Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | SAYS Kinsey : ‘ What we have seen in newspaper editorials and in political speeches over a period of time , is a latching on to the problem of crime and a series of assertions about the so-called welfare-dependent underclass . |
| 2 | When the Shavante train boys to become warriors who can both take and give orders , they systematically constrain the youngsters in age-set seclusion for a period of five years during which time they are trained to endure suffering ( see below ) . |
| 3 | The entire collection will be shown in chronological order over a period of five years and each display will involve the restoration of the objects involved and their addition to a technical catalogue covering every object . |
| 4 | At the Elysee , a spokesman said there could be ‘ modulations ’ in presidential commitments over a period of years , and indicated that the president could take Fabius 's advice in the area of research spending . |
| 5 | The PhD degree involves the candidate in supervised research for a period usually of 36 months full-time , or 48 months part-time . |
| 6 | This last index has been a boon to many UK fund managers concerned over relative performance , since it has been weighed down by the Tokyo market , which has been in sustained fall for a period of nearly three years . |
| 7 | In the case of bulk packages from which the product is likely to be removed in successive quantities over a period of time , separate tests should be carried out to assess the effect of storage in partly filled containers . |
| 8 | Section 1 , Para. 2 , of the Policy provides cover whilst the craft is in most of the countries in Western Europe for a period not exceeding 31 consecutive days during any one period of insurance . |
| 9 | Several of both kinds are needed , depending on the student , and are presented either simultaneously or in alternate sequence over a period of time . |
| 10 | Like many of the other city churches it was destroyed by fire in the eleventh-century , being totally rebuilt ( on the same foundations ) in Romanesque style over a period of two hundred years . |