Example sentences of "period [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been alleged by the director of a management investigation company that telephones in Transport House , then the headquarters of the Labour Party and still the headquarters of the TGWU , were tapped for long periods during 1972 , a time of union opposition to the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . |
| 2 | The analysis itself will consist of a series of geographically and chronologically delimited case-studies , designed to cover a variety of periods between 1250 and 1500 and geographical areas . |
| 3 | The TSS involved similar techniques to those described above but they were more aggressively applied with specific time periods between each operation . |
| 4 | The New Zealand Toxic Substances Board produced two reports in 1989 in which they compared consumption in 33 countries and prevalence in 20 advanced-economy countries over periods between 1970 and 1986 . |
| 5 | Most of the difference between North and South in periods between 1971 and 1984 ( Table 5.4 ) could still be predicted from the national industrial composition of changes in employment . |
| 6 | However , a World Meteorological Organization analysis of the winter periods between 1969 and 1988 for the zone between 30 and 64 N reveals ozone decreases in the range 3 to 5 per cent , with the larger decreases at high latitudes . |
| 7 | The twelfth century was characterized , therefore , by fewer but more protracted wars , which smouldered for long periods between short , sharp bouts of conflict , like the war that covered must of the reigns of Henry I of England and Louis VI of France , the one inaugurated by the great rebellion of 1173 , which outlived both Louis VII and Henry II , or that against Catalan claims in the south . |
| 8 | They were lifted in 1954 , but re-imposed in 1955 with the new aim of reducing demand for consumer durables , by setting minimum deposits and maximum repayment periods for certain goods , and stayed in force almost continuously , though with frequent modifications . |
| 9 | Greater involvement of practising teachers in the professional preparation of new recruits , the stipulation that a high proportion of teacher trainers directly involved with pedagogy should themselves have recent and successful experience of teaching and should create opportunities to renew this experience , and the setting of minimum periods for teacher-training courses and the practical elements within them — all these things are seen as ways of providing new teachers with greater and more effective assistance in the development of the necessary practical classroom skills . |
| 10 | He restored morale by instituting equal and regular tours of duty at the front and leave periods for all units , as well as improving rest camps behind the line . |
| 11 | At different periods for political reasons a local deity might be raised to become a state god , a position which could be temporary or permanent . |
| 12 | The trouble has been , however , that with the longer construction periods for nuclear stations and the further period before their cheaper running costs will allegedly show up , it can take a long time to see which way the scales really tip . |
| 13 | Earnings periods for National Insurance match tax periods ( this tax year is 6th April 1991 to 5th April 1992 ) . |
| 14 | There are short rehabilitation periods for juvenile offenders and persons subject to court orders or disqualifications . |
| 15 | Where goat milk or milk products are used for human consumption , milk-withholding periods for different drugs should be observed . |
| 16 | nervosa which essentially means , er loss of body weight or fifteen percent your normal preoccupation with weight , and loss of your periods for three months and a morbid fear of gaining weight . |
| 17 | You may be able to arrange day or shorter release periods for any study days or short courses relevant to your practice which would also help to bring you up to date . |
| 18 | Mean latent periods for malignant tumour detection after radiation exposure are estimated at about 25 years , although for leukaemia it is between 8 and 14 years . |
| 19 | He was still supplemented by special ambassadors sent for short periods for particular purposes , though their functions became more and more purely formal . |
| 20 | It is a far more important issue than the discussions over qualification periods for overseas players . |
| 21 | The Bristol area had over two inches of rainfall in two days during the first week of January , and that was followed by one of the wettest and stormiest periods for some time . |
| 22 | These differences might be due to lower doses used insome of the studies , short measurement periods after oral ingestion that might not have been sufficient to reach effective drug concentrations , and the fact that we investigated oesophageal motility on day four of oral drug treatment . |
| 23 | Tubers may be held in the ground for short periods after complete defoliation . |
| 24 | The sections were washed with TBS for two successive five minute periods after each incubation to remove unbound antibody . |
| 25 | ( iii ) The absence of an inner , concentric band produces a more open arrangement , wherein the trees are taller , the animals less restricted , and where the design suggests a radial movement ( which , with regard to the " fully radial arrangements of mosaics showing Orpheus , at Littlecote and Winterton , Lincs. , both dated to periods after 350 , is not without chronological significance ) . |
| 26 | It might be expected that where such clonal growth is possible , the struggle for existence over long periods of stable management would lead to the local dominance of single clones — those that had succeeded in a struggle for existence with others . |
| 27 | Many full-timers have also had periods of part-time work or career breaks . |
| 28 | Trade unionists also discovered that provision of benefits were an effective means of retaining members between periods of industrial militancy . |
| 29 | A prices and incomes accord , negotiated in 1983 , had ( with several revisions ) covered the whole of the Hawke government 's period in office and was credited by its advocates with having created 300,000 jobs , reduced real unit labour costs and underpinned one of the longest periods of industrial harmony in the country 's history . |
| 30 | Citations to actual theses generally reflect long periods of current influence , with some theses continuing to be cited up to twenty years after their deposit . |