Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 61 | It is no longer adequate just to produce a plan of a church : all walls and elevations need to be examined closely , since most churches are built , developed and extended over a long period . |
| 62 | The church began in late Saxon times and developed over a long period , finally being made redundant in the 1960s , when part of it collapsed . |
| 63 | The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to . |
| 64 | This was a process which extended over a long period , and in the seventeenth century the extent of their privileges in this respect was still far from clear . |
| 65 | This task of considering key moments can be a very valuable way of recapping from one session to the next when the drama extends over a long period , as it usually does once it becomes part of a project or topic work . |
| 66 | Another modification of the model assumes that uniform extension occurs but takes account of the fact that stretching of the lithosphere is likely to occur over a long period of time , probably several million years . |
| 67 | There are two broad categories : ( 1 ) where the object is to generate more work by some system of cross-referral in particular fields , though such arrangements are difficult to sustain over a long period if member firms wish to retain their independence and separate profitability . |
| 68 | Where production extends over a long period as in construction industries and shipbuilding , measurement of work in progress has to be achieved by other means . |
| 69 | Unfortunately it may conceivably cause liver disease if taken over a long period , and this is to be tested by administering it to pigs . |
| 70 | It is believed the money allegedly went missing over a long period , dating back to last season 's Cup Final . |
| 71 | The examples all have the same structure : a well-defined quantity is recorded at successive equally-spaced time points over a specific period . |
| 72 | The NEAP process involves : ( i ) the identification of a country 's environmental conditions and specific problems ; ( ii ) preparation of proposals to overcome the problems ; and ( iii ) formulation of a plan of action to deal with them over a specific period of time . |
| 73 | Under the proposal Poland would allocate over a twenty-year period the zloty equivalent of the hard currency involved to set up and develop schemes to reduce pollution and improve the environment in Poland . |
| 74 | The one marginal exception is his only excursion into ghost-writing , A Yankee Looks at Cricket , written with Philadelphian cricket fanatic Henry Sayen in 1956 , which helped tide him over a tricky period between jobs . |
| 75 | Hatching occurred over a two-month period commencing at the end of June , with most juveniles emerging in mid-July . |
| 76 | The bulk of the programme would then outline in some detail the specific projects being funded , and the resources allocated to them over a 3–4-year period . |
| 77 | Edinburgh district council estimated the cost of clearing the backlog at £25.5 million and we made that allocation to it over a two-year period . |
| 78 | HCFC-123 , a substitute material for ozone-damaging chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) being marketed by the British chemical company ICI , has been found to cause tumours in rats exposed to it over a two-year period . |
| 79 | Reports by the United Nations and Amnesty International detailed human rights abuses under the regime , one citing 14,000 cases of execution or torture over a six-year period . |
| 80 | The waste , accumulated over a 40-year period , will remain dangerously radioactive for tens of thousands of years . |
| 81 | Out of a thousand cases reported in United States waters over a five-year period , only two resulted in death . |
| 82 | Project B remits larger cash inflows spread over a five-year period as opposed to the three years of cash inflows from Project A. Discounted cash flows would provide a rational basis for comparing these two projects on an equitable basis . |
| 83 | The document says that three of the four Government proposals for new councils would cost between £500 and £1,400 to introduce over a five-year period . |
| 84 | A good game of tennis , badminton , hockey , netball , or football , for instance , all involve a great deal of running over a prolonged period of time . |
| 85 | ‘ The largest single category of problems mentioned , however , was depression and anxiety attributable to the stresses of caring over a prolonged period of time . ’ |
| 86 | For monthly savings , Mr Murrell recommends Friendly Society plans over a 10-year period because the money grows tax free . |
| 87 | Under the agreement the seven EFTA member countries would immediately abolish trade barriers on all goods covered except for certain sensitive products , while Czechoslovakia would abolish them over a 10-year period . |
| 88 | These children had suffered 25 attacks between them over a 59-day period . |
| 89 | And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period . |
| 90 | Stock , for example , is issued for 25 years at the most , for the obvious reason that the market will charge a high premium for lending over a longer period than that . |