revolutionary period

collocation in English

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revolutionary
adjective
uk
/ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/
us
/ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
involved in or relating to ...
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period
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/
us
/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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Wigmakers were a particular casualty of therevolutionaryperiod.
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Therevolutionaryperiod(1944-54) fits the former category.
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However, therevolutionaryperiodwas also a perplexing and difficult time for citizens.
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The composition of the lobby and its activities during therevolutionaryperiodare examined here.
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This has partly been facilitated by a reluctance to engage with research on therevolutionaryperiod.
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The twentieth century will also prove to have been arevolutionaryperiodfor the language.
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It is arevolutionaryperiod.
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The second section of the volume deals with personalities, covering the major leaders of therevolutionaryperiod.
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At last, we are told, therevolutionaryperiodis reached.
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In their lives they have arevolutionaryperiod.
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Once this is identified, historiographical and methodological problems are illuminated, which may be demonstrated in historians' work on therevolutionaryperiod(c. 1912-23).
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Her findings suggest that in therevolutionaryperiodtraditional authorities and the new government-appointed local hierarchies were constitutive of local government institutions.
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For some historians working on therevolutionaryperiod, objectivity, and the interests of the state, were compromised by the onset of the northern war.
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The chaotic and utopian mood of therevolutionaryperiodallowed many proposals to win easy approval without long and careful consideration by the authorities.
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Therevolutionaryperiod1790-1803, one of the most interesting as far as the activities of the free population is concerned, is for some reason not covered.
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I have no wish to palliate or minimise therevolutionaryperiod.
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In these new industries and during thisrevolutionaryperiodthere may be another chance.
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The rapid expansion of cultural history in the discipline has prompted many scholars to rethink central features of therevolutionaryperiodand to open up new fields of study.
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Historians since have rarely addressed the rebels' social identity, and those who have done so have generally confined themselves to local studies covering only a portion of therevolutionaryperiod.
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I think we have had a large measure of success under all heads in arevolutionaryperiodin foreign relationships.
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