Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a certain period of time denying the cravings for fats and carbohydrates , the mind and body simply rebel . |
| 2 | Every loan should be followed up after a certain period of time . |
| 3 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
| 4 | These movements are preprogrammed " ballistic " responses whose velocities are determined by the anticipated distance of travel , ensuring that the eye arrives at the right place after a fixed period of time . |
| 5 | In many ancient cultures , indeed , the king was ritually sacrificed after a stipulated period of time . |
| 6 | And subsequently after a long period of time , the opinions of our members generally was that we should change the , the procedure . |
| 7 | The areas which do not receive intervention can then serve as a basis for comparison with the targeted areas after a suitable period of time has elapsed ( see Table 6.1 ) . |
| 8 | Clause 10.1 permits cancellation ( by either party ) after a reasonable extension of time where one party or the other can not complete the contract through circumstances outside that party 's control . |
| 9 | Therefore property passed to him when after a reasonable length of time he had failed to object . |
| 10 | If after a reasonable period of time has elapsed , the Insurer having examined all evidence available , has no reason to suppose other than an accident has occurred , the disappearance of an Insured Person shall be considered as constituting a claim under this policy . |
| 11 | After a reasonable period of time ( for example , two years ) there should be a review of the position to determine whether the mobility clause needs to be retained in the contract of employment if it was found that the need for mobility was being met by a sufficiently large group of staff willing to be mobile . |
| 12 | The retention of such money by the landlord after a reasonable period of time is not unfair . |
| 13 | Such statements are only made after a considerable expenditure of time and effort by both the company and its auditors . |
| 14 | Rumour had it that on a less poetic occasion the Emperor had visited the pavilion accompanied only by Mme Walewska , his current favourite , embarking in a small rowing boat and returning with the lady only after a considerable lapse of time . |
| 15 | This agency arrangement will terminate after a defined period of time , at which point Newco will be required to buy the uncollected trade debts for the amount of the interest-free loan which remains outstanding . |
| 16 | An even more revealing way to consider the changes in the popularity of divorce would be to look at the proportion of each marriage cohort that divorces after a particular period of time . |
| 17 | If the management 's lawyers are not successful in removing a provision of this kind , then its effect can be mitigated by amendment so that it will apply only after an agreed period of time , for example five years , or with the consent of an agreed percentage of the members ; the latter may be appropriate where the investment has been syndicated . |
| 18 | Second , under the proposals , established partners who anticipate retiring after the five-year transitional relief has expired will pay tax in respect of a greater period of time than they have actually been a partner . |
| 19 | However , in contrast to that of Hirtle , the analysis put forward here proposes that without to the idea of a prior position in time is not evoked , since otherwise the particle would be completely redundant and hence meaningless , which has been shown not to be the case . |
| 20 | This absence of a continuous sense of time made an exact computation of past centuries extremely difficult , particularly because of co-regencies , parallel reigns and fictitious reigns . |
| 21 | As S. G. F. Brandon has pointed out , the great popularity of the cult of Osiris meant , in effect , the adoption by the Egyptians of a definite concept of time , although this may not have been consciously recognized . |
| 22 | It is clear from the surviving correspondence that a naval career had become attractive to the Scottish gentry by the middle of the eighteenth century , perhaps because expenses at sea were much lower than those incurred in an army officer 's mess , while not the least of the attractions of a naval career in time of war was the possibility of prize money . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) Urbanization and the disruption of a stable sense of time and space . |
| 24 | These involve awareness not only of a narrative point of time , but of circumstances which , in relation to that point , are past , future , or hypothetical . |
| 25 | In other words , if we want to compare the size of the money stock at one point in time ( M st ) with that of a previous point in time ( M st-1 ) , we have to look at the flow ( change ) of money between those two points |
| 26 | Examples of the finest artwork of a particular moment in time or place can give a false impression since they exclude reference to those living on a different level of existence . |
| 27 | An awareness of a longer span of time also comes with motherhood , a sense of being connected to both past and future through a succession of births . |
| 28 | Should we dump everything down onto a long-term storage medium and select at the end of a longer period of time with the benefit of historical hindsight , say after 25 years ? |
| 29 | Incentive payments to staff in the form of a bonus relating to the whole firm or department are possible and where used should be made in respect of a known period of time or on completion of certain jobs . |
| 30 | To break into the desktop publishing market as portrayed by the press , however , requires the investment of a large amount of time familiarising staff with a completely new technology and learning about the markets into which you intend to sell . |