Example sentences of "[adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is essential that the project manager organizes the project so that he can give uninterrupted thought for adequate periods to the key results areas . |
| 2 | Where goat milk or milk products are used for human consumption , milk-withholding periods for different drugs should be observed . |
| 3 | It has fallen most heavily and for the longest periods on the most vulnerable members of society , with a particular concentration on the young , and on unskilled or semi-skilled workers . |
| 4 | Of large industrial countries , the UK permits one of the longest periods at four months . |
| 5 | By 1970 , with the passing of the old empire , these were all over , and only the totally unexpected war with Argentina over the Falklands in 1982 interrupted what was one of the longest periods of unbroken peace that Britain had known since the later middle ages . |
| 6 | The poorest people experience the longest periods of being out of work . |
| 7 | A prices and incomes accord , negotiated in 1983 , had ( with several revisions ) covered the whole of the Hawke government 's period in office and was credited by its advocates with having created 300,000 jobs , reduced real unit labour costs and underpinned one of the longest periods of industrial harmony in the country 's history . |
| 8 | In the creation of our modern world-view , few periods of Western history have been as decisive as the hundred fifty years that followed the publication , in 1543 , of Copernicus 's sun-centered astronomy . |
| 9 | In few periods in early Ottoman history can that need have been felt more strongly than in the years following Ankara . |
| 10 | Studying the body clock for extended periods of time |
| 11 | Some models have a secondary pump which can allow the collection tank to drain while the machine is still operating thus allowing extended periods of continuous running . |
| 12 | It is well nigh impossible to compare the rate of crime over extended periods of time ( as Reading 10 , Chapter 5 , taken from Pearson 's study , indicates ) . |
| 13 | Pearson 's study of the history of street crime in Britain clearly illustrates the problem of using criminal statistics as a means for comparing the rate of crime over extended periods of time . |
| 14 | You may prefer their texture or you may need extended periods of wet paint , in which case Blockx colours are very useful . |
| 15 | The only people who are likely to experience extended periods of spontaneous regression are those who have been practising deep meditation over a prolonged period of time and have reached a high degree of competence in this field . |
| 16 | For extended periods of a week or more , you must drain down the household plumbing system . |
| 17 | You may prefer their texture or you may need extended periods of wet paint , in which case Blockx colours are very useful . |
| 18 | Each section is relatively short , the idea being to avoid extended periods of continuous reading from the screen . |
| 19 | The intention is that over extended periods of time equivalent machines receive an equivalent amount of resource . |
| 20 | There are occasional reports in the medical journals of people not sleeping for extended periods of time when suffering from illnesses interfering with brain function . |
| 21 | Moreover , some employers chose to make ex gratia awards not only as cash payments or share option schemes , but also in the form of extended periods of leave or the improvement of on-site research facilities . |
| 22 | The company applies its techniques through workshops or residencies over extended periods of time in hospitals , community centres of special schools . |
| 23 | Pulse arrival times have been recorded by Taylor and his colleagues over extended periods during the last 15 years . |
| 24 | Indeed , local ozone depletion rates in the lower stratosphere inferred from the AASE observations were in excess of 1% per day , approaching the values calculated for extended periods in the Antarctic . |
| 25 | It is important to look at ratio trends over extended periods in order to judge the progress of the company . |
| 26 | It is important to look at ratio trends over extended periods in order to judge the progress of the company . |
| 27 | The teachers in our study did use strategies which came into the first category , but it was the second which was the key to understanding the all-pervasive quality of the collaboration and the self-sufficiency of the children which had so impressed us , allowing the teacher uninterrupted periods of time for working with individuals and groups . |
| 28 | Berg worked out his proportions deliberately , by design , in the same way as other composers have done in some periods since the Middle Ages . |
| 29 | After some periods of discouragement , attempts to put things right and make the effort needed to achieve the kinds of adjustment required for mutual happiness are often postponed , then shelved . |
| 30 | A young probationary teacher and a student-teacher were also available for some periods of " fringe help , mostly supervisory " ( op. " cit. : 5 ) , but played little part in the planning discussions . |