Example sentences of "period [prep] about a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all had their pictures done and eventually over a period of about a year , she actually did a portrait of everybody in the Home . |
| 2 | These workers reported the effects of various potencies of silver nitrate ( Argentum nitricum ) on the growth of wheat seedlings which gave reproducible results over an experimental period of about a year . |
| 3 | Over a period of about a year he was regressed six times at regular intervals . |
| 4 | JEB Fasteners had purchased all the shares in a private company having relied on its accounts for a period of about a year since incorporation . |
| 5 | The plagues probably occurred over a period of about a year . |
| 6 | Erm this gives an average over say a five year period of about a hundred and forty nine dwellings per annum , if you if you divide that by the household er estimate of something like two point five household size , which is the current sort of level in Cleveland . |
| 7 | There are no parturition problems : the calves are small at birth ( 30–35kg ) and have nicely tapered heads , and the prepotent bulls are ideal for crossing on first-calf heifers ; they also give a shorter gestation period by about a week and colour-mark their progeny . |