Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The performance of the housewife role in adulthood is prefaced by a long period of apprenticeship . |
| 2 | Ethnographic research has special qualities suited to dealing with controversial topics in sensitive locations , for it entails a gradual and progressive contact with respondents , which is sustained over a long period , allowing a rapport to be established slowly with respondents over time , and for researchers to participate in the full range of experiences involved in the topic . |
| 3 | Section 11(2) states : [ i ] t is immaterial … that the public access to a building is limited to a particular period or particular occasion , but where anything removed from a building or its grounds is there otherwise than as forming part of , or being on loan for exhibition with , a collection intended for permanent exhibition to the public , the person removing it does not thereby commit an offence under this section unless he removes it on a day when the public have access to the building as mentioned in sub-section ( 1 ) above . |
| 4 | " I love foliage and I think you have to rely a lot on that in small gardens because you do n't have room to leave dormant areas where nothing is happening for a long period , " she says . |
| 5 | A tribunal can not consider an unfair dismissal complaint unless it is presented during a three-month period beginning with the effective date of termination . |
| 6 | The advantage to the depositor is that the certificate is tradable so that , although the deposit is made for a fixed period , he or she can have use of the funds earlier by selling the certificate to a third party at a price which will reflect the period to run to maturity and the current level of interest rates . |
| 7 | Liability of an effective supplier is envisaged under s2(3) as follows : ( 3 ) Subject , as aforesaid , where any damage is caused wholly or partly by a defect in a product , any person who supplied the product ( whether to the person who suffered the damage , to the producer of any product in which the product in question is comprised or to any other person ) shall be liable for the damage if ( a ) the person who suffered the damage requests the supplier to identify one or more of the persons ( whether still in existence or not ) to whom subsection ( 2 ) above applies in relation to the product ; ( b ) that request is made within a reasonable period after the damage occurs and at a time when it is not reasonably practicable for the person making the request to identify all those persons ; and ( c ) the supplier fails , within a reasonable period after receiving the request , either to comply with the request or to identify the person who supplied the product to him . |
| 8 | The salvation history of the Bible is coupled with what is seen as a significant period in the history of the protestants of Ireland . |
| 9 | Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch . |
| 10 | A leasehold estate is measured by a fixed period of time ; it is often called a term of years , though a tenancy for weeks or months is equally a leasehold . |
| 11 | The fact that the Sun is producing far less of these enigmatic particles than expected could well be a symptom that it is going through a quiescent period — although it could equally well be that there is something wrong with our theories concerning what makes the Sun shine . |
| 12 | With record repossession figures , house prices that are at best static , and interest rates still uncomfortably high , the property-owning democracy is going through a rough period . |
| 13 | Should employees ’ location allowances decrease as a result of a transfer , any such decrease is phased over a three-year period . |
| 14 | They recognise that the development of both state intervention and a corporatist system of interest representation go together , but they go on to suggest that this is tied into a particular period of capitalist development . |
| 15 | But the designer must not go too far in the other direction by filling the schedule with deeply sensitive and thought-provoking questions so that the respondent is exhausted after a short period . |
| 16 | Because intensive subject assessment is concentrated over a short period of time , many felt that disruption of staff and students was less , in the long run , than under the normal system . |
| 17 | Could not public health medicine be organised in the same way as clinical specialties , where a coordinator is appointed for a limited period and then the role passes on , with the financial supplement , to another ? |
| 18 | In the present version of the model the train timetable is fixed for a 24-hour period , with trains running every x minutes , x being a value specified by the user . |
| 19 | Insider dealing in this respect is controlled by restricting the number of traders who have access to information , a technique which they believe is easier than trying to control how much information is announced over a given period of time . |
| 20 | In contrast , a fixed rate mortgage has a constant rate of interest which is charged over a specified period . |
| 21 | ( c ) Ensure that no voucher is retained for a longer period than 14 days from receipt . |
| 22 | is talking about a specific period , at the moment I hope you realize that the committee is paying all the admin costs in the hope that we are getting the money from . |
| 23 | You must indicate a time window within which the check should take place ; this time is specified by a maximum period and a minimum period . |
| 24 | The Field Chair is elected for a two-year period by the staff members of the field committee and is eligible for re-election . |