Example sentences of "and [noun] [prep] a period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted ten charges of possessing and supplying cannabis and speed over a period of a year . |
| 2 | Of course , one of the main difficulties in this kind of research lies in the collection of accurate information about events and experiences over a period of twenty years or more . |
| 3 | A programme of lectures , seminars and visits over a period of time is most likely to meet that need . |
| 4 | Will the attack on democracy be as outrageous as killing all blue-eyed babies , or will it be a more insidious erosion of rights and liberties over a period of time ? |
| 5 | After superficial induction to bureau life , through discussion and self-study over a period of approximately four weeks , trainees will take a two-day course in basic interviewing skills . |
| 6 | The defensive characteristics of the distributors are illustrated in the healthy performance of W H Smith and Menzies during a period of recession . |
| 7 | For all the criticisms which can be levelled against it , the work remains a successful attempt to make sense of the complicated relationship which existed between England and France over a period of more than a century at the end of the Middle Ages . |
| 8 | The effect was to make it difficult for children to contribute to their own support , let alone the support of other people , thus removing the reciprocal nature of support between the young and their parents ' generation , and establishing childhood and youth as a period of one-way dependence of the young on their parents ( Pinchbeck and Hewitt , 1973 ; Anderson , 1980 ; Gittins , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | Some have a substantial occupational pension , and possible capital accumulation which might allow for the provision of goods and services in a period of dependency . |
| 10 | ICI , on the other hand , runs a career break scheme where breaks are available for both men and women for a period of between two and five years . |
| 11 | ‘ Travelling on the train to and from Folkestone and London over a period of months I knitted a bright pink jumper . |
| 12 | Editor , — We recently highlighted an increase in unsafe sexual behaviour and transmission of HIV among homosexual men in England and Wales after a period of decline . |