Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’ |
| 2 | The governments that result , either a minority party governing with the consent of other parties , or a coalition of two or more parties , tend to last for a shorter period than one-party governments but the difference disappears if reshuffles of ministerial posts within single-party governments are taken into account ( Blondel , 1990 , p. 271 ) . |
| 3 | Try to visit after a rainy period as the falls are very impressive then . |
| 4 | The final separation may mean an agony of divided loyalty for the children of the marriage or it may spell relief from intolerable tensions which have developed over a long period . |
| 5 | As with settlements , changes of status have occurred in a poorly-documented period — the tenth to twelfth centuries . |
| 6 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 7 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 8 | They can issue an Enforcement Notice to cease an unauthorised use or remove an offending development and in the latter case , once the Enforcement Notice has been issued they can also make a Stop Notice which requires all work to cease in a short period , often seven days , until the Enforcement Notice is confirmed or quashed . |
| 9 | If we find that magnets attached to cats will upset their ability to find their way home , then we are beginning , very dimly , to understand the amazing homing abilities that the animals have evolved over a long period of time . |
| 10 | There are some 250,000 Salvadoreans now living in regions which the FMLN forces have controlled for a considerable period of time , in some cases for up to three years . |