Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 31 | He told Mr Maclean : ‘ It is unacceptable that one quarter of the annual authorisation of particular radio nucleids should be discharged in just a 24-hour period . |
| 32 | Using data collected over a 2-year period from plots under a variety of management techniques , ranging from maize cultivation to a range of pasture grasses , they report that soil erosion and nutrient losses were greatest from maize ( Zea mays ) and guinea grass ( Panicum maximum Jacq. ) plots . |
| 33 | The second deterrent is a financial one : course participants do not have to pay fees , since the course itself is financed by the DES , but they do have to fund their living costs over a ten-week period — a not inconsiderable financial commitment . |
| 34 | Most people applying to drama school will be seeking to enrol on the full-time diploma course , which usually runs over a three-year period . |
| 35 | For the District , perennially in financial difficulties , the £500 annual Carnegie grant over a three-year period was accepted on the understanding that the Bedfordshire Scheme would be financially self-sufficient.The scheme was welcomed by the LEA and the Cambridge Extra-Mural Board and a Cambridge teacher and part-time WEA tutor , Harold Shearman , was appointed . |
| 36 | 3 Can you give us an approximate idea of sales you 'd be expecting over a three-year period ? |
| 37 | The disparities in overall changes in assumed unit costs over a three-year period are quite remarkable . |
| 38 | Expressions for the amplitudes a n and b n of the harmonic components of any Fourier series are obtained by multiplying both sides of equation ( 11.1 ) by or and integrating over a complete period . |
| 39 | The broad branching heads of large , ragged yellow daisies appear over a long period during summer ; a large patch is a magnificent spectacle . |
| 40 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |
| 41 | Stretching over a long period , a number of important rulers began to seek to secure much greater power over their dominions as the means to extend their power abroad — particularly in what was to become known as France , but also in England , Sweden , Spain and , somewhat later , Brandenburg-Prussia . |
| 42 | Following the primary attack , there may be no further episodes , or the disease may recur over a long period , in some cases several years . |
| 43 | The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period . |
| 44 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 45 | This is an acquired skill which develops over a long period . |
| 46 | This perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the colonial legal system because the post-independence practices evolved over a long period of time . |
| 47 | Management should effect redundancies at one point in time rather than spreading them over a long period . |
| 48 | Those who said they would prefer the smallest possible instalments , spread over a long period , were most commonly people in lower socio-economic groups , people with current credit commitments , and people with whom the amount they said they would borrow ( if they borrowed money ) was relatively small . |
| 49 | If it seems necessary to give it over a long period make sure you fully consider your risk before proceeding . |
| 50 | ( Martial arts are a way of life — skills learnt and practised over a long period , used to tune the mind and body to a state of superb readiness . |
| 51 | One suggestion has been that the energy output of the Sun itself fluctuates over a long period . |
| 52 | One is that the abuse is part of the way two people communicate over a long period of time . |
| 53 | Unlike groups in laboratory studies , the work group is not created and then disbanded permanently ; it often survives over a long period of time . |
| 54 | There were beds available for those with particular problems , such as those who had been injecting over a long period . |
| 55 | Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time . |
| 56 | The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time . |
| 57 | The older men in particular portray inspection as an art whose techniques , absorbed over a long period , become almost intuitive . |
| 58 | petals strongly and sweetly perfumed , retained over a long period when dried , used in perfumery , potpourris , for perfuming writing paper . |
| 59 | If it continues over a long period it could even lead to stunted growth . |
| 60 | Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures . |