Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a statutory demand is served , the debtor has only a limited period within which to apply to set it aside . |
| 2 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |
| 3 | Together with radiometric age determinations of the most recent eruptive episode , such reconstructions enable estimates to be made of the amount of material eroded over a known period of time . |
| 4 | The broad branching heads of large , ragged yellow daisies appear over a long period during summer ; a large patch is a magnificent spectacle . |
| 5 | And notwithstanding the invariable belief of these coaches that their own programme-of-the-moment is writ large on a tablet just descended from Heaven , there are no absolutes about which kind of exercises are best to get you fit over a short period of time . |
| 6 | Young children do imitate the aggressive acts of televised models as much as live models ; furthermore , this effect persists over a considerable period of time and is particularly pronounced when the aggressive model is portrayed as successful . |
| 7 | One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time . |
| 8 | The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to . |
| 9 | One of the most important limitations on statutory safeguards is the insistence that , to qualify for most rights , you must have built up a specified period of continuous employment . |
| 10 | So we see the difficulties of defining even a recent period of earth history , and the protagonists of the varied viewpoints would probably ( if it mattered at all ) argue just as fiercely as stratigraphers over the boundaries . |
| 11 | In particular , the New Moon present in your own birth sign on the 29th will trigger off a new period of some really quite remarkable and reassuring developments in your very personal life . |
| 12 | ‘ The largest single category of problems mentioned , however , was depression and anxiety attributable to the stresses of caring over a prolonged period of time . ’ |
| 13 | Unlike groups in laboratory studies , the work group is not created and then disbanded permanently ; it often survives over a long period of time . |
| 14 | Using data collected over a 2-year period from plots under a variety of management techniques , ranging from maize cultivation to a range of pasture grasses , they report that soil erosion and nutrient losses were greatest from maize ( Zea mays ) and guinea grass ( Panicum maximum Jacq. ) plots . |
| 15 | A good game of tennis , badminton , hockey , netball , or football , for instance , all involve a great deal of running over a prolonged period of time . |
| 16 | This perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the colonial legal system because the post-independence practices evolved over a long period of time . |
| 17 | The rehabilitation process may take quite a long period of time and will involve giving the patient enough support to boost his confidence and promote independence . |
| 18 | Writing the play brought back a whole period of his early life : not merely the marriage to Vivien but the friendship with Emily Hale . |
| 19 | In such studies records of a very large number of events are taken over a considerable period of time and memory for the events is subsequently tested . |
| 20 | The use of the courts to end a railroad strike in 1922 ushered in a lean period for the unions . |
| 21 | The composition of these works stretched over a considerable period of time . |
| 22 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |