Example sentences of "over a period of [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a development which of course took place in Picasso 's work over a period of many months . |
| 2 | Over a period of 4 months Gary received scripture verses , most noticeably Psalm 37:4–7 , which seemed to confirm that God wanted Gary to become involved with YWAM . |
| 3 | The course is offered in five residential weekends , over a period of five months , and will be held at the Stirling Management Centre . |
| 4 | Over a period of 18 months , Cox had found it increasingly difficult to front the cost of her supplies . |
| 5 | A programme of restoration back to full working order followed and over a period of 18 months , it was stripped , restored and rebuilt to its present immaculate condition . |
| 6 | They have an album of photos showing the house at different stages of completion over a period of 18 months . |
| 7 | Plants in some 34 families were used in Borneo over a period of 16 months and all but 5 were sources of fruit . |
| 8 | In one case , a man was interviewed twice weekly for an hour , over a period of eight months , until only a few months before his death . |
| 9 | Furthermore Jack , Larry , Terry , the Secretary of the Greater London Labour Party , have also been in possession of this evidence , and before and after receiving that evidence have apparently completely failed over a period of eight months to get Islington Labour Council to behave in a responsible fashion , just like Liverpool , and I 'm sure , just like a number of other Labour Councils . |
| 10 | In 1981 , sterling declined by approximately 11% over a period of nine months , thus enabling inflationary pressure to be effectively contained by releasing it slowly . |
| 11 | To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months . |
| 12 | Over a period of two months , a thorough survey of the central and outposted filing systems and associated activities was carried out to provide quantitative data related to the IPS conceptual model . |
| 13 | Over a period of two months we released some 300 000 into a small village in Upper Volta in West Africa . |
| 14 | Over a period of two months the employees received intensive one-to-one training in all aspects of English , making full use of SEL 's audiovisual and video facilities . |
| 15 | This case study was undertaken over a period of two months through a series of day visits to the school . |
| 16 | This last autumn South East Arts tried and experiment in Brighton and organized a series of five so-called fringe theatrical productions at the Pavilion Theatre over a period of two months . |
| 17 | 1979 ) to measure the time delay for reflections from Mars over a period of 14 months . |
| 18 | Aim to alter your diet gradually over a period of six months . |
| 19 | The Manual was compiled by a team who applied TOP processes to the task over a period of six months . |
| 20 | On Sept. 30 , China had announced proposed measures to open its markets over a period of six months in response to US demands in August , but these had been rejected by Hills as " unsatisfactory " . |
| 21 | Resolution 706 dealt with a partial export resumption , up to a total value of $1.6 billion over a period of six months , to enable Baghdad to import medical supplies and foodstuffs . |
| 22 | District competitions were held over a period of six months and finalists and runners-up from these matches went on to represent their district at the area competition . |
| 23 | She had lost 8 inches off her waist and a staggering 10 inches off her hips over a period of seven months . |
| 24 | Over a period of seven months the widow Hoskin was gifted payments totalling £6 : 3s. : 6d. and this must be presumed to be her pension ! |
| 25 | A survey of all reviews appearing in British daily and Sunday newspapers over a period of three months in 1973 reported coverage as follows : fiction ( 873 reviews ) ; biography ( 621 ) ; children 's books ( 449 ) ; art ( 246 ) ; history ( 242 ) ; natural science ( 129 ) ; literature ( 126 ) ; poetry ( 1 19 ) ; humour ( 113 ) ; politics and economics ( 102 ) . |
| 26 | We tested six tents over a period of three months in weather ranging from sunshine to horizontal rain . |
| 27 | The league consisted of four leading competitions held over a period of three months at various venues in North Yorkshire on a 10 metres high Enterprises panel wall . |
| 28 | The cost of evening courses or those consisting of a few sessions in a school of nursing cost considerably less than residential week long courses or part-time variations held over a period of several months . |
| 29 | For example , it is clear from work with an English- and Punjabi-speaking family in Newcastle upon Tyne , where a young white woman carried out modified participant observation sessions over a period of several months , that no male , regardless of age or ethnicity , would be allowed into the house ( Scothern 1985 ) . |
| 30 | Overtaking behaviour at a number of locations will be monitored over a period of several months using video-recording equipment . |