Example sentences of "[noun] over [art] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 31 | $580 million in compensation over a 14-year period . |
| 32 | Wherever you train you will work in at least three , but usually four or five different areas of the law over the two-year period . |
| 33 | It will be difficult or impossible to establish a course of dealing on the basis of a small number of transactions over a long period . |
| 34 | We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 36 | He added that the electorates of UN member States might be unwilling to see their young men die in Ireland over a sustained period . |
| 37 | One consequence of this is that the sharp rise in the proportion of young couples in the owner-occupied sector over the post-war period ( and the even greater number who aspire to this sector ) must have had some effect in reinforcing fertility decline in Britain in recent decades although , of course , many developed countries have also experienced declines over this period , so it would be naive to emphasize this ( or indeed any single cause ) as the sole or primary explanation . |
| 38 | According to government estimates , the Soufriere geothermal project could potentially provide electricity for around a quarter of the island 's population and saved about US$250 million in foreign exchange over a 30-year period . |
| 39 | In South-west England tin , copper and other metals have been mined for at least 2000 years from deposits related to Variscan granites ; in the Pennine range of central and northern England over a similar period , lead , and lately fluorite and baryte , have been extracted from vein and replacement deposits in Carboniferous sediments ; in Central Wales , the Isle of Man and the Southern Uplands of Scotland lead and zinc have been mined from vein deposits in Lower Palaeozoic greywackes and in the Lake District copper , lead and zinc have been recovered from a variety of deposits in Lower Palaeozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks underlain by Caledonian granites . |
| 40 | Both may be guessing , although the Encomiast is reasonably well-informed on the campaigns late in Æthelred II's reign , and William 's report of mixed methods need not be far wrong , even if it is a guess ; the armies which troubled England over the long period between c.985 and 1016 do often seem to have comprised the warbands of a number of men , are unlikely to have been organised and commanded solely by Danish kings , did not consist entirely of Danes , and frequently appear to have been motivated mainly by a desire for booty . |
| 41 | Common sense as well as medical evidence tells us , however , that excessive drinking over a long period of time can lead to health problems — and that drinking vast quantities in a short space of time is both foolish and dangerous . |
| 42 | This will be allocated to periods over the primary period at a constant rate on the carrying amount , as required by paragraph 25 of the [ draft ] FRS . |
| 43 | Finance charges are allocated to accounting periods over the primary period of the lease and represent a constant proportion of the balance of capital payments outstanding . |
| 44 | It covered the demobilization , repatriation or relocation of the contras over a 90-day period beginning on Sept. 8 ( i.e. by Dec. 5 ) . |
| 45 | He says on a 500-acre farm the cost of an innocent error in completing the complicated forms might be a loss of more than £100,000 over a two-year period and assured bankruptcy for the farmer concerned . |
| 46 | Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected . |
| 47 | Some families require extensive help over a prolonged period to overcome long-standing emotional problems in the family which have culminated in a child who is failing to thrive or is obese . |
| 48 | A quick glance at the seven-layer decision-making ladder of the OSI , makes plain the potential for querulous technical in-fighting over a near-interminable period . |
| 49 | The good thing about the airlift was that pilots had clear visibility all the way into Tabubil — a rare happening in an area where rain is often measured in feet over a 24-hour period . |
| 50 | in the January edition of She magazine , but although it 's the January edition , it er does pertain to Christmas , because it 's all about the guests you invite to your home over the festive period , some of whom you could well do without . |
| 51 | The permanent military garrisons in Scotland provided a number of minor posts which featured prominently in burgh politics , particularly in Stirling , where the Christie family influence in council over an extended period ensured that much of the small change of military patronage came their way . |
| 52 | Now er I have to warn him there are that sort of conduct has been indulged in to the detriment of the people of Highfields over a significant period by the Labour party . |
| 53 | Bearing these points in mind let us look at developments in each of the main policy areas over the whole period . |
| 54 | Regular visits to each of the three countries over the five-year period will enable a series of interviews with key decision-makers to be carried out , and qualitative and quantitative data to be collected . |
| 55 | Other types of skin cancer are associated with continued exposure to the sun over a long period . |
| 56 | The compromise plan involved a phased US withdrawal over a three-year period , the modalities of which were to be worked out by a special panel which would be chaired by the chief presidential aide , Franklin Drilon . |
| 57 | The two main sets of circumstances to which the Act is normally applied relate first to mental disorder and secondly to self-neglect over a long period . |
| 58 | Average rates of return over the whole period were : ICI — HC 15% , CPP 1 ½%; GEC — HC 19% , CPP 10 ½%.; e |
| 59 | But , although both are in play , internationalization has become increasingly important and , in some senses , the dominant dimension over the post-war period . |
| 60 | He claimed that 85,000 people had used the range over a two-year period and that outdoor sport was acceptable on green belt land . |