Example sentences of "take place [prep] [art] period [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 As weak springs can only stored a fraction of the potential energy that a strong spring can hold , the remainder is lost as heat and if the change from a strong to a weak spring takes place over a period of time , equivalent to the observation time , then the energy loss is detected as mechanical damping .
2 Spread is slow and extension may take place over a period of months , even years .
3 The rebuilding of the old manor took place over a period of about five years and was probably finished in about 1727 .
4 But the change was n't radical , it took place over a period of er I would suggest er maybe about six or seven years .
5 He argued that a fundamental conflict was taking place during the period of social modernisation .
6 Yet the development of the law of trusts had taken place within a period in which it alone could offer these advantages ; to them its rise owed much .
7 Table 1.2 shows the changes that have taken place in the period since 1961 .
8 These are sometimes designed to take place for a period of time such as a day or a week .
9 Altogether , tutorials take place over a period of about twenty-four weeks in the last year of a course , and usually by the last twelve tutorials a student has a much clearer idea of what he or she is about .
  Next page