Example sentences of "[noun] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | If warranties are allowed to run until completion ( see section 0702.5 ) then there will be in practice a period of risk without reward . |
| 2 | One can actually see on this trace a period here where there was no airflow , so in this particular period the subject would not be breathing . |
| 3 | ‘ I believe Manchester United needs a period of stability . |
| 4 | Some seed should not be covered with soil because it needs light to germinate , some needs an acid-reacting soil , and some needs a period of cold between harvest and sowing . |
| 5 | It is common to take account of the duration of customer contracts and to allow the purchaser a period that extends beyond the contract renewal point . |
| 6 | This gives the buyer a period of at least six weeks ' priority ( " working day " do n't include Saturdays , Sundays or public holidays ) . |
| 7 | W was the Strike a period of hardship particularly ? |
| 8 | I suppose this was originally to give a sterile wife a period of grace — she could tell her husband she was pregnant but owing to the machinations of some female rival , the child was ‘ asleep ’ . ’ |
| 9 | The immediate post-Aden period , 1927–30 , was in many ways a period of momentous change in Nizan 's lifestyle , a moment when his individual existence stabilised , a moment of transition when a line was drawn between his bourgeois past and his communist future : 1928 , the birth of his daughter , Ann-Marie ; 1929 , the death of his father ; 1930 , the birth of his son , Patrick ; 1929 , the passing of the agregation and the consequent termination of his formal education ; 1929–30 , collaboration in La Revue marxiste . |
| 10 | For any particular trade a period of bad times could change things , and secondly , some trades could experience a permanent decline , leaving members with only a fading memory of better times . |
| 11 | The first half of the seventeenth century was in this respect a period of somewhat confused transition . |
| 12 | It was by no means a period of stagnation . |
| 13 | Thus it seems that following the early manifestations of the id and its component sexual and aggressive drives in early childhood , from about the age of seven until the age of puberty a period of relative quiescence and control of the id sets in , associated with the development of the ego and especially of the superego . |
| 14 | During the final five minutes of this sequence a period of intense activity was obvious and coincided with the emptying of water from the stomach and duodenal bulb . |
| 15 | The decision not to simply take over the entire MoMA show was made partly on the grounds that the Pompidou has already mounted a major Matisse retrospective ( in 1971 ) , and partly through a desire to study in depth a period of the artist 's life now viewed as fundamental for the development of twentieth-century painting . |
| 16 | The reform , which required a two-thirds majority in parliament , would allow a new government a period of 18 months to establish its programme and policies before it could be subject to a confidence motion . |
| 17 | Diplomatic relations between South Korea and the Soviet Union had been established in September 1990 , thereby bringing to an end a period of hostility dating from the Korean war . |
| 18 | The visit brought to an end a period of tension in Franco-Lebanese relations , and Mitterrand accepted an invitation to visit Beirut . |
| 19 | In 18 children a period of severe disease resolved or improved ( usually after surgical intervention ) to similarly mild or quiescent disease for the duration of follow up . |
| 20 | We shall attempt to introduce into the timetable a period of up to a week in which to consider indicative offers and possibly commence negotiations with a preferred bidder . |