Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 2 | It has also been held that a wholesale sale does not become a retail sale because the goods are delivered over a period in retail quantities : Hales v. Buckley [ 1911 ] W.N. 32 . |
| 3 | John Szarkowski wrote in the preface to the first volume : " Atget 's own prints were made over a period of many years , on a variety of photographic papers . |
| 4 | Editors , therefore , elide the problem posed by Shakespearean plays being generated during a period when their textual status was secondary to their performed status . |
| 5 | Thus the use of standard terms may promote certainty : the terms of the contract may be easily located and identified ; where the same terms are used over a period , the business and its trading partners will come to know their respective rights and obligations ; terms may be applied to resolve disputes and thus acquire " precedent " value . |
| 6 | Initially , garden plots of c. 1 ha are created by felling ( slashing ) and the felled trees are burnt after a period of drying . |
| 7 | Such regions are designated for a period of five years and are specifically defined to be those areas ( NUTS Level II ) where per capita GDP in PPSs is less than 75 per cent of the Community average . |
| 8 | In 1989 increases in the incidence of sexually transmitted disease in homosexual men in the United States suggested that high risk sexual behaviour between men was increasing after a period of decline . |
| 9 | Since most theses are lent for a period of one month , it could be that most borrowers are able to digest the contents of theses within this period , but , due to the widespread availability of photocopiers , it is suspected that the regulations on thesis copying are frequently broken . |
| 10 | In middle age , at a time when those in other industries were looking for a period of consolidation , the farmer could be faced with problems when a son or daughter ‘ came home ’ . |
| 11 | District competitions were held over a period of six months and finalists and runners-up from these matches went on to represent their district at the area competition . |
| 12 | In addition , potential shareholders were offered telephone vouchers or a bonus share issue if the shares were held for a period of three years , in order to try to prevent the immediate sale of shares after the issue . |
| 13 | Consumers were going through a period of retrenchment after the boom years of the 1980s . |