Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for an [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where such process does not demonstrate the incompatibility of the firms seeking a merger it will frequently happen that the actual merger will need to be delayed for an agreed period so as to phase in the new arrangements . |
| 2 | It assumed that models of rehabilitation valuing people through work , which had been established at such hospitals at Netherne , could be applied for an indefinite period with all patients being potential benefactors . |
| 3 | This concession will be granted for an initial period of five years with possible extension after that . |
| 4 | First , s/he must do so if the pupil is to be excluded for an aggregate period of more than five days in any term , or if the pupil 's exclusion will mean that s/he misses an opportunity to take a public examination which s/he was going to take . |
| 5 | It was clear that the Japanese war effort could not be extended for an appreciable period in the light of the allied command of the sea and air and the nature of the crippling conventional bombing by American planes . |
| 6 | If the pupil has been excluded for an aggregate period of more than five days in any term or will miss an opportunity to take an examination as a result of his/her exclusion , the governors may order his reinstatement and the head has to comply . |
| 7 | If the pupil has not been excluded permanently , but his been excluded for an indefinite period , the governors can only order the head teacher to reinstate him/her if the aggregate period of exclusion would be more than five days in any term or if the pupil would miss an opportunity to take a public examination . |
| 8 | The position is offered for an initial period of five years , with a possibility of renewal or permanency . |
| 9 | Therefore , in the subsequent 56 patients adjuvant therapy with chenodeoxycholic acid 7 mg/kg/day and ursodeoxycholic acid 5 mg/kg/ day was given for an arbitrary period of three months after the procedure . |
| 10 | On Jan. 26 , Liu Zihou , a worker , was imprisoned for an undisclosed period for the capital offence of " armed mass rebellion " . |