Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.

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1 This may apply to a particular period or it may be concerned with changes over a long period of time .
2 Reduction of waiting lists is not necessarily an indicator of improved ‘ quality ’ of care for elderly people , whose needs may go beyond a brief period of surgery and recovery .
3 He suggested that the air campaign would continue for a considerable period before a ground attack would be considered .
4 It would sit for a limited period , probably less than six months , and would take over responsibility for those areas of state operation essential for impartial elections including the security forces , a limited budgetary role , the state-owned media and the conduct of the elections themselves .
5 Such a right would give a monopoly in the program , thus protecting the underlying ideas more effectively than copyright , but the right would last for a shorter period than a patent , say 5 or 7 years maximum .
6 Also by virtue of its ability to predict whether a company will survive for a given period of time , it can give the credit manager more confidence to enter into long term relationships with customers .
7 This agency arrangement will terminate after a defined period of time , at which point Newco will be required to buy the uncollected trade debts for the amount of the interest-free loan which remains outstanding .
8 If these variations pass through the criterion for instability ( such as the critical Reynolds number of the entry boundary layer ) , the instability can be renewed at just the same phase of each cycle and the flow will pulsate with a well-defined period .
9 It is something that many people would not like to see , but there is no question that a high proportion of animals which are shot will carry lead shot for a while , will die after a long period — in many cases days or weeks — and there is a substantial amount of suffering when this happens .
10 Unless the centre or SCOTVEC identifies a need for an earlier date , a contract will operate for a fixed period , after which a further Quality Audit will take place .
11 The Unified Leadership ( UNLU ) claimed these ‘ are more than temporary committees which will operate for a limited period of time .
12 This Agreement commences on [ ] and will continue for a fixed period of three years and thereafter will continue from year to year unless terminated by at least sixty days ' written notice by either party to the other , such notice to expire on any anniversary date of the commencement of this Agreement falling after the expiry of the fixed period aforesaid .
13 The existing pension arrangements will continue for a transitional period .
14 Subject to the necessary amendments being made to the provisions of the schemes , they will continue for a transitional period after privatisation to provide for continuity of pension provisions and allow time for the privatised company to make new arrangements .
15 ( b ) Use will continue for a substantial period .
16 This will last for a limited period .
17 They involve an agreement that the job will last for a specified period of time , although often provisions are included to enable the contract to be renewed if so desired .
18 They involve an agreement that the job will last for a specified period of time , although often provisions are included to enable the contract to be renewed if so desired .
19 The order may last for a maximum period of 15 years .
20 It is not therefore surprising that computing laboratories in universities put limits on the amount of output that users can expect in a given period of time .
21 The longer the lapse of time the less your chance of success , but ferrets can live for a considerable period within a burrow system — as much as three weeks .
22 The initial reaction is usually shocked disbelief which can last for a long period , while the person may feel very detached from the world or completely at sea .
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