Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Priddle and Heywood ( 1980 ) regard antarctic lakes as forming an evolutionary series which has developed over the period of about 20 000 years since the ice-sheet was maximal ; this is in any case a convenient way of describing them . |
| 2 | Its share of total industrial activity has varied over the period but the figures for the late 1960s are representative . |
| 3 | Does he further agree that the time has come for a period of consolidation ? |
| 4 | The transactions demand is related to the function money performs as a medium of exchange in that a certain quantity of money balances is required by economic transactors simply to purchase the goods and services they expect to buy during the period in question . |
| 5 | This study examines specific resources — various types of labour , capital and materials — used by the hospital sector to quantify the degree of substitution that has occurred over the period 1951 to 1981 . |
| 6 | Answer guide : To provide a guide to the way in which a business has performed over a period of time . |
| 7 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |
| 8 | Indeed this emphasis has persisted into a period where , in the new media , large-scale organizations are in fact available for analysis . |
| 9 | In the case of the urban riots , it is the nature of the television coverage which is in essence inciting other young people in different parts of the country to civil disobedience , whereas in the case of football violence , the implication is that the perceived lack of moral leadership by the broadcasting corporations has led over a period of years to a general moral climate in this country which fails to provide adequate controls over the behaviour of the nation 's youth . |
| 10 | An examination of Figure 6.1 reveals that , whilst each of the groups considered has gained over the period 1979 — 89 ( due to the tax and benefit changes discussed above ) , the greatest gain was made by the richest tenth of the population . |
| 11 | However , it is clear that the divergence between the North and the South has widened during the period 1981 — 7 ( see Figure 9.5 ) . |
| 12 | There is general agreement among the writers on this subject and in the media that the divergence between North and South has widened during the period of Conservative government . |
| 13 | To be effective for tax purposes a Deed of Covenant has to turn for a period capable to exceeding three years . |
| 14 | the failure has continued for a period of , or periods amounting to , at least five years , |
| 15 | Our sub-leasing of of surplus retail area has continued in the period and combined with a small programme of retail park developments will enable our retail area grow , sorry will enable our rental income to grow . |
| 16 | It has to be admitted that the railway has passed through a period of financial difficulty but now appears to be settled and operating a successful service of trains . |
| 17 | CHESAPEAKE BAY Has created over a period of about 17000 years . |
| 18 | The following fall into this category : ( i ) step-parents ; ( ii ) anyone with whom the child has lived for a period of three years within the last five ; the relevant period of three years need not be continuous but must not have ended more than three months before the application is made ; ( iii ) where the child is in care , anyone who has the consent of the local authority ; ( iv ) where the child is not in care , anyone who has the consent of each person with parental responsibility for the child . |
| 19 | My belief is that our good practice has evolved over a period of more than 50 years and that it has developed in classrooms through the dedicated expertise of British teachers enjoying the relative freedom traditionally allowed within our education system . |
| 20 | And so it was that all Hollywood 's difficulties led somewhat accidentally to what Ralph A. Bauer has described as a period whose movies ‘ were perhaps as varied and intriguing ’ as the movies produced in any comparably short period in American history . |
| 21 | The figures below show how credit use has changed over the period covered by these three surveys . |
| 22 | But a survey is often the only approach even for the physical sciences ; an engineer , investigating the effects of gusts of wind on a suspension bridge must accept the wind speeds that nature happens to provide during the period of observation . |
| 23 | ‘ These countries are going to go through a period of not only political but also economic instability for some time to come , ’ he says . |
| 24 | Since over 50% of us seem to opt for a period of co-habitation before we take the marital plunge , these findings are pretty sobering stuff . |
| 25 | It tends to run with a period different from that of a solar day ! |
| 26 | Quite clearly , while I 'm not prepared to put a a figure on the contribution that conversions are going to make to the period to two thousand and six , I 'll be most surprised if it was a long way different from what has been taking place in the past . |
| 27 | From the president down , the policymakers have always appreciated that Germany was bound to go through a period of introversion . |
| 28 | Reports also suggested that the delegation 's visit had been timed to coincide with the period marking the start of US budgetary procedures allocating foreign assistance for the next financial year . |
| 29 | Dating from 1944 , the CNET had been ‘ born again' in the period 1955–8 . |
| 30 | An increased rate of major events has repeatedly been demonstrated to occur in a period prior to the onset or recurrence of a variety of psychiatric disorders ( Dohrenwend and Dohrenwend , 1974 ; Lazarus and Cohen , 1977 ; Brown and Harris , 1978 ; Paykel , 1978 ; Kennedy et al. , 1983 ) . |