Example sentences of "the [noun sg] over a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warnock had admitted stealing the money over a two-year period while she was the toy library 's treasurer . |
| 2 | Barclays Bank is making the grant over a three-year period to encourage independent companies . |
| 3 | However , at Cosmeston the archaeologist has the opportunity to excavate a large portion of the settlement over a long period of time and to use the results to shed light on sites where the excavators have not been so fortunate . |
| 4 | This is because the EDSP is the average value of the index over a 20-minute period , and the prices used in computing the index are the midprices of the quotations , not the last traded prices . |
| 5 | If this analysis is accepted , then it is clear that the attempt over a long period of time to protect the position of those living in privately rented accommodation has failed and has , in fact , made the position worse . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Other types of skin cancer are associated with continued exposure to the sun over a long period . |
| 8 | One might infer from this that investment intensity is therefore also negatively correlated with increases in the value of the business over a five-year period . |
| 9 | This may be to have the customer test the product over a four-week period , or for him to order a quantity for immediate use . |
| 10 | In return , the EC undertook to phase out the pesticide over a five-year period . |
| 11 | From this altitude their instruments view a swath of the Earth 's surface that extends 1500 km to either side of their suborbital tracks , so that a picture of the globe over a 24-hour period is built up . |
| 12 | In Britain these are in a state of flux although there has been much discussion about the role of the inspector over a long period of time . |
| 13 | The changes that occurred in the City 's international role over the 1960s and '70s are explained and discussed in J. Coakley and L. Harris , The City of Capital ( Oxford , Basil Blackwell ; 1983 ) ; the international role of the City over a longer period is discussed in depth in L. Harris , T. Evans , J. Coakley and M. Croasdale , New Directions in the Financial System ( London , Croom Helm ; 1988 ) . |
| 14 | The Environmental Protection Agency of the Chinese government has set up an inspection team which will tour the country over a three-year period to ensure that environmental laws are being properly enforced , and to heighten awareness of environmental issues . |