Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LFS distinguishes between temporary workers who describe themselves as having " seasonal , temporary or casual jobs " and those with " jobs done under contract or for a fixed period of time " . |
| 2 | if either party is by any cause ( other than a cause directly attributable to the other party ) prevented from performing its obligations hereunder for a period of 3 ( three ) months or for a total period of 6 ( six ) months in any period of 12 ( twelve ) consecutive months . |
| 3 | Bankruptcy proceedings must be commenced in the High Court ( in London ) if : ( i ) the petition is presented by a Government department , and either in the statutory demand an indication to petition in the High Court is stated or the petition is based upon an unsatisfied execution ; or ( ii ) the debtor by or against whom the petition is presented has resided or carried on business within the London insolvency district for the greater part of the six months immediately preceding the presentation of the petition or for a longer period during those six months than in any other insolvency district ; or ( iii ) the debtor is not resident in England and Wales ; or ( iv ) the petitioning creditor is unable to ascertain the residence of the debtor ( tr 6.9(1) and 6.40 ) . |
| 4 | Material provisions whose adequacy can not be assessed objectively on the basis of actual experience either in the run up to completion or within a short period from completion ( so that it may not be reasonable to expect to obtain a retention from the vendors ) ; for example , pension provisions and reserves for goods supplied in previous years . |
| 5 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 6 | The result is that conflicts in one set of relationships , over a wide range of society , or over a long period of time , lead to the re-establishment of social cohesion ( 1955 : 2 ) . |
| 7 | Are you saying then that when one 's lapsed for six months or over a given period of time we should actually go out there and remove the signs |
| 8 | This situation has not led to a decline in enrolments : except for a brief period at the beginning of the crisis , the demand for education has been sustained . |
| 9 | Britain firmly and — except for a brief period in March 1951 — consistently advocated the conclusion of an early peace treaty . |
| 10 | Except for a brief period in September and October when prices threatened to fall to below $400 , platinum remained close to $500 an ounce for much of the year . |
| 11 | Except for a brief period in August , rubber prices were in decline despite falling stocks and low output in Malaysia . |
| 12 | The excavations , a joint venture between British and Italian authorities ( Provincia d'Isernia ) and directed for the last twelve years by the School 's director , Dr Richard Hodges , have shown that for a brief period in the early ninth century San Vincenzo was an exceptional place with far-flung connections . |
| 13 | He retired from medicine in 1930 , although for a brief period during World War II he acted as locum for a Cambridge doctor who had joined up . |
| 14 | X/Open is pushing the DCE specifications through a fast track procedure for adoption , which means they go straight to a vote by its members rather than through a prolonged period of technical evaluation , work already done exhaustively by OSF in any case . |
| 15 | And , despite the fact that the movement was then extremely suspicious of any outsiders , let alone sociologists , I was granted permission to study the Unification Church on my own terms ( independent funding , a complete list of the membership and access to all members ) — albeit after a lengthy period of negotiation . |
| 16 | The Chief of Staff continued by stating that he was convinced that with a short period of special training , an ordinary infantry battalion could be employed in the Commando role . |
| 17 | In some cases a carefully monitored rolling programme ensured that over a given period of time , say a week or a fortnight , the teacher engaged directly with every child in every area of the curriculum ; but in other cases the inequality of investment was not adjusted in this way , and the result was the persistent neglect of certain children and certain areas of the curriculum . |
| 18 | Usually the contact is for a specific purpose , and for a recognised period of time . |
| 19 | These were doubtless satisfactory for the individuals who had collected them and for a short period of time , until perhaps superseded by rulings that were seen to be more appropriate . |
| 20 | She taught briefly in schools in Liverpool , Oban , and Eastbourne , and for a longer period in Tunbridge Wells , but eventually returned to Inverness to keep house for her invalid father , whom she outlived by only two years . |
| 21 | However , we see the thesis as overambitious since it only holds for certain groups and issues and for a particular period of British politics — and that period , may have passed at least for the moment . |
| 22 | Throughout her marriage , and during a long period as a single parent , she was a journalist , editing magazines such as Honey , Over 21 , and Working Woman , as well as being Woman 's Page Editor on the Sunday Times and The Independent . |
| 23 | Finally , from whatever defence line was established and after a long period of mobilization , Nato 's forces ( presumably mostly Anglo-American ) would launch the great counter-offensive . |
| 24 | Coleridge was under contract to the Morning Post , and had to spend some time in London ; but in October 1799 he walked in the Lake District with William and John Wordsworth , and after a certain period of indecision arrived at Greta Hall , Keswick , with his wife and family in August 1800 . |
| 25 | After being shot down during the Battle of Britain , Stienhilper became a PoW and after a short period in a British camp was transferred to Canada . |
| 26 | If after a reasonable period of time has elapsed , the Insurer having examined all evidence available , has no reason to suppose other than an accident has occurred , the disappearance of an Insured Person shall be considered as constituting a claim under this policy . |
| 27 | Really , this is another way of saying that capital is sunk , but for a short period of time , because whilst the plane is in use it is not available for alternative flights . |
| 28 | It said ‘ Many of the smaller hard drives available , especially old ones , use Stepper Motor actuators and it is these that really require that a low level format be carried out on them at least once a year , as after a long period of heating and cooling it is more than possible that the heads are out of alignment with the tracks . |