Example sentences of "[prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the basis of privately commissioned opinion polls showing an increasing majority in favour of some measure of divorce legislation , FitzGerald agreed with his cabinet to proceed with a referendum on whether to change the constitution so as to allow divorce for marriages irretrievably broken down , though only after a period of five years ' actual breakdown and legal separation . |
| 2 | After a period of time we will then ask local groups to provide this information . |
| 3 | The first try came after a period of sustained pressure , when Mal Meninga had the strength to force over from close range . |
| 4 | Bull 's reply prompted a hurricane finish by the Second Division side after a period in which Villa looked to have weathered the storm . |
| 5 | But while Yorkshire fail on the field there will always be discontent , and Boycott , after a period in which he appeared to have submerged himself in a media career , may head the opposition once more . |
| 6 | The Thatcher government , after a period of rapid decline in manufacturing and a sharp rise in unemployment , which reached 3.2 million by mid-1982 , appeared to have conquered many of the major difficulties in the mid-1980s , and there was talk of a ‘ British miracle ’ comparable to those of Germany and Japan . |
| 7 | Extract from a letter received from an ex-member of the Womens Royal Air Force after a period of convalescence at Richard Peck House ‘ It was my good fortune to be given a period of convalescence at Richard Peck House after major surgery . |
| 8 | After a period of 12–36 months , the last 2–3 weeks of which are spent in a pupal stage near the surface , the grub becomes a fully grown beetle . |
| 9 | ‘ For your own sake you should get rid of him — or make him live out , ’ Frank said quietly after a period of silence . |
| 10 | After a period as head of MGM UK , Korda reconstituted London films , bought and modernized studios at Shepperton , took over a controlling interest in the British Lion distribution company and purchased the Rialto Cinema in Leicester Square as his showcase . |
| 11 | They had done so after a period of co-operation and consultation with East Germany which looks in retrospect like a laying of the groundwork for what was to come in both Germanys . |
| 12 | The appeal , to be made by the Umalah ( Muslim clergy ) next Friday in Britain 's 1,000 mosques , comes after a period of relative quiet among campaigners and is being interpreted as a shift towards Mr Rushdie 's more vigorous opponents , including Dr Kalim Siddiqui . |
| 13 | After a period of slower rise until 10,500 years ago , corresponding to a time known as the Younger Dryas — when ice sheets temporarily advanced again in the Northern hemisphere — a second burst of accelerated sea-level risk took place , at rates similar to the previous acceleration . |
| 14 | After a period of time , the milk appears to skin ; this is the cream rising to the surface of the vat . |
| 15 | After a period of some 45min , the vat appeared full of blancmange . |
| 16 | After a period of exceptionally rapid growth in lending , British banks too have had to make big provisions for bad debts ; defaults are growing faster than during the recession of 1980–81 . |
| 17 | Things have begun to swing towards more enforcement after a period in which , as you note , the Sherman and Clayton acts were forgotten and the authorities charged with enforcing them were starved of resources . |
| 18 | This was all happening while I was walking through the bus station and taking my place in the queue ; and when I gained my seat I began looking in my bag for a piece of paper and a biro , and then , on the inside of a chocolate-bar wrapping I wrote what I must memorize and recite if I were to get the message over to the doctor — I , who even made heavy weather of describing a sore throat ; I , who after a period in the waiting-room could dry up so as to be virtually dumb . |
| 19 | According to Freud , this happens after a period of ‘ anaesthesia ’ , in fact , often not until after first coitus . |
| 20 | Think about how people look after a period of sickness and diarrhoea . |
| 21 | Her husband began to complain of headaches and lethargy and after a period of investigation in hospital it was discovered that he had a malignant cerebral tumour . |
| 22 | They had to look only as far as France to learn how pernicious are the effects of unlocking the archives after a period when the secret police have been keeping open house . |
| 23 | The housing market is fighting to regain stability after a period , without post-war precedent , of both real and nominal falls in prices ( see chart ) . |
| 24 | THE CITY appeared reconciled yesterday to a hung parliament , with share prices , the pound and government bonds all showing modest gains after a period of sustained weakness . |
| 25 | After a period on the staff in the Sudan , he commanded 20 Field Company at the Battle of Keren in Eritrea . |
| 26 | The commonest problem with central heating pumps is jamming , either after a period when the pump has not been used , or due to sludge in the system clogging the impeller . |
| 27 | Sexual relations between the newcomer and the old man 's daughters are not resented , and after a period of mutual co-existence the young male leads the daughters into a separate existence as a new harem . |
| 28 | Also , using 4WD seems to cause a minor oil leak which again appears to be self curing after a period in normal drive . |
| 29 | After a period of disuse , the Carr Tanning Co took over the premises and are still there . |
| 30 | My gut , after a period of glorious dependability on a diet of potatoes , was bailing everything out again , spurred on by a meal of Lomo ( pork ) a lo Gordon Blyed from Puno International Restaurant . |