Example sentences of "over period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An argument by many atmospheric physicists , for example , is that shortcomings in the accuracy of weather prediction over periods of more than a few days largely results from the unsophisticated nature of existing models , the lack of suitable data and inadequate computer power ( see Fig. 9.3 , derived from Tyler 1989 ) . |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson , used to developing pharmaceuticals over periods of up to 20- years , had the culture to cope with sucralose . |
| 3 | Building societies ' basic rules of operation were designed for home buyers to repay loans over periods of twenty to twenty-five years without over-committing themselves . |
| 4 | Although the evidence presented does not refute the claim that in the long run exchange rates compensate for domestic inflation differentials , it does show that over periods of several years real exchange rate anomalies can and do occur . |
| 5 | A troupe of experts has toured the country giving their views over periods of several days and as a result some courts have convicted and others have acquitted . |
| 6 | Of course examinations are unreal ; they are a contrivance whereby the student has the opportunity — usually over periods of three hours — to show how he can tackle fresh problems using the basic knowledge that he possesses . |
| 7 | They measured price changes over periods of one week , one day , five minutes and one minute , and concluded that the relationship between spot and futures prices has varied over time . |
| 8 | Thus population numbers of small herbivores , in circumstances of limited food production , cycle over periods of three to four years . |
| 9 | Five pots of plants of the same age and grown under identical conditions were measured in turn over periods of fifteen to thirty minutes . |
| 10 | Centres are free to deliver modules in ways and over periods of time that best suit the needs and interests of students . |
| 11 | Furthermore , these individuals would have to have remained more or less monostylistic even after their arrival in Britain and their exposure to various types of British English , over periods of up to thirty years . |
| 12 | In-feed thiabendazole and fenbendazole are effective , administered usually over periods of 3-14 days . |
| 13 | The New Zealand Toxic Substances Board produced two reports in 1989 in which they compared consumption in 33 countries and prevalence in 20 advanced-economy countries over periods between 1970 and 1986 . |