Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a period of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child may appear before a hearing for reasons other than offences ; and he will have a disposal tailored to his needs for care rather than to the seriousness of the offence ; and a child may not only be put under a supervision requirement for reasons other than an offence , but he may remain under such a requirement for a period of years for reasons completely unconnected with breaches of the criminal law . |
| 2 | Birth parents may relinquish their child for adoption at the time of birth or at a subsequent date , possibly having cared for the child over a period of months or years . |
| 3 | After the grubs have eaten extensive ‘ galleries ’ in the wood over a period of years , with the resultant dust being emitted in bun-shaped pellets , the larva enters a pupal stage lasting three to six weeks and emerges as a fully grown beetle . |
| 4 | When such Stakhanovite chastity over a period of months finally coaxed some forlorn gesture of affection from the girl , he told her he wanted to get to know her better . |
| 5 | Anthropologists , for example , are able to interpret a culture , at first sight inexplicable to those from a different culture , by living with , talking to and observing people in a community over a period of years . |
| 6 | In LEAs where a scheme of delegation has been in place over a period of years , the question of making more money soon arises . |
| 7 | Spread is slow and extension may take place over a period of months , even years . |
| 8 | In Boston " mentoring " programmes exist where employers release a staff member on a regular basis over a period of months to work with potential " drop outs " to win their commitment . |
| 9 | A recent report by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) said the iodine-131 may have killed 13 people through cancer of the thyroid over a period of decades . |
| 10 | But what will be the effect of extending the interval to a period of days or even weeks ? |
| 11 | If it is practicable to make repeated visits to the same site over a period of months or years a programme of capture/mark/release and recapture will add a further dimension to the whole range of topics available . |
| 12 | There is a spontaneous gradual recovery over a period of weeks or months and the protein concentration of spinal fluid becomes elevated . |
| 13 | The group says that the survival of evidence over a period of years defies expectations and improves the prospects for enforcement of the recently signed international Chemical Weapons Convention ( see Nature 361 , 105 ; 1993 ) . |
| 14 | The students spend a given amount of time per week for a period of months , with the guidance of an assigned individual in the company and with the support of the technical staff of the school or college . |
| 15 | A serious problem has emerged in the area over a period of months , and a series of reports have been issued , concluding with a report by the National Rivers Authority on effluent that is poured into the lagoons at Grassmoor 40,000 tonnes of it a year . |
| 16 | I hasten to add that when I was responsible , as Secretary of State for the Environment , for such developments in England , I found that , with certain conditions one could improve the environment over a period of years . |
| 17 | Your body may have become out of shape through general neglect over a period of years , yet you can transform it incredibly in a matter of days with my unique dieting methods and special exercises . |
| 18 | These convertible issues are convertible into the underlying equity at a fixed rate over a period of years and usually on certain dates in each year . |
| 19 | The fact that there is something quite new and of a different quality means that we will rapidly discard the old and move into the new , just as colour television sets were substituted for black and white , and created a very high growth rate over a period of years . |
| 20 | If you mark your weight on a graph or chart this should provide a clear and rewarding sign of progress over a period of weeks and months . |
| 21 | Spreading the annuity purchase over a period of years will average out rates over that period , but whether this will result in a bigger pension at the end of the day is highly speculative . |
| 22 | However in practice deterioration of stock inevitably sets in , through a variety of factors : original errors or omissions in selection ( for the reasons suggested above ) ; poor control of withdrawals and replacements ; fluctuations in funding over a period of years ; fluctuations in demand caused by changes in the constituency , or changes in their needs . |
| 23 | She had had to wean herself off the dope over a period of years , and still felt the occasional urge for a H-9 hit . |
| 24 | The fry are born with large black eyes , but these steadily reduce in size over a period of weeks until they are covered with a cartilaginous sheath . |
| 25 | For reasons which never seem quite convincing , given the tediousness of the material and the fact that the three do not even believe in it , this becomes an obsessive hobby over a period of years . |
| 26 | Taxes and public spending to be set to reach a ‘ savings target ’ for the nation over a period of years . |
| 27 | He must have a computerised brain to have absorbed all that information over a period of years without having compiled a ‘ silly tick list ’ himself . |
| 28 | You can work towards a degree or diploma over a period of years — or choose single courses lasting a few weeks or months , from an enormous list of topics ranging from childcare to computer science . |
| 29 | The Government retains a golden ( or " master " ) share in the newly-floated company which confers rights restricting other shareholders or potential shareholders from acquiring controlling stakes in the company for a period of years or indefinitely . |
| 30 | This share confers rights restricting other shareholders or potential shareholders from acquiring controlling stakes in the company for a period of years or indefinitely . |