Example sentences of "[be] [verb] over [art] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 31 | In a study I undertook , five clients from each of five surgeries , a total of 25 , were studied over a six-month period . |
| 32 | Complex adaptations have developed because in certain circumstances the same selection pressure has been maintained over a long period of time . |
| 33 | Ethnographic research has special qualities suited to dealing with controversial topics in sensitive locations , for it entails a gradual and progressive contact with respondents , which is sustained over a long period , allowing a rapport to be established slowly with respondents over time , and for researchers to participate in the full range of experiences involved in the topic . |
| 34 | Should employees ’ location allowances decrease as a result of a transfer , any such decrease is phased over a three-year period . |
| 35 | Because intensive subject assessment is concentrated over a short period of time , many felt that disruption of staff and students was less , in the long run , than under the normal system . |
| 36 | Insider dealing in this respect is controlled by restricting the number of traders who have access to information , a technique which they believe is easier than trying to control how much information is announced over a given period of time . |
| 37 | In contrast , a fixed rate mortgage has a constant rate of interest which is charged over a specified period . |
| 38 | If it is not possible to do this , various additions can be made to kill the growth , but , unless dosing is maintained over the growing period ( usually May , June , and July in the U.K. ) , the algae can return . |
| 39 | The substance of such an arrangement is that the debt is repaid over the primary period and the payments required by the debt should be apportioned between a finance charge for each accounting period and the effective reduction of the principal amount . |
| 40 | This is paid over the outstanding period of the original loan or any shorter period that the new loan might involve . |
| 41 | All your behaviour , with the exception of those reflexes that were built into the system , has been acquired over a long period of ad hoc learning . |
| 42 | This is seldom needed for analysis purposes but random access mode is often used where the records are held over a long period and have to be updated with the passage of time . |
| 43 | Brussels Cathedral ( 490 ) was built over a long period . |
| 44 | This was built over a long period — both Peter Parler and Rejsek worked on it . |
| 45 | A Face of War was shot over a 97-day period , and portrays the experiences of Mike Company , 3rd Battalion , 7th Marine Regiment ; during this period Jones was wounded twice and one of his photographers once . |
| 46 | The closure of the regional offices was phased over an 18-month period and affected 435 staff . |
| 47 | Improvement was maintained over a follow-up period of six months . |
| 48 | Schedule 13 , para 7(i) , Local Government Act 1972 required that where expenditure was defrayed by borrowing , a sum equivalent to an instalment of principal and interest was debited to the relevant operating statement so that the loan was repaid over a specified period of years . |