Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such further offer shall be made in the same manner and limited by a like period as the original offer . |
| 2 | Such further offer shall be made in the same manner and limited by a like period as the original offer . |
| 3 | In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest . |
| 4 | The New Oxford English Dictionary Project requires a sophisticated and novel computer system to be built and commissioned in a short period of time . |
| 5 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 6 | In East Berlin , the well-known opposition figure , Pastor Rainer Eppelmann , said the talks set an example for the whole country , and called for a two-week period of calm on the streets . |
| 7 | However , perhaps he could be more generous , given the present need for investment , and allow for a limited period , such as that which operated when the right hon. Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) was Chancellor . |
| 8 | As in most parts of Britain the Hercynian movements at the end of the Carboniferous were accompanied and followed by a long period of erosion . |
| 9 | The period chosen was a critical one for the British economy , emerging from the difficulties of the post-War period and embarking on a major period of expansion which saw the increase of real wages and affluence in British society . |
| 10 | Short-term wage work is work that is paid for and contracted for a specific period of time , whether that be a day or a season . |
| 11 | It is much better to get out of bed and return after a short period when you feel more tired . |