Example sentences of "period [prep] [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the pond level only drops during periods of hot weather it is safe to assume that evaporation is the cause . |
| 2 | At periods of especial affliction he wore shoes slit down the side and stuffed with newspapers . |
| 3 | And just when they seem engaged in revolutionizing themselves and things , in creating something that has never yet existed , precisely in such periods of revolutionary crisis they anxiously conjure up the spirits of the past to their service and borrow from them names and little cries in order to present the new scene of world history in this time-honoured disguise and this borrowed language . ’ |
| 4 | It was academic theory that was to define the two great periods of French station-building which produced in the Gare de l'Est and the Gare d'Orsay terminals which came to be regarded as definitive types . |
| 5 | Much of this is due to a combination of deforestation and the use of fire for clearance , which leave the soil susceptible to erosion , especially during periods of heavy rainfall which are relatively common . |
| 6 | Although particulate traps can be made to work effectively for short periods under favourable conditions there is some way to go before they are reliable enough for the rough and tumble of ordinary operating conditions . |
| 7 | However , he also suggested he would prefer to restrict the use of the concept of ‘ liminality ’ to those ritual periods in small-scale societies which all must pass through , and use the term ‘ liminoid ’ for those anti-structural periods personified by the ‘ counter-culture ’ of the 1960s ( 1978 : 287 ) . |
| 8 | He had three periods in that office which he held , in all , for over seventeen years between 1885 and 1905 . |
| 9 | The draftsman of the precedent suggests the substitution of : within a reasonable period for 2 months which seems a fair compromise . |
| 10 | ‘ Over a period of one year we were continually evaluating our frac pack job performance , changing one component at a time until we achieved well performance that has virtually eliminated problems caused by damage near the well bore , ’ Park says . |
| 11 | Over a period of two months we released some 300 000 into a small village in Upper Volta in West Africa . |
| 12 | During his relatively short time with us , Paul was seconded to Wood Group Industrial Controls [ WGIC ] for an initial period of two months which ultimately stretched to five months . |
| 13 | Over a period of two weeks they noted the time she went to bed each night and calculated an average ‘ time late ’ . |
| 14 | Over a period of many years I had a succession of research students working On the Eocene strata of the Isle of Wight , off the south coast of England . |
| 15 | During the short period of nine months which elapsed before he succeeded Sir Alec Douglas-Home as Leader of the Opposition on 2 August 1965 , Heath set up policy groups orientated towards issues with strong electoral appeal . |
| 16 | Over a period of nine years it has become clear that the breeders referred to in the cup of that name do not include those operating on this side of the pond . |
| 17 | Legislative power was vested in a 50-member High Council of the Republic for an 11-month period of transitional government which was to culminate in contested elections in March 1991 . |
| 18 | While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students . |
| 19 | The Office hints defensively at a period of nomadic existence which was censured by critics as unstable . |
| 20 | During the period of industrial calm which followed 1906 , SRs and Social Democrats alike were reduced to a rump , party membership of the latter falling from the probably inflated figure of 150,000 to some 10,000 . |
| 21 | Since a call for , or a repayment of , special deposits requires a period of notice , the scheme is best suited to occasions when there is the prospect of a protracted period of surplus cash which the Bank wishes to offset . |
| 22 | Over a period of fifteen years he noted that not only were the ridge and furrow patterns of each individual 's prints unique , but that they never changed . |
| 23 | The result was a period of internal instability which did nothing to facilitate the attempts which were being made to strengthen France 's external position by a policy of military reform and rearmament . |
| 24 | Nearly four years have passed since The Satanic Verses was declared blasphemous by the late Ayatollah Khomeini , and during this long period of internal exile there must have been times when Rushdie , experiencing deep changes and wrenches in the soul , has wondered at the prescience of those words . |
| 25 | Thus , as a case study in business history , the Stockton and Darlington Company provides important insights into the process of managerial decision-making in a period of economic history which has hitherto been under-researched at the level of the individual firm . |
| 26 | Yet the very need for academic subjects to escape from allegations of ‘ practical utility ’ may yet lead to irresistible pressure for change in the period of economic malaise which we currently confront . |
| 27 | Barnard inherited a large fortune from his father : over a period of fifty years he devoted himself to the formation of a collection of prints , drawings , and paintings , becoming one of the foremost connoisseurs of his day . |
| 28 | Alfonso entered a period of personal success which nearly eclipsed El Cid for some two years . |
| 29 | As a result of two previous visits to London , Boulestin had already gone through a period of serious anglomania which extended even to our food , and an attempt to make his father 's household in Poitiers appreciate the beauty of mint sauce with mutton , the fascination of Sir Kenelm Digby 's Stuart recipes for hydromel and mead , and the anglo-oriental romance of curry as served at Romano 's . |
| 30 | After a period of some confusion it seems that Carvin gear is going to get proper distribution in the UK . |