Example sentences of "[adj] was a period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect this was a period of withdrawal from a rigidly structured police world to a world turned upside down ; where , in a ‘ counter-cultural ’ way , we were to find that the strict terms of reference we had carefully built up over the years no longer seemed to have relevance . |
| 2 | As Robert Wilson , an elder in the Rasharkin church , recognizes , this was a period of unprecedented interest in the Free Church : |
| 3 | This was a period of rapid development in the technology and tactics of warfare ; gone were the Frankish troops of the time of Charlemagne , who were expected to be riders , foot soldiers , swordsmen , spearsmen and archers all at once . |
| 4 | Some commentators — particularly Cockburn and Dearlove — have argued that this was a period of structural change in which local government became more clearly tied to the interests of capitalism and closer to business interests . |
| 5 | This was a period of steady economic growth with demand for labour almost everywhere in the country . |
| 6 | Thus , particularly in the north , this was a period of shifting climates and habitats , in which forest , tundra and ice-sheets replaced each other repeatedly and rapidly . |
| 7 | This was a period of graft and unrestrained corruption . |
| 8 | This was a period of intense isolation , in which he sank into nervous apprehensiveness and paranoia . |
| 9 | This was a period of growth in the size of government in terms of budgets and the areas of service provision . |
| 10 | This was a period of great advances in technology , particularly in communication . |
| 11 | The 1870s was a period of vigorous debate concerning the need to change Japanese society . |
| 12 | The reign of Edward I was a period of development and definition . |
| 13 | 1972 and early 1973 was a period of very rapid growth throughout the world capitalist system . |
| 14 | Firstly , the 70's was a period of considerable world wide corporate growth and , secondly , economic recession associated with structural change in the UK economy focused attention on manpower as a priority area in terms of productivity and cost control . |
| 15 | In the peak fertility years of 1961–5 the figures were very similar : 67 and 83 per cent respectively , even though 1938 was a period of ‘ low ’ fertility , 1961–5 of ‘ high ’ fertility . |
| 16 | McCallum divides the development of regional policy since the war into five periods : 1945–7 was a period of substantial growth ; 1947–58 was the ‘ lull ’ in regional policy ; 1958–64 was the re-activation ; 1964–70 represented the boom ; 1970–4 witnessed the unsuccessful counterrevolution ; and 1974–8 was an age of uncertainty . |
| 17 | What it needed next was a period of stable sales . |
| 18 | The late 1980s was a period of rapid growth in the national economy accompanied by important associated changes in the location and levels of office development , house building , retailing and industrial development . |