Example sentences of "[adv] over [art] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Specific and lengthy training — usually over a period of years so the non-committed will fall by the wayside . |
| 32 | I have looked carefully over a period of weeks at those applications , and have reached the view that they deserve to be granted . |
| 33 | But recent research shows that the ‘ constant ’ changes by a fraction of a per cent , both over a period of weeks and over several years . |
| 34 | All the small modifications should add up over a period of time to make major achievements . |
| 35 | Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time . |
| 36 | ‘ It would be useful , ’ he said , ‘ if practitioners were made aware of the information that is required from them so they can build it up over a period of time . ’ |
| 37 | Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks . |
| 38 | Clearly memories are not formed instantaneously , as if by throwing a switch , but are built up over a period of hours after the event to be memorized has occurred ; during this build-up the form in which any memory is stored changes . |
| 39 | For example , the ship has a power meter which drops as you get hit , but builds back up over a period of time , you do n't just simply die when hit . |
| 40 | Er and it 's a force commitment it is n't I mean short of saving up over a period of years which we are not allowed to do |
| 41 | In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example . |
| 42 | Even so , considerable errors can build up over the period of ten or more years that elapses between one Census date and the time when the finalized results of the next Census can be used . |
| 43 | What has changed , and changed radically over the period from the late 1960s to the early 1980s , has been the perception of that culture . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | This will be cut back over a period of time . |
| 46 | You have learned to look hard and analyse a complex situation , devise a detailed strategy for solving it , and then carefully carry it out over a period of time , revising your plan where necessary to cope with unforeseen difficulties . |
| 47 | However , the political problems of abolishing it outright would be huge and so some have advocated phasing it out over a period of time . |
| 48 | Bargaining is often carried out over a period of days , so it 's fortunate that a four- night B&B break at a three-star hotel near the market , is £219 in February and March . |
| 49 | The seasons , if they are important enough , can grab people 's attention in the way that you would n't if the programmes just went out over a period of 16 or 20 weeks . |
| 50 | The refurbishment scheme ‘ A Good Place to Live ’ will be carried out over a period of five years . |
| 51 | Secret talks with the government , which went on over a period of more than a year , were also broken off . |
| 52 | He said : My impression is that what has been going on over a period of years has come from , or been led by , a small mafia group of MI5 who have contacts outside in one or two sections of the press , and a few self-appointed private enterprise security agents . |
| 53 | My job essentially was to introduce general management , and therefore I er , I was able to use many of the skills which I had acquired in I B M , but of course , I was also part of the Griffiths debate , here I 'm talking about Griffiths Two , not Griffiths One , I was implementing Griffiths One , which was general management , Griffiths Two was a community , the community debate , so I saw something , which I 'm certainly not allowed to quote , of the great debates that went on over the period of eighteen months before the eventual decision was made about community care . |
| 54 | Try reducing your use of salt slowly over a period of weeks and use flavouring substitutes like herbs , spices and lemon juice . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | We talked to nutters frequently over a period of two years and some were ‘ interviewed ’ in a more structured manner . |
| 57 | Where the parties have done business together regularly over a period of time it may be possible to establish that the terms are incorporated by a course of dealing . |
| 58 | The behaviour persists continuously over a period of time . |
| 59 | It should also be remembered that teachers are always assessing their pupils ' performance on a daily basis and will know their pupils well over the period of time . |
| 60 | If your dog fails to respond readily over a period of time , it will be worthwhile having its hearing checked by a veterinarian . |