Example sentences of "[vb -s] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present publication , Venetian Glass 1890–1990 , covers a period which Rosa Mentasti has made particularly her own . |
| 2 | This book covers a period of some two hundred years . |
| 3 | This chapter examines two aspects of organizational planning : the corporate plan , which usually covers a period of three to live years ; and the annual budget , which looks at one year of that plan in much greater detail . |
| 4 | The fact that a child is weaned early ( or undergoes a period of separation , or has minimal brain damage , or loses a parent through death ) will not by itself tell one about the eventual outcome . |
| 5 | But behind this there lies a period , obscurely documented , in which there was far greater freedom and equality among the cities — an era brought to a sharp end by the threat of foreign conquest , which drew the Greek cities together in heroic resistance to the Persian invaders — and thus began the process which ended in the effective dominance of Sparta and Athens over their neighbours . |
| 6 | Having done this , you can begin by making sure that she is not left alone at all at first in her emotionally collapsed condition , unless she clearly indicates that she wants a period of solitude . |
| 7 | Contraceptive precautions should be continued until a woman has a period or any bleeding for two years if ages 45–50 , and for one year if over 50 . |
| 8 | Evidence that the SCN are the body clock can be summarized as follow : ( 1 ) Rhythmic electrical activity can be recorded from the nerve cells that make up the SCN and this rhythm has a period of about 24 hours . |
| 9 | So a 20-storey building has a period of about 2 seconds , a natural frequency of 0.5 hertz ; a five-storey building has a period of half a second , a natural frequency of 2 hertz . |
| 10 | So a 20-storey building has a period of about 2 seconds , a natural frequency of 0.5 hertz ; a five-storey building has a period of half a second , a natural frequency of 2 hertz . |
| 11 | The pulsar has a period of 102ms and slows with a characteristic age of 17,300yr . |
| 12 | In some cases there are definite indications of periodicity ; thus Beta Pegasi , in the Flying Horse , has a period of about 36 days , though the range is less than half a magnitude . |
| 13 | It has a period of 409 days , and a very large range , from slightly above magnitude 6 at maximum down to almost 15 at minimum . |
| 14 | Zeta Aurigæ has a period of 972 days . |
| 15 | It has a period of 431 days , and a range of between 5.5 and 13 , so that for most of the time it is well below binocular range . |
| 16 | Forming a group with them is the Mira variable R Leonis , which has a period of 312 days . |
| 17 | In the same field as Iota ( 4.7 ) lies the rapid variable SX Phœnicis , which has a period of only 79 minutes — one of the shortest known . |
| 18 | It has a period of 357 days , and at minimum is so faint that large telescopes are needed to show it , but at maximum it has been known to rise to 5.7 , and is then just visible with the naked eye and very easy in binoculars . |
| 19 | In effect he has a period of grace . |
| 20 | The stability of isolated pulsars rivals that of atomic clocks ; for example PSR 1937+21 has a period P of 1.5578 ms with a rate of change of only . |
| 21 | The equilibrium has a period of temporary reputation building but it always eventually collapses . |
| 22 | ‘ The party needs a period of serious reflection about what went wrong and what needs to be done . |
| 23 | Perhaps everyone who works with such old people needs a period of physical disability ( real or ‘ pretend ’ ) to see just what effort goes into the daily round and the strategies which are adopted the better to cope and to preserve independence . |
| 24 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 25 | Crisis in this context describes a period of intensive self-examination in which one 's beliefs and values are re-examined . |
| 26 | The CEGB says that it should be possible to build a PWR in Britain in six years , but it uses a period of 7 years in its calculations of the economics of Sizewell B. |
| 27 | Nevertheless , it is only fair to say that this marks a period of ‘ boom ’ in house prices . |
| 28 | The third term includes a period of placement , normally in Ireland or Great Britain , arranged by the University . |
| 29 | In this case it shows a period of about 21 hours which is too rapid to be adjusted to a normal value of 24 hours . |
| 30 | A regime called Training By Assignment , which involves a period of learning followed by practical application , is being used increasingly at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby , UK . |