Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] period " in BNC.

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1 The first concerns the dominant devices in a particular genre and/or period .
2 The definition of ‘ occurrence ’ for this purpose includes any one storm or period of extreme weather lasting for 72 hours .
3 The absence of any period effect or period treatment interaction was checked .
4 His books The Medieval Stage and The Elizabethan Stage remain classics of literary history , and in their range and period there are few better anthologies of verse than his Early English Lyrics and Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse .
5 The museum commemorates the events of that day , and of those times , with displays of arms , armour and period costume , together with dioramas and maps of the Battle .
6 All dressed in authentic style with period equipment and period skills being demonstrated .
7 ‘ A good brisk walk is equivalent to a jog any time ’ ) ; that when a lightly built eight-stone person runs around on a hard surface , his/her knees suffer a momentary weight equivalent to three-quarters of a ton with each step he/she takes ; that dieting and exercises together can cause hormonal imbalances , infertility and period loss in women ; that the death rate of stressed , worried , prejudiced-against-smoking non-smokers can be three times as high as that of relaxed smokers .
8 Powerful headspinning direction by first-timer Lili Fini Zanuck captures junk sickness , '70s amorality and period detail in unflinching detail .
9 ‘ Along with the dominance of a masculine value system in art and art history has often come a blindness to female existence , even when the reality of women 's roles is well documented by the art of a given place or period ’ .
10 Thus the development of the mix to meet conditions at a particular point or period in time is essentially a contingency approach to marketing management .
11 Lord Lane said it would be unlawful to detain a child ‘ for such period or periods or in such circumstances as to take it outside the realm of reasonable parental discipline ’ .
12 There is no doubt that Lowe used sign language — during sometime in his career , he must have spent a period or periods in Edinburgh because the Member 's List of Edinburgh 's Congregational Deaf Church lists a John William Lowe of London as Member no. 125 , married to a hearing wife , for the period 1836 to 1838 .
13 To express in financial terms capital works necessary to meet the objectives expressed or implied of an organization within an accounting period or periods .
14 ‘ On the making of an order for possession of such a dwelling-house , or at any time before the execution of such an order … the court , subject to subsection ( 5 ) below , may — ( a ) stay or suspend execution of the order , or ( b ) postpone the date of possession , for such period or periods as the court thinks fit .
15 The matter may be looked at retrospectively ( ie where the partner has been unable to work for some defined period or periods ) or prospectively ( where it has become apparent that the partner 's health has failed and will not improve ) .
16 The district judge may extend the period of four months for a further period or periods each not exceeding four months , if reasonable efforts have been made to serve the summons and provided that the application has been made before the preceding 12 months expire , or if later , in the court 's discretion ( Ord 7 , r 20(2) ) .
17 Arrival times of EGRET γ -rays above 500MeV were converted to pulsar phase using the radio period and period derivative .
18 Fairly strict diet and periods cos women tend to lose iron and certainly women who are actively dieting can actually become iron deficient .
19 When we do this , we find that a critic 's range of activities varies from place to place and period to period .
20 Only the most illustrious names hold out the lure of considerable profit ; but many thousands of unknown men and women have left behind them a legacy of written material that will never be illicitly copied and imitated yet will yield a rich store of history , and throw light on their place and period , life and labours , which are every bit as important , in the ultimate scale of things , as the antics and accomplishments of those who contrived to hit the headlines .
21 Some formula such as 50 per cent of the current local room rate ( given the place and period this might be about £30 ) might be acceptable .
22 That cases like this whether or not favouritism was involved — occurred more frequently than one might suppose from the evidence of the biographical sources , however , is suggested once again by the kanun of 1006/1598 , in a passage immediately following the one quoted above : " Let the of those of the kasabat kadis who have been given mevleviyet status in post [ i.e. , in the place and period of their tenure ] not be accepted . "
23 ls the opening to generate atmosphere and mood , to establish the location , time of day and/or period which will give an air of reality ?
24 Premenstrual Syndrome & Period Pains
25 Fine façade and period interior .
26 It may be seen as expressing the personality of the author , in accordance with the famous formula of the French scholar Buffon ( 1978 : xvii ) , that the style is the man ( ‘ le style est l'homme même ’ ) ; or it may be related to a literary movement or period ( e.g. futurist style , baroque style ) .
27 Because the data comes from a survey conducted at one point in time , we can not tell if the relationship is conditional upon age or period , however .
28 Whatever topic or period is under study , pupils can be introduced to many of the varied sources of evidence .
29 Site visits also generally offer teachers an excellent mechanism for covering all of the required key elements in the " PESC " formula ( the political/military , social , economic , and religious/cultural aspects of a topic or period ) .
30 You will also have to be prepared to overlook sudden flashes of anger or periods of irritability which may seem to be aimed at you but which are much more likely to be an expression of her natural resentment of the disaster that has befallen her .
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