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    period


    1. An offer was made to send a copy free [Yes, I did said FREE] by Email for a limited period to any interested parties


    2. Habits are usually formed by repeatedly doing something for a long period


    3. Even though the flesh she currently inhabited was born on this world, and she had lived here in this flesh a complete mortal lifetime, her mind was still not used to one sleep period of every week being brilliant daylight


    4. Easy accessibility, undivided attention, proper 'listening', showing of real care and the faith developed over a period of time are the major aspects of successful consultation


    5. · The retirement period could be further subdivided into phases such as (i) when you are still as active as earlier say till 65-68, (ii) you need to slow down and take-up less strenuous activities say till around 70-72 and (iii) the traditional retirement when your health concerns take over fully


    6. This is a period of negotiation and not imposing our views


    7. b) Compound interest on deposits, where interest is earned on the interest over the principal, calculated at quarterly, half-yearly or yearly period


    8. This is done by adding the interest earned to the original deposit at the end of the specified period for subsequent calculation of interest


    9. Inflation in simple words means that the purchasing power of money decreases over a period of time


    10. Over a long period of a few years some share show a consistent growth, some show ups and downs around a mean value, some show a persistent fall in value and quite a few just vanish out of market or are quoted at a value which is not worth the cost of paper on which the share certificate is printed

    11. This is often the period when children have reached their teens and are flying the nest


    12. Bear in mind this was the period when we went from


    13. He had a period of severe


    14. "Add to this a punitive weekly interest of 100% over a time period of exactly four weeks and your debt with us comes to a total of 36 grand


    15. Must be having a heavy period, Melinda thought


    16. As is normal with any job these days, I am on a trial period, though in this case it is only one month and not the normal three or six


    17. Our operatives in Brazil say they the Kassikan sent the code to that virus also during the period of radio contact and Brazil was close to putting that into production


    18. Even in such a short period of time, in four days, I had come to the conclusion that my daily humiliations at the hands of Smiler would be an eternal torment, a fixed thing in this small universe


    19. For practicality’s sake, and so that I’ll know when to start really getting worried … I try to work out when I had my last period … I don’t tend to record these events in my diary – not a lot of point when living the celibate life


    20. We are in that period of time called the "last days," therefore the message to us comes from His Son, Christ Jesus, our Lord

    21. Why, indeed? Maybe because all those friends I've found during this period are rather bereft persons


    22. ‘I was so busy in December I hadn’t noticed my period didn’t happen and I’d been lulled into a sense of security by the fact that I had a bit of a period in November … though it wasn’t anywhere near normal


    23. I will never quite understand that period


    24. For each of us there is a moment when, once we have made it through that initial period when every sound and every movement is laced with fear, there comes a day when you think that you might make it out alive


    25. There was a period of time when her whole self was cut off from both sides of the separation


    26. during her arrest period had left her a mere mass of


    27. In Isaiah chapter 24, it speaks in the last few verses about a time when the kings and rulers of this world will be tied up and thrown into a pit for an extended period of time


    28. ‘That was an unpleasant period


    29. ’ I replied, scouring my mind for any hint of this period


    30. As you lie there with your feet higher than your head try to calm your mind and still your thoughts so that this period of rest becomes a powerful exercise in mind control and mental stillness

    31. When you can perform this variation with ease, and it can be done easily with patient practice, gradually extend the period when your face is touching the floor, and then try to practice the Yoga Complete Breath


    32. The chief function of this inverted posture in the battle against period pains lies in the reversal of the influence of gravity upon the internal organs


    33. Practice the Shoulderstand over a period of time and you will soon begin to notice a lessening of the intensity of your discomfort each month, until after a time it will cease altogether to be a problem


    34. Though a certain degree of slowing down of activity on the first two days of a period is advisable, there need not be any undue resting


    35. Incidentally the Shoulderstand is especially recommended for women after childbirth after a suitable period of recuperation has elapsed, but in all cases do not prolong the posture beyond the point of absolute comfort


    36. Yoga in Slow Motion is recommended for toning up the system after childbirth after a suitable rest period has elapsed following confinement


    37. You can also use this quiet period of ‘palming* the eyes to practice the Yoga Complete Breath


    38. When losing the signal I would start to lose control and pretend I was going to jump out of the car, but my father screaming my name at me usually slugged me back into present time reality for a short period anyway


    39. 'As I say, some time ago Pantelis got wind of what was going on and over a period of time he collected his evidence: names, numbers, times, photographs, dates, recordings; a comprehensive list of villains, including prominent public figures, involved one way or another in the smuggling and acquisition of priceless cultural objects


    40. After a short but intense period of mourning, the soldier married the old chairman's daughter, which she liked very much because he made her Chief Executive Officer and together they cornered the world's markets in gold and oil, before retiring in their late thirties to live in Antibes and raise a gaggle of spoilt but happy children

    41. ability to finish first more than any other period in history


    42. Great-aunt Edith showed Annie how to scan photographs and store them as images on the computer, using a collection of her very own black and white artistic poses from her early days in the glamour business, images which would now be considered at best cute but in most cases just as period pieces


    43. Meditation is a practice of consciously focusing your attention for a period of time


    44. ‘I know – several times during that period, I nearly went crazy and when you started withdrawing from me … well … you see, Jo, and I don’t think I’ve ever told you this before … right from when I was a boy all I’ve ever wanted out of life is to be able to work with my music and to have a family … and by that I mean a woman I love and who loves me and, possibly, children


    45. If tissues are irritated over a long period of time, the


    46. there's nothing in any of the diaries for this period mentioning any friends or social activities


    47. With a sigh, partly out of frustration that I can't find anything to push the story on and partly because the picture I have of Bunty alone in her flat tears at my heartstrings, I turn to the files for this period


    48. Then there was a period of some years when I was into evening classes which took up most of my spare time


    49. Some of the long-time professionals had tight bronze waistbands on them that were rolled into position, little by little over a period of months, constricting their waists and exaggerating their hips


    50. Where’s the diary for that period














































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    Synonyms for "period"

    full point full stop period point stop catamenia flow menses menstruation menstruum period of time time period geological period cycle course age day epoch era interval term time

    "period" definitions

    an amount of time


    the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon


    (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games


    a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed


    the end or completion of something


    the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause


    a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations