Example sentences of "period [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both prospered in the colonial period as free ports . |
| 2 | Another goal was to raise the intake level and lengthen the training period for new teachers . |
| 3 | The years 1945–5 I were not a period for new ideas , but for remedial action . |
| 4 | However , in insisting on a two-year probation period for new assemblers , the Polish government runs the risk that firms such as Wyse Technology Inc , which have been looking seriously at manufacturing in the country , may find short-term sales opportunities unattractive . |
| 5 | ‘ Nothing abnormal about not having a period for two years . |
| 6 | A timetable for an orderly sale with a longer period for developing relationships with purchasers than may be necessary in a rushed sale is included in Section 1102.5 . |
| 7 | By this time I was 5ft 7in , weighed six stone , was covered in boils , had a mouthful of ulcers and had n't had a period for four months . |
| 8 | During the worst period for external conditions of the whole three years the only book I could get hold of ( and then only after putting my name down on a waiting list ) was Somerset Maugham 's enormous Of Human Bondage . |
| 9 | It is difficult to establish an exact incubation period for genital louse infection but various authorities agree that the average time between acquiring and noticing the lice is about one month . |
| 10 | Rental terms for all three units start at £3 per square foota rent-free period for selective tenants . |
| 11 | Our results compare the disease activity at entry with the most severe disease activity experienced during the entire treatment period for each patient . |
| 12 | To overcome this difficulty , the estimated cumulative proportion of ulcers relapsing on each treatment was calculated using life tables and the log rank test as described by Peto et al because this method uses the actual duration of the ulcer free period for each patient and allows any censored data to be incorporated into the calculation up to the point at which the patient drops out of the trial . |
| 13 | As a consequence , whereas before the government used to control the amount of loan redemption by setting a maximum redemption period for each category of asset , now it has a global control . |
| 14 | A six week period for each class of six officers consisted of theoretical training using the saloon for the classroom , followed by working patrols during which the trainees would apply their newly acquired knowledge , and also do the normal work of a cutter crew , rummaging as time permitted . |
| 15 | Bear in mind that the norm is to maintain your laying period for 72 weeks , minus the first four weeks , means 60 weeks of actual lay . |
| 16 | The obligatory consultation period for prior approval from National Park Authorities for agricultural proposals attracting grant aid in National Parks should be increased from 1 month to a maximum of 3 months in order to give NPAs a more reasonable time for an assessment of the proposal 's implications and to take specialist advice . |
| 17 | To my sorrow I missed out personally on this one as I had been " grounded " at that period for various reasons . |
| 18 | The Treasury 74 per cent 2012–15 would be delivered on 1 June but becomes ineligible because June 1 falls during the special ex dividend period for that bond . |
| 19 | The late 1970s proved to be the start of a new and unstable period for international aviation . |
| 20 | There is no statutory limitation period for criminal proceedings such as those in the instant case . |
| 21 | The incubation period for primary syphilis is between one and twelve weeks , with the majority of cases showing evidence of infection at two to four weeks . |
| 22 | Preset potentiometer VR1 , in conjunction with fixed resistor R2 connected between IC1 pins 11 and 12 , provide an adjustment which will be used to trim the timing period for best accuracy at the end of construction . |
| 23 | Er for high traffic forecast there would be the blue route would save and this is a thirty year thirty year assessment period which is a standard assessment period for major road schemes , twenty four fatalities under high traffic growth conditions , twenty fatalities under low traffic growth . |
| 24 | This was followed by a three-year trial period for successful candidates , who had then to sit a second examination ( examen de classement ) . |
| 25 | This was particularly the case with his Class A applications , where twenty-one days was far too short a period for effective publicity , let alone considered public reaction . |
| 26 | Prolific say that intermediaries do not like the more usual two-to five-year period for fixed rate loans , as these lock borrowers out when interest rates fall . |
| 27 | Whatever the surroundings or the group activity , the inevitable tea-break provides a period for spontaneous conversation . |
| 28 | The church 's greatest denunciations were reserved in the early period for sexual immorality and the dangers to the people coming from modern society : from the cinema , literature , radio , and , above all , from dance-halls ( Whyte 1980 : 25–34 ) . |
| 29 | Whilst the overall sums have been low , and there has also been criticism that the time period for these grants has been too short for the more innovative projects , some success in the movement of mentally handicapped and ill people into the community has been achieved . |
| 30 | As described earlier , it has not been possible to measure this peak in the case of citations to Scottish geological theses , because of the small numbers of individual citations recorded , and because of the large spread of the citation period for these works . |