Example sentences of "was [verb] for [art] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mill-pond was drained for a three-year period in order to allow some necessary excavation . |
| 2 | Therefore , in the subsequent 56 patients adjuvant therapy with chenodeoxycholic acid 7 mg/kg/day and ursodeoxycholic acid 5 mg/kg/ day was given for an arbitrary period of three months after the procedure . |
| 3 | CND had planned a number of marches in London for that summer but they were affected by a ban on all public processions ( other than those traditionally held ) in the Metropolitan Police District which was imposed for a twenty-eight-day period by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner , with the consent of the Home Secretary , under section 3 of the Public Order Act 1936 . |
| 4 | This appears to be subject to an exception where the licence was granted for a limited period of time and for a specific purpose . |
| 5 | The concession was granted for a 20-year period , ending in 2011 . |
| 6 | British case at least , the problem of national or ethnic difference was masked for a long period by development occurring in the peripheries at the same rate and in similar ways to development in industrial England . |
| 7 | However , under section 13 of the Act of 1988 , the validity of registrations effected under the previous Act was extended for a transitional period until 31 March 1989 . |
| 8 | He was rewarded with the first Presidency of the BDDA and was reelected for a total period of twenty-eight years . |
| 9 | It also did so if a property was rented for a qualifying period . |
| 10 | On Jan. 26 , Liu Zihou , a worker , was imprisoned for an undisclosed period for the capital offence of " armed mass rebellion " . |