Example sentences of "[prep] this period the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period the traditional pattern , in which shops , counting-houses , warehouses , and places of residence were intermixed within districts associated with specialised groups of trades , was replaced by one in which central areas were characterised by more restricted ranges of activities practised in new types of large scale building . |
| 2 | During this period the European Communities exerted pressure by warning that any military intervention would entail the cancellation of EC credits and assistance to Yugoslavia , as had happened in the early 1980s when Turkey had declared martial law [ see pp. 30541-55 ] . |
| 3 | Always during this period the same paper was used , although a rumour that it would change at the next sitting was constantly promulgated by dealers who had once cheated , to discourage others from doing likewise . |
| 4 | During this period the local authority built 930 dwellings to the private sector 's 1915 . |
| 5 | There were demands for Slovakia 's independence and at rallies during this period the Czechoslovak flag was burnt on two occasions . |
| 6 | Frequently during this period the British fighter pilots recorded combats and claims against aircraft identified as Dorniers — usually Do215s , but occasionally also Do17s . |
| 7 | All through this period the parliamentary liaison officer supplied papers and amendments from the committee stages of the Social Security Bill and took back to parliament from the IPG problem areas suitable for Parliamentary questions and issues for MPs to follow up in other ways . |
| 8 | After this period the original owner not only forfeits his right to claim back his property ( revendication ) but the person in possession of the goods also becomes the lawful owner . |
| 9 | At the beginning of this period the Ottoman Empire occupied a position akin to that of Russia . |
| 10 | By the end of this period the political groupings which were to carry out the great changes of the next century in Britain , though very far from having assumed their late-Victorian form , were slowly evolving . |
| 11 | At the end of this period the Syrian and Lebanese governments " would decide to redeploy the Syrian forces in the Bekaa area " and at certain other points as might be agreed [ see also May 1991 agreement p. 38214 ] . |
| 12 | In this period the largest landholder was the ruling Tokugawa family . |
| 13 | Consequently , it is not surprising that in this period the main philosophical schools tended to reject the idea of progress and to hold cyclical views concerning the nature of time . |