Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] over a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular Ramsey helped the Anglo-Catholic members of the Conference to take a more friendly attitude to the South India Church , which united a Church with bishops to Churches without bishops in a unified structure over a period of years . |
| 2 | This latter is a longitudinal survey over a period of two and a half years following a structured sample of some 4,000 persons who registered as unemployed in May 1980 . |
| 3 | These convertible issues are convertible into the underlying equity at a fixed rate over a period of years and usually on certain dates in each year . |
| 4 | It is impossible to judge on the basis of a single day , however , and you should be looking for a consistent improvement over a period of time . |
| 5 | In Boston " mentoring " programmes exist where employers release a staff member on a regular basis over a period of months to work with potential " drop outs " to win their commitment . |
| 6 | Where parties do business together on the same terms on a regular basis over a period of time , their trading may amount to a course of dealing . |
| 7 | The present prospective study was designed to evaluate all patients with symptoms of gastrooesophageal reflux , who were submitted to a clinical assessment over a period of time . |
| 8 | Find out the sales figures for a particular item over a period of five years . |
| 9 | Our experience , even in the Church of England , is that it is not a foolhardy thing to plan to double the numbers in a local church over a period of two or three years . |