Example sentences of "the [noun] over a period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The results of the pilot programme ( based on the ability of the mothers to recall what they had been taught two weeks previously ) were so promising that BRAC launched a programme to teach the method of preparing LGS to every household in the country over a period of about ten years . |
| 32 | The donation is to be paid in full by the company over a period of three years . |
| 33 | It shows remarkable warming and cooling of the sea over a period of just 10 days . |
| 34 | An attachment of earnings order requires a debtor 's employer to deduct monies direct from the debtor 's wage packet and pay off the debt over a period of months . |
| 35 | Development from the 2-cell stage to the late 8-cell/early 16-cell ( morula ) stage ( Figure 1 , panels 16 22 ) occurs in the oviduct over a period of approximately 47 h . |
| 36 | Meanwhile the return of a Labour Government in 1974 had once again brought into question the status of Direct Grant schools , and it was announced in Parliament on 11th March that it was intended to phase out the system over a period of seven years , commencing in September 1976 . |
| 37 | It is , however , impossible to separate out processes acting at different scales and over different periods : a single volcanic eruption lasting hours or days sometimes leads to dust and gas being ejected into the atmosphere over a period of months and this in turn may lead to global climatic fluctuations over years or decades . |
| 38 | When a large debt issue is undertaken , the Bank will underwrite a large proportion of the issue and slowly sell them to the market over a period of time to avoid excess supply of government debt . |
| 39 | The Manual was compiled by a team who applied TOP processes to the task over a period of six months . |
| 40 | On July 10 the Országgyülés ( National Assembly ) passed by 194 to 95 votes , with 23 abstentions , a law for the return of property to the churches over a period of 10 years . |