Example sentences of "it be [prep] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems entirely possible that it is to this period — roughly from 873/1468 ( or perhaps earlier ) to 878/1473–4 — that the Muftilik of Abdulkerim belongs , that he succeeded Fahreddin Acemi on the latter 's death and must then later have resigned or been removed from the Muftilik , perhaps to make way for Molla Husrev when he returned from Bursa . |
| 2 | It is during this period that various decrees and opinions of church leaders advise women to abstain from the Eucharist and even to refrain from entering the church altogether when they are menstruating . |
| 3 | It is during this period that any further investigation which is necessary should be carried out , both into new allegations in the Summons/Initial Writ and any further points which are raised by the solicitor following consideration of the insurers ' file . |
| 4 | It is from this period that the first two political bonds of the mid sixteenth century come . |
| 5 | The second half of the 18th century began to see some big changes in the parish and it is from this period , which was one of expansion and moderate prosperity , that the present houses and buildings begin to date . |
| 6 | Not until the 1880s did ‘ social purity ’ have any major legislative purchase ; and it is significant that it is from this period that the earliest critiques of ‘ Victorianism ’ stem . |
| 7 | It is in this period that English and French work come closest together . |
| 8 | It was at one period customary , where a town was the centre of the see of a bishop and where in consequence there was a cathedral , to classify the town as a city . |
| 9 | Chesterton , always a favourite author , was a Christian ; it was at this period that Lewis read The Everlasting Man , and it made a profound impression on him . |
| 10 | It was at this period that I began to think about myself in the third person : Elizabeth is compassionate and considerate , she thinks how other people might feel . |
| 11 | It was at this period after the Norman invasion that the Palace of Mansion house was built for the Bishop of Rochester . |
| 12 | It was during this period that he formed a mixed media trio called Feathers comprising himself , Hermione and John Hutchinson who came from Hull . |
| 13 | It was during this period that it became the second major party in British politics , and Britain 's leading progressive party . |
| 14 | As was indicated in Chapter 1 , it was during this period that Britain officially returned to the gold standard and free trade . |
| 15 | It was during this period that a young buyer for Adidas based in Liverpool ( but originally from Yorkshire ) set up shop in a small back-street in Liverpool City Centre . |
| 16 | It was during this period that the wheel and most of the machinery was stripped out . |
| 17 | It was during this period that horoscopic astrology was invented , probably in the fifth century BC . |
| 18 | It was during this period that the boroughs of Bethnal Green , Stepney , Mile End and Poplar witnessed a net loss of population for the first time . |
| 19 | It was during this period of political passivity that the middle class and petit bourgeoisie , with the tacit approval of the local industrial bourgeoisie , cemented an alliance in the movement toward incorporation of West Ham . |
| 20 | It was during this period of considerable stress and pressure that we began to move towards a multi-oppression analysis as a basis for training and for the work . |
| 21 | It was during this period that Caledor oversaw the building of the fortresses at Griffon Gate , Phoenix Gate , Eagle Gate , Dragon Gate and Unicorn Gate . |
| 22 | It was during this period that with the cooperation of the US Occupation , parts of the bureaucracy , elected conservative politicians and private employers sought to alter the extent of labour rights in order , it was argued , to maintain internal political stability . |
| 23 | It was during this period that he conceived the idea of an airline devoted to small package shipments . |
| 24 | It was during this period of what used to be called the Dark Ages that the ethnic map of Europe began to assume a character which in the main survives today . |
| 25 | It was during this period that savage Turkish reprisals against Balkan nationalist movements gave the last of the sultans an unsavoury reputation for religious persecution which has coloured the writings of some western historians in their assessment of the whole record of the Ottoman empire . |
| 26 | And it was during this period that he published , in fair French , his monograph on artificial daylight ( Lettre sur les moyens de produire , la nuit , une lumière pareille à celle du jour , 1785 ) and his second essay on light and vision ( Théorie de la lumière , applicable aux arts , et principalement à la peinture , 1786 ) . |
| 27 | It was during this period that he took into his service Perkin Warbeck [ q.v. ] , who later claimed to be Edward IV 's son , Richard , Duke of York [ q.v . ] . |
| 28 | It was during this period that the main lower peat of the Fens , with its bog oak , was formed . |
| 29 | Astonishing though it may seem , it was during this period of external and internal tension that Franco found the time and tranquillity necessary to write a novel , which was later converted into a film script . |
| 30 | In January 1936 he joined Imperial Airways and quickly became known as the " Boy Wonder " and it was during this period , he later admitted , that he committed the only error of judgement in his entire flying career . |