I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brief period/time
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He lived there all his life, apart from a brief period during the war.
a painful time/period
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The US is in for a painful period of adjustment.
a period of absence
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You must submit a doctor's statement to cover the period of absence beyond the seventh day.
a period of illness
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He returned to work after a period of illness.
a period of observation
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The hospital released him after a period of observation.
a period of time
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Over a period of time the students develop their own ideas.
a period of unrest
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The election results were followed by a long period of unrest.
a period of/in history
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a glorious period in English history
a rest day/period
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The crew had a three hour rest period before their next flight.
a transition period/a period of transition
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The major industrial nations are in a period of transition.
a transition period/a period of transition
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The major industrial nations are in a period of transition.
a...short period of time
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Germany achieved spectacular economic success in a relatively short period of time .
cooling-off period
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Customers signing new life policies will have a cooling-off period of 14 days in which to cancel.
extended period of time
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If you are going abroad for an extended period of time , you should consider renting your house out.
formative years/period/stages etc (= the period when someone’s character develops )
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He exposed his children to music throughout their formative years.
free period
gestation period
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The gestation period of a horse is about 11 months.
induction course/programme/period etc
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a two-day induction course
initial stage/phase/period
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the initial stages of the disease
long period of time
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a long period of time
menstrual period
off-peak periods
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Telephone charges are lower during off-peak periods .
period costume (= the clothes of a period of history )
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performers dressed in period costume
period of adjustment
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a period of adjustment
period of inactivity
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The time spent between jobs should not be a period of inactivity .
period pain
period piece
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a house furnished with period pieces
post-war period/years/era
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food rationing in the immediate post-war years
short period
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I learned a lot during my short period as a junior reporter.
sunny periods/spells/intervals (= periods when it is sunny )
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sunny periods/spells/intervals
the Christmas season/period (= the days around and including Christmas Day )
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Most stores need extra staff during the Christmas season.
the consultation process/period
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an eight-week consultation process
the modern age/era/period (= now, rather than in the past )
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In the modern age, television is the main means of mass communication.
transitional period/stage etc
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a transitional period during the switch to the Euro
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
brief
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During the brief period of open water in summer temperatures rise 2-3°C in the upper 10 m layer.
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A Louisiana statute authorizing a brief period of silent meditation was also challenged by students.
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The seizure usually lasts about 1 minute and is typically followed by a brief period of confusion.
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Since being stuck in Cork he'd had only two brief periods of leave with her.
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Runners set intervals during which they run hard and fast for a brief period , and then recover.
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These mains spikes sometime consist of surges of thousands of volts, albeit for very brief periods .
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During the brief period I spoke of, we had a second lieutenant take over the platoon.
early
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There are manifest continuities between the rites of violence in contemporary Britain and earlier periods .
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Many of the gains were posted late, following an earlier period of intense volatility.
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The Renaissance then can be seen as an addition to the early modern period .
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Many couples have reported that they relied heavily on one another during the early period .
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Certainly for earlier periods the rarity and high monetary value of items will place them beyond the reach of schools.
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The Renaissance is frequently presented as what is truest, best, and most pleasing about the early modern period .
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From the early period of tin mining to the 1940s women were often concentrators of minerals.
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We are already beyond documentary description of such features in the early Saxon period .
initial
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During the initial period , from summer 1994 to summer 1995, Madrid.
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It also established a Special Review Court with powers to review detention orders and to extend the initial 14-day detention period .
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The initial period lasts for 20 working days.
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If the tank is well-established, however, they will normally find enough microorganisms to keep them going during this initial period .
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An initial period of identification is important to a repressed group that has never had adequate self-images.
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Would he ever get over this initial shock period ?
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All these services require substantial management and specialist support beyond the initial setting-up period , which has often proved difficult to provide.
late
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At the end of the lane, round a chicken-leg turn lay a large haveli of the late Mughal period .
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In a cemetery from the Late Cucuteni period in Moldavia excavators found two burials of girls about 9-10 years old.
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It also seems likely that he-and the design team-were tempted by the clothes of the later period .
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Revenue in the latest nine-month period climbed to $ 53. 3 million from $ 43. 5 million.
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These reflect a relatively late period of modest success for the town.
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By the late 1930s-the period that Marshak was thinking about-the minimum average was fluctuating between 80 and 83.
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The other two churches are less interesting due to alterations and restorations in later periods .
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For the latest period , the company cited higher noninterest income and a continuing cost-cutting effort.
long
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Just one letter from Tyndale survives from his long period in prison.
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However, many of the general conclusions from these studies are applicable to systems with longer periods .
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Doctors claim their major concern over boxing is the brain damage suffered over long periods .
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We were really in combat, and we were shot at nearly daily for what seemed a long period of time.
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Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods .
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P would like to see the debt spread over a longer period .
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A hysterectomy is a major operation with a long recovery period .
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Wear comfortable shoes; you may be doing some walking or standing for long periods of time.
short
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The Government warned that it would apply only for a short period .
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The excess fuel cools the engine - acceptable for short periods in the climb but inefficient and expensive for extended cruise.
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Some were from a local technical college and were taken for short periods .
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The idea would be to compile over a short period a national register of wealth holdings.
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In addition to this decrease in size child bearing is now concentrated into a much shorter period of a woman's life.
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At least for the short period of time he expected the combat to last.
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Affected fish are dipped in such a solution for a short period and then can be safely returned to the pool.
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A staggering challenge in such a short period .
transitional
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New political reforms were announced in April 1990, to include the introduction of a three-party system after a one-year transitional period .
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These managers were from the transitional period between the Organization Man age and the baby boomer generation.
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In communities especially, and after some transitional period in the factories as well.
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This is a transitional period between wakefulness and sleep lasting only about three to five minutes.
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Only during the transitional period when unemployment is rising will the chain be lengthened somewhat.
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The outcome of this transitional period is unknown, but the forces pushing and pulling at various possibilities can be discerned.
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The complexity was intended to last only for a transitional period .
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Can the transitional period be extended for negotiation between union and employer?
■ NOUN
time
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In addition, the Boolean techniques show how the relationships differ across shorter moments within the overall time periods that are compared.
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Flex ManufacturingSmaller numbers of items can be produced in smaller time periods with smaller equipment.
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It is important to remember that a classic type of restraint of trade clause frequently mentions two quite separate time periods .
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Industry political action committees contributed $ 23, 500 to Dole in the same time period .
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Not really; the time period over which the returns are expected to arrive should not affect the investors' overall requirements.
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The time period that funds can be invested is critical in maximizing the returns from investments.
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The total return from a security in a future time period is dependent on a series of anticipated and unanticipated events.
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Answer guide: The time period for a budget will normally be one year.
transition
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The use of coercion in the transition period .
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After the transition period , broadcasters were to return the original spectrum to the government for auction.
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The postponement of the conference was cited as a reason for the extension of the transition period .
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Britain won an important concession-a 15-year transition period during which the regulation would not apply.
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Despite a ten-year transition period , both countries suffered balance of payments problems on entering the Community.
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There is inevitably a transition period after the implementation of any major piece of legislation.
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For Bukharin, the transition period encompassed two distinct phases.
trial
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The redundancy payments legislation allows employees a four-week trial period in which to make up their minds.
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Children have been taken on by the Institute and given trial periods .
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And they have warned they are only prepared to leave services as they are for a trial period .
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These markets should be deregulated initially for a three-year trial period , said the review.
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If you accept the offer of a new job on changed terms, a trial period comes into effect automatically.
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Andrew and Wendy plan to work with drug addicts in Hong Kong and they will soon embark on a two-month trial period .
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Agents are usually appointed for a trial period at first, with extensions to the contract after that.
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Forty four patients with Crohn's disease were examined for eligibility during the trial period .
year
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If you were disqualified and must pass the driving test again the two year period begins when you pass the test.
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During the 10-\#year period , the average annual return on stock funds of all varieties was 12. 82.
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It should also be noted that there is a mileage restriction over the three year period of 12,000 miles a year.
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This project investigates the effects of takeovers and mergers which have occurred in the ten year period from 1975.
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Hand studied 65 theses on entomology produced within the colleges of the University of London over a five year period .
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All debentures are for a 10 year period .
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There are differing views about whether three years or a single year period would be better or worse.
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These were established in 1948 and awards are made biennially to one or more candidates over a one or two year period .
■ VERB
cover
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They cover the same period of history and yet talk about it in completely different ways.
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The responses covered a period of time from 1983 to 1992 and pertained to practices at the time of questioning.
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Some customers, however, will receive one bill covering a different period , either longer or shorter than normal.
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Obviously, it is not possible in a single chapter to cover the whole 1913-1980 period in any detail.
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When possible, a system of internal rotation of staff covering the 24-hour period is desirable.
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It covers that period - she began it when they moved to Richmond.
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The most comprehensive in terms of social class origins covers the period from 1820 to 1968.
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Our study attempts to begin to cover the period of silence of information.
extend
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Does it happen only after an extended period of inactivity?
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But many of the adults found excuses to disappear into the lobby for extended periods .
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The king extended the period of the trial in anticipation of objections from the Harrisons' enemies.
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Most hire firms will, however, extend the period of hire, unless the equipment has been promised to some one else.
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It looked as if I was going to be out of commission for another extended period of time.
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We are in a honeymoon period , and I believe it is an extended honeymoon period.
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The compromise gives new recipients 18 months, with the county option of extending the period to two years.
follow
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There followed a period of over a year when Karl moved aimlessly through a succession of jobs.
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The seizure usually lasts about 1 minute and is typically followed by a brief period of confusion.
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Outlook for tomorrow and Wednesday: Rain clearing eastern areas, followed by sunny periods and showers from the west.
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Many of the gains were posted late, following an earlier period of intense volatility.
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Nor did it follow a period of economic and demographic stagnation.
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There followed an alarming period in which the carefully contrived economic recovery and social peace created under the Callaghan government disintegrated.
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Brain does not exclude brawn; displays of explosive strength can be followed by periods of cerebral calm.
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There followed a period of about fifteen years when creative genius became evident, such as the works of William Shakespeare.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fallow period
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Properly looked after they can produce several crops a year and remain fertile for centuries without needing a fallow period.
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There are sudden, dramatic leaps in small children's learning, interspersed with long fallow periods when nothing seems to happen.
interim period
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In the interim period the business will still be managed by the vendor.
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In the interim period, we moved to Kent to work at Hildenborough Hall.
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Occasionally, in the interim period while he was still unattached on the side, he talked of consolidating his marriage.
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Scand. will continue in this capacity on behalf of Dalton for an interim period.
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The early Church saw, in the parable, a warning to be faithful in the interim period prior to the Second Coming.
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We have to come to some kind of deal with the trade unions in this complex interim period.
off period/season etc
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In 1967, he began spending the off season working as an assistant to one of California Gov.
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Q: What do you do in the off season?
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She worked in the store's office during the off season while attending Indiana.
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The remaining truffles are boiled for sterilization and canned for sale as truffles and as truffle juice during the off season.
payback period
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Companies using this method will usually reject any project which exceeds their target payback period.
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In other cases a criterion may be needed, and one frequently used is the payback period.
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Many companies still use incredibly short payback periods, often set by financial directors playing a very risk-averse game.
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Research allocations are typically modest and payback periods required tend to be short.
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Second,, it ignores expected cash flows beyond the payback period.
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Table 5. 4 presents estimates of the payback period of conversion options on a typical 200 megawatt plant.
the festive season/period/holiday
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River Island women's range has already got party dresses in for the festive season.
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She was furious that the work could not be done during the festive season.
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The Chief Executive's Management Group have agreed that the same approach should be adopted for the festive season 1991/92.
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The food smelled good to her, reflecting the festive holiday preparation.
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We will always be grateful to the doctors and nurses who worked during the festive season, as well as all year round.
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With every good wish for the festive season and the New Year ahead.
the intervening years/months/period etc
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But some underlying patterning remains, despite the intervening years and the subtle shifts in values and beliefs.
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I wanted to look young when I met my brother, perhaps because I had accomplished nothing in the intervening years.
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In the intervening years, as property taxes ate away at their nest egg, their proposals for other developments fell flat.
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Over the intervening years the inter-action and travelling of these eight aircraft is intricate.
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Recounting the matter in present time-without being returned-the patient is using all the intervening years as buffers against the painful emotion.
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Some time, then, during the intervening years, he had been granted a barony.
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The answer depends, to some degree, on the effectiveness of those who have been active in the intervening years.
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To occupy the intervening months she took a job in a hospital.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Siesta" is the best example of work from Storni's early period .
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A five-day waiting period is required to purchase a handgun.
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After a brief period of independence, Belorussia came under Soviet rule.
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Anne had difficulty holding down a job for any period of time.
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At our school we have four periods in the morning and three in the afternoon.
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black immigration into Britain during the post-war period
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During this period , Tanya was making very little money.
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Many of Britain's roads were built originally in the Roman period .
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Mike's taking Spanish second period .
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On Monday mornings there was French, English, and then a double period of maths.
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the Byzantine period , between the fourth and seventh centuries A.D.
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The company expects a growth in profitability over a longer period .
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The loan has to be repaid over a 15-month period .
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The money can be paid back over a five-year period .
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The researchers observed mothers and their new infants for a three-day period .
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The restoration of the ceiling was completed over a period of two years.
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The work had to be completed within a limited period of time.
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Then, within a short period , his mother, father, and brother all died.
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These accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks.
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This chapter will focus primarily on the Neolithic period in Europe.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aerobic exercise is characterized by the body using large muscle groups in rhythmical continuous activity for relatively long periods of time.
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Each team started slowly offensively before catching fire in the final seven minutes of the opening period .
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He did not receive offers from any other club during the free-agency period .
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He later served as their music instructor for a brief period during the brothers' high school years.
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If we are indeed in such a digestive, living-with-it, period it would explain something which is otherwise puzzling.
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Within this period , the most significant day is Christmas Eve.
II. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
payback period
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Companies using this method will usually reject any project which exceeds their target payback period.
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In other cases a criterion may be needed, and one frequently used is the payback period.
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Many companies still use incredibly short payback periods, often set by financial directors playing a very risk-averse game.
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Research allocations are typically modest and payback periods required tend to be short.
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Second,, it ignores expected cash flows beyond the payback period.
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Table 5. 4 presents estimates of the payback period of conversion options on a typical 200 megawatt plant.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Decor includes period furniture and contemporary art.
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There was period furniture which looked as if it had always been in place and big log fires.
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They haven't attempted to create period rooms, and they don't have the big architectural framework of our museum.