthful pack leader in his first season in international rugby under the John Ryan regime , now recovered from a debilitating period of illness ) ; Andy Allen ( the front jumper was capped out of Newbridge in 1990 , subsequently becoming yet another moving down the valley to Newport ) ; Aled Williams ( one cap as a replacement wing in Namibia in 1990 , when a Bridgend player , but increasingly favoured by many to join Robert Jones in forming a club halfback partnership ) . |