Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] a period " in BNC.

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1 ( 10 ) In any case where under the provisions of this Article the Directors may require a Transfer Notice to be given in respect of any Shares , if a Transfer Notice is not duly given within a period of two weeks of demand being made , a Transfer Notice shall be deemed to have been given in respect of such Shares at the expiration of the said period .
2 ( 10 ) In any case where under the provisions of this Article the Directors may require a Transfer Notice to be given in respect of any Shares , if a Transfer Notice is not duly given within a period of two weeks of demand being made , a Transfer Notice shall be deemed to have been given in respect of such Shares at the expiration of the said period .
3 ( i ) where the specified event happens in respect of a member , any share registered in his name may , notwithstanding paragraph ( 1 ) of this Rule , remain so registered for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any such share while it remains so registered ; and
4 ( i ) where the specified event happens in respect of a member , any share registered in his name may , notwithstanding paragraph ( 1 ) of this Rule , remain so registered for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any such share while it remains so registered ; and
5 POST-PARTUM ABSTINENCE — Normal sexual relations will obviously not be resumed immediately after termination of a pregnancy , which is naturally followed by a period of abstinence .
6 In a churchyard at Bilston in Staffordshire stands a memorial to a mother and her two infant children , who all died within a period of three weeks in the winter of 1847 ; they are described as ‘ all victims to the neglect of sanitary regulations specially referred to in a recent lecture on Health in this town . ’
7 Ironically , very often it is conservation policies , successfully applied over a period of time , that have made the centre a more attractive investment to owners and increased the value of properties .
8 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 .
9 The balance sheet does not relate to a period but sets out the book values of the assets , liabilities and capital as at a particular point in time .
10 ‘ The challenge will be to maintain morale among the staff because what really matters is to make sure that services to people who need them are not disrupted during a period of change . ’
11 In this case the seller will probably require some statement of the efforts that the acquirer will take to collect the debts , provision for unallocated payments received from debtors to be attributed first to pre-completion obligations , and a right to take over the enforcement of debts which are not collected within a period of , say , six months .
12 If you do not want a baby , but want your IUD removed , this is best done during a period , and you should immediately start using another method of contraception .
13 Not only does this not provide for a period of professional consolidation , but the students additionally have concern for their continuing employment .
14 However , the return to partial Labour rule did not usher in a period of optimistic progress towards a settlement .
15 For that reason the acquirer may insist that the trust fund or estate is not distributed for a period , unless the beneficiaries accept liability .
16 Bedwetting baselines are best set over a period of at least 2 weeks because of the often intermittent nature of the problem .
17 As a result of two previous visits to London , Boulestin had already gone through a period of serious anglomania which extended even to our food , and an attempt to make his father 's household in Poitiers appreciate the beauty of mint sauce with mutton , the fascination of Sir Kenelm Digby 's Stuart recipes for hydromel and mead , and the anglo-oriental romance of curry as served at Romano 's .
18 As regards guarantors , in the absence of any contrary indication in the lease , a guarantee does not extend to a period after the expiry of the term of the lease where the tenancy is being extended under s 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 .
19 Article 8 calls for the Common Market to be progressively established over a period of 12 years .
20 Particularly when he has just returned from a period of injury .
21 In practice , low potencies are usually prescribed over a period of time , whereas high potencies are classically administered as the single dose .
22 For example , W. A. Speck 's work on division lists for Queen Anne 's reign shows that the vast majority of MPs voted consistently either Whig or Tory , with a mere 12.2 per cent wavering in their allegiance , whilst in a similar analysis of division lists for William 's reign , usually regarded as a period when party conflict was less clearly defined , Henry Horwitz found that only 14 per cent of MPs voted across party lines .
23 A licence is usually granted for a period of five years .
24 Rented property is usually taken for a period of a year with an option to renew for the second and third years of the contract ; even six-month lets are rare .
25 Once a system has been pushed too far out of equilibrium , it takes just a little further input for a period of turmoil to ensue , followed by a new equilibrium .
26 Interaction usually begins with a period of eye contact which appears to signal from me to you ( and vice versa ) that we are ready to relate .
27 Not to mention his composition Four Minutes 33 Seconds , technically described as a period of ‘ apparent silence ’ .
28 The changes in that country also occurred during a period in which education spread rapidly , fertility declined sharply ( with occasional fluctuations ) and family planning knowledge and methods became widely available .
29 Indeed , considering the dating of later , Orpheus mosaics in the north of England ( part IV , section 3.2 , where the radial arrangement of the Tyche mosaic from Brantingham , is also dated to a period after 330 ) and the date of the Barton pavement , i.e. c. 300-320 , such duration seems likely .
30 In 1867 , the young scholar 's career was temporarily interrupted by a period of military service which resulted in a serious chest injury .
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