four-month period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofperiod
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Traps were collected fortnightly over thisfour-monthperiod.
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Letters continued to be sent over afour-monthperioduntil 12 participants had been elicited.
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The board reached this decision following extensive consultation over afour-monthperiod.
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There have been more than half a million requests for information over afour-monthperiod.
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We are assuming that the credit period may be unnaturally extended, say beyond thefour-monthperiod, to allow avoidance.
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Earlier this morning we heard about thefour-monthperiodnecessary to prepare an uprating.
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However, we are aware that only about 200 women benefit from those credits in afour-monthperiod.
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They will save money for anyone who needs more than 14 items in a year or more than five prescriptions during afour-monthperiod.
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That is equivalent to £295·65 over thefour-monthperiod.
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Thefour-monthperiodhe has recommended is too long: it will allow yet more months, possibly even years, of blight and uncertainty.
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Currently, interest is paid at the end of afour-monthperiod.
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There may be circumstances where the normal credit period might be less than four months and, by allowing afour-monthperiod, there would be avoidance.
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Yet all those people are to be entitled to draw petrol in respect of their coupons for the wholefour-monthperiod.
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Taking the half-million people and thefour-monthperiod, coupons for about 9 million gallons will be issued which will not be used.
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Will the same amounts be imported as for the previousfour-monthperiod?
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Then the final consideration, and one that is worth keeping in mind, is the fact that there are three elections within afour-monthperiod.
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There is afour-monthperiodthere.
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The three tofour-monthperioddoes apply.
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This reflects progress in the changeover to safer materials and gives the retailers afour-monthperiodof grace which will help them to clear existing stocks.
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