Sentence examples for main period from inspiring English sources

The main period of railway construction was about the time of unification, from 1860 until 1873.

Dio Chrysostom of Prusa is often included, although others would regard him as preparing the way for the main period.

In the American Southwest, winter is the main period of flooding, as rivers dwindle appreciably in summer.

In the UK and other countries, the main period of reform followed the second world war, with the consolidation of the welfare state.

Although spring is the main period of courtship and copulation for most temperate-zone reptiles, males commonly complete spermatogenesis (that is, the production of sperm) in late summer.

This was the main period of his activity as an advocate, and he devoted himself to the support of literature, organizing public recitations.

However, he said the American operation was now "utterly self-reliant" and in a position to pay back money to the UK branch of Dennis Publishing it borrowed while it was in its main period of growth, providing funds for new magazine launches and other investment in Britain.

Volunteers isolated from all evidence of day and night and left to set their own sleep patterns tended to settle into one long sleep session and a session of 1 or 2 hours about 12 hours after the middle of the main period.

The main period of the broadband pulses was ∼4 s.

The initial temperature of the main period in all experiments was 298.15 K, the duration of the main period 20 min.

The third main period corresponds roughly to his time at Harvard, from 1924 onward.