Collocations withperiod
These are words often used in combination withperiod.
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baroque period
It is as if the baroque period sought to liberate the singularity of classification of knowledge enforced by the architecture of the library to allow a plurality of correspondences.
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baseline period
The first period is the baseline period in the model.
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brief period
That it once enjoyed a brief period of genuine popularity may encourage an affirmative answer.
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class period
Learners were given the class period, approximately 45-50 minutes, to produce their written narratives.
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classic period
Two separate revolts took place during the classic period of protest, late spring and summer.
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classical period
Both premises were called into question during the classical period.
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colonial period
Expansion from the colonial period continues.
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comparable period
What is the comparable period?
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considerable period
Allocations policies currently operated by most social landlords have evolved incrementally over a considerable period.
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cooling period
The remainder of the cooling period entailed maintaining hypothermic temperatures while continuing full flow bypass at 150 cc/kg/min.
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corresponding period
The presence of such functions in the relative cohomology decompositions is a reflection of the specific geometry of the ovals from the corresponding period annulus.
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critical period
What does the critical period really mean?
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crucial period
Previous work has shown that 1943 was a crucial period in terms of wartime social policy.
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defined period
It is a useful surrogate for the simultaneous availability of water and solar energy in an environment during a defined period of time64.
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developmental period
They distinguish three separate sub-stages within this developmental period.
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dormant period
The dormant period is associated generally with a minimum of endogenous metabolic activity, resulting in very little loss of storage reserves.
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dry period
Variation in length of the dry period was simulated by subjecting part of the seedlings to a water treatment at the end of the dry period.
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early period
Correspondingly, their contribution is heavily biased towards the early period.
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eight-month period
The horizontal time scale was extended without breaks over the whole eight-month period to show the decreasing trend in captured flies over time.
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eight-year period
By the end of the eight-year period studied, 2,000 people were settled in twelve colonies.
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entire period
The plant flowered during the entire period.
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extended period
Membranes of some other spermatozoa may persist for an extended period of time.
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fallow period
However, available information indicates that the fallow period commonly ranged from five to ten years.
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fertile period
Thus, the evidence all seems to suggest that the human fertile period is short, not long.
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finite period
We then quantify the stretching by considering the total stretch suffered during this finite period of time.
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five-month period
The same difficulties were encountered after the 1974 election when a five-month period was achieved.
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fixed period
The observers collected birds from the processing line for a fixed period of time.
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follow-up period
What is the optimal follow-up period?
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forecast period
Continuing from the previous section, 1953:2- 2000:1 is the in-sample estimation period and 2000:2-2001:4 is the forecast period.
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formative period
This is an interesting and formative period.
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four-day period
Uniquely for such gatherings, the active participation of heads of state and government over a three or four-day period has been a key feature.
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four-month period
Traps were collected fortnightly over this four-month period.
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four-week period
When a teacher decides to work with the extra vocabulary, one theme requires three sessions per week over a four-week period.
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given period
Vertical lines indicate standard deviation for the given period.
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grading period
In each grading period, the cadets take one class.
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historical period
For this reason, discussions for each historical period seem all the more necessary.
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immediate period
Instead, no price responses in the immediate period is consistent with equilibrium.
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indefinite period
So, over an indefinite period a loan might be fully paid or the debt forgiven.
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indeterminate period
It seems odd to suggest that the compositional semantic interpretation most naturally associated with an expression should be held in abeyance for an indeterminate period, only to emerge later.
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inflationary period
This would get away from the ludicrous business of the percentage return on those items, in an inflationary period, actually falling.
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initial period
The turbulence h/v, remains constant throughout the initial period.
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inter-war period
The inter-war period is notable for the bureaucratization of health care provision and assistance regulations, a process accelerated by the war.
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interglacial period
It found that in the interglacial period 10,000 years ago there was a large increase in the amount of carbon dioxide.
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interim period
This means that there is a wide window of opportunity for intervention during the interim period.
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intermediate period
While minor residual hemodynamic abnormalities appear well tolerated over the intermediate period, continued follow-up is warranted.
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intervening period
In the intervening period they have been transformed.
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interwar period
The interwar period was generally one of stagnation.
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lactation period
During the lactation period sow entities are related to several piglet entities.
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later period
This is different for the later period.
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lengthy period
For a lengthy period he was virtually incapacitated.
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limited period
But it only lasted a limited period of time.
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long period
The last long period of increased firing occurred spontaneously.
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measurement period
There were no significant changes during a 12-week preliminary measurement period.
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medieval period
Both strands continue into the medieval period.
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modern period
In the early modern period some significant themes emerge.
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neolithic period
Human settlement of the area can be proven from the neolithic period onwards.
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neonatal period
Fifteen infants survived but one baby died in the neonatal period.
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nine-year period
Data were examined from the continuous barley treatments only, for grain and straw yields, planting date and seasonal rainfall totals, for the nine-year period, 1986+87 to 1994+95.
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one-month period
A prototype, with a test version of the interface, containing 152 icons (among which 19 verbs), was tested by each of the four users during a one-month period.
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painful period
That was a painful period for most people.
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peak period
Their peak period of popularity, from 1996-2000, coincided with my coming out.
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period of calm
I hope that it will be possible to allow a resumption of these after a period of calm.
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period of consolidation
There seems to be a bit of confusion in this work between a revolutionary condition, a revolutionary outcome, and a period of consolidation.
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period of expansion
The 1970s were a period of expansion in the care of elderly people.
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period of gestation
The placenta has a clearly defined life cycle, and is designed to function solely for the period of gestation.
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period of history
The period of history it treats can never again be left to sit in a gloomy inglenook.
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period of incubation
He often referred to it as 'the period of incubation of the idea'.
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period of instability
Mariscal's data suggest a period of instability in gender assignment when the child begins to use determiners and adjectives productively.
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period of isolation
This period of isolation may be extended if local circumstances appear to render it necessary.
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period of prosperity
The early years of the decade witnessed a speculative boom in manufacturing and unparalleled investment in mining resulting in an unprecedented period of prosperity for workers.
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period of turmoil
The only justification for keeping that 1939 ceiling is that we shall go on living in a period of turmoil.
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period of uncertainty
There will be a period of uncertainty and change.
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period of unemployment
The experience of a significant period of unemployment appeared to stifle flexibility over participants' work options due to their reluctance to relinquish the relative security offered by benefits.
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period of unrest
This is essential if we are to avoid a long period of unrest in our schools.
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phase-in period
Therefore, a phase-in period would be necessary and, as the committee believes, a phase-in period of some considerable time.
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postnatal period
Despite this unchanging number of horizontal cells, mosaic patterning was still found to change during the postnatal period.
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postoperative period
The postoperative period was uneventful.
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postwar period
The postwar period was a period of intense political polarisation.
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pre-war period
The role of the international community is most instrumental in the pre-war period.
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prenatal period
To this end, a truly longitudinal approach was employed that followed young women from the prenatal period to 3 years postpartum.
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prescribed period
There is no legally prescribed period for observations on written appeals.
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probationary period
All workers have a probationary period.
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prolonged period
Indirect sphygmomanometry generally overestitrends over a prolonged period of time.
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protracted period
It may be assumed, then, that the process of lexical reorganization extends over a protracted period.
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quarterly period
Information on bed occupation is obtained from nightly bed counts, the results of which are averaged over a quarterly period.
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reasonable period
Second, the consultation process needs to occur within a reasonable period of time.
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recall period
Patients were asked to answer the questions using a 6-month recall period.
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recessionary period
That is not unusual in a recessionary period.
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refractory period
This correlation indicated the influence of a refractory period on the bursts' proper ties.
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repayment period
The sales and return system restricted credit by shortening the repayment period precisely when the market was moving into its most sluggish period.
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reproductive period
In mammalian ovaries only a few of the numerous follicles produced during prenatal development mature and ovulate during the reproductive period.
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retention period
The retention period for data has also been mentioned.
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revolutionary period
Wigmakers were a particular casualty of the revolutionary period.
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rotation period
Since cultivation occurs in highly unsustainable terrains, part of the land in the production cycle becomes useless even after the rotation period has ended.
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sampling period
This does synchronized work during each control and sampling period.
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seven-day period
I certainly understand why some of the most reputable sellers of timeshare argue powerfully that a seven-day period would be adequate.
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specified period
All structures, scientific equipment or markers installed shall be for a specified period and adequately identified.
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successive period
Much more bacteria were isolated from the tonsillar swab and for a longer successive period than from the nasal swab.
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three-hour period
However, we have had to crush the debate on those topics into one three-hour period.
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transitional period
I repeat, there is a transitional period in and there is a transitional period out.
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trial period
Working speed, on the other hand, underwent no marked variation during the 3-year trial period; consequently, working capacity and fuel consumption remained virtually unchanged.
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turbulent period
Political scientists and sociologists had their hands full with the turbulent period after 1968.
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two-day period
The response of the mice to an unfamiliar environment was assessed over a two-day period and after habituation.
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two-hour period
Owing to the two-hour period or the one-hour period—whatever it may be—allowed, there will be a constant movement of traffic.
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unspecified period
An unspecified period of time elapsed before this sequence was folded.
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waiting period
There is no waiting period for an appointment.
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warm period
In all cases, far-red (canopy simulating) light, applied during the warm period, resulted in only a slight delay of germination compared to the dark control.
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wartime period
However, his memo was lost in the bureaucratic maze of that wartime period.
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