Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The librarian should normally plan a long-term programme of stock revisions over a period of , say , one to three years , selecting a number of specified priority subjects to be revised during that period . |
| 2 | Barbara Conway , the former Daily Telegraph journalist , who was until recently publicity officer of the new watchdog over the financial services industry , The Securities and Investment Board ( SIB ) , has criticised the practices of Harvard Securities over a period of years in her reporting based on private investors ' comments . |
| 3 | Unable to accept concessions in negotiation , Law now saw much the same deal offered in public by the Liberals themselves , when Asquith announced an Amending Bill to satisfy Ulster 's fears of Home Rule with a period of exclusion . |
| 4 | The conference unanimously elected President Blaise Compaore of Burkina as chairman of the heads of state conference for a period of two years , and Antonio Alberto do Rosario , Cape Verde Minister of Rural Development and Fisheries , as CILSS minister co-ordinator . |
| 5 | The full picture of ILR ownership over a period of nearly twenty years is difficult to trace . |
| 6 | The time resolution is excellent - the growth of maize seedlings over a period of a few minutes can be detected . |