two-hour period

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period
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us
/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
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(Definition ofperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Owing to thetwo-hourperiodor the one-hour period—whatever it may be—allowed, there will be a constant movement of traffic.
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That decision resulted in hundreds of redundancies in my constituency and contradictory press releases during atwo-hourperiod.
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The same would happen with the new proposal for atwo-hourperiod.
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There are many ladies on the streets and some 400 cars were clocked through in atwo-hourperiod—400 cars cruising round and round.
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I am not wedded to thetwo-hourperiod.
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If it were legitimate to put in an extra sixpence, illegitimate feeding in after thetwo-hourperiodwould be difficult to detect.
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Moreover, judging from the experiment, the rule seems to have had a salutary effect on those speaking both before and after thetwo-hourperiod.
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He asked whether atwo-hourperiodin advance of the kick-off would be sufficient.
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However, the single-fare tickets permit unlimited transfers to other routes within atwo-hourperiod.
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In practice, the two-hour periods are divided into approximately one hour's physical exercise and some cleaning chores, and one hour's constructive tuition.
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It was regular in that it operated for two-hour periods each week.
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Should we be investing to cope for those two-hour periods?
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It would seem that at the moment our meters are standardised at one-hour or two-hour periods, with a possibility of a further two hours.
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Their daily schedule involves two-hour periods of grazing, resting and cud chewing, then moving to a new location to graze again.
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It is based on cycles of years, lunar months, and two-hour periods of the day (the shichen).
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