Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where |
| 2 | The proposal was that His Majesty would invite certain individuals as individuals to take upon their shoulders the burden of carrying on the Government and Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Samuel ( sic ) had stated that they were prepared to act accordingly … the Administration would not exist for a period longer than was necessary to dispose of the emergency , and when that purpose was achieved the political parties would resume their respective positions . |
| 3 | She is thinking of her new novel ( ‘ Letting it germinate for a period ’ ) and seems very busy and hungry . |
| 4 | I like doing jobs where I can get down and concentrate for a period |
| 5 | Wood cutting boards will survive for a period but tend to crack after about a year of continuous washing . |
| 6 | Time is the final significant factor since karren developed under a relatively humid climate may survive for a period after a change to a more arid climatic regime . |
| 7 | Not only does this not provide for a period of professional consolidation , but the students additionally have concern for their continuing employment . |
| 8 | Emergency laws giving wide-ranging powers of arrest and detention , first introduced in 1981 after the assassination of President Anwar el Sadat , were extended when the People 's Assembly voted on May 8 that they should apply for the period June 1 , 1991 , to May 31 , 1994 . |
| 9 | Policy was conducted with ‘ a light touch ’ : save for the period of the Great War , when censorship and other controls operated , the Third Republic ( 1870–1940 ) was the most liberal regime France had experienced since the early phase ( 1789–92 ) of the Great Revolution . |
| 10 | Elected a fellow of Exeter in 1850 , he was ordained ( deacon in 1852 and priest in 1853 ) and remained a fellow ( from 1893 honorary fellow ) until his death , save for the period from 1868 , when he vacated his fellowship on his marriage , until 1882 , when the passing of the statutes of the second university commissioners enabled him to be readmitted as a fellow . |
| 11 | The agreement would last for a period of twelve months as from 1 July 1949 , with a dual trade flow amounting to about £55 million . |
| 12 | Such reversals , which may last for a period of several years , have been observed on the east coast . |
| 13 | 6.1 This Agreement shall take effect on the date of signature of this Agreement and shall continue for a period of three years and from year to year thereafter until or unless terminated by either party giving to the other not less than six months ' prior written notice , subject always to prior termination as hereinafter specified . |
| 14 | 6.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period as shown in the Schedule . |
| 15 | 6.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period as shown in the Schedule . |
| 16 | 6.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period as shown in the Schedules . |
| 17 | 5.1 This Agreement shall continue for the period as shown in the Schedule |
| 18 | If the bill is to be calculated on a daily rate and someone 's auntie comes to stay for a couple of months in the middle of the year , what about all the complications in adjusting for that and how do we account for the period for which someone has lost the discount ? |
| 19 | It amounts to the ‘ best ’ statistical description of the process determining which Barro could find for the period covered by his data . |