Example sentences of "over [art] [adj] period [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , the degree also has a taught component , as students must attend at least one postgraduate seminar every term over the two-year period of the degree , and are examined on their work in these courses .
2 One possibility is to ignore the part of the award of damages which exceeds the amount exempt from tax under the ‘ golden handshake ’ rules , for instance by expressing the exempt amount ( currently £30,000 ) as an annual income over the unexpired period of the contract , estimating what the tax would be on that imaginary income and deducting that tax from the total compensation .
3 This is paid over the outstanding period of the original loan or any shorter period that the new loan might involve .
4 This sum was to be financed over the 15-month period to the extent of 7.14 per cent from the general budget , 53.7 per cent from non-repayable aid , and the balance of 39.16 per cent from borrowing .
5 Pedro Aspe Armella , the Mexican Finance Minister , estimated that it would save the country around US$4,710 million in debt servicing each year over the four-year period of the agreement .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 In the six months to 31 July 1985 the unaudited profit of the group is expected to be £9.2m , an increase of 21 per cent over the corresponding period in the previous year .
9 With a total deal value of £960 million the fourth quarter was the strongest , showing an increase of £340 million over the third quarter but a rise of just £20 million over the corresponding period in the previous year .
10 It is paid free of tax up to a maximum of £8000 over the full period of the allowance ( see Appendix 1 ) .
11 Likewise the number of voters who think of themselves as being ‘ very strongly ’ committed to Labour has fallen by more than half over the same period to a mere 10 per cent of the electorate : of voters with of voters with Labour'very strong' Labour identificationidentification 19665024 19704721 19744516 19794211 19833711 19873613 19923711
12 Significantly more cases of cryptosporidiosis occurred between April and June and less cases were seen between October and December ( Fig 2 ) over the whole period of the study ( χ 2 test , both p<0.005 ) .
13 Irrespective of wh what 's gone on over the whole period of the trial .
14 Those few casual workers in the catering industry who do seem to work on a more or less continuous , almost full-time basis over a long period for a single organisation ( the plaintiffs in the oft-cited " O'Kelly case " ) , tend to possess skills which that organisation , and indeed other potential employers , value .
15 Conversely , some econometricians have argued that it is more cost effective to use a ‘ drip ’ system , advertising more or less continuously over a long period at a very low weight .
16 The styles of learning in Koranic schools and catechist classes have predictable effects on the way children learn in school , but the missionary tradition in education is responsible for so much else besides , ( over a long period of the history of formal education the great majority of schools were missionary schools ) .
17 The large increase in coastal shipping after 1760 was built on a transport facility which had already proved itself over a long period among the most valuable of the country 's natural assets .
18 The other major case , which later separated into two , involved the murders of two boys aged 14 and 6 , which obtained fairly intensive coverage over a five-day period in the popular dailies .
19 Of this , SDR49,500,000 would be available over the next 12 months under a standby arrangement and SDR81,500,000 would be available over a three-year period under an ESAF arrangement .
20 Efforts over a prolonged period by the BMC and the Sandstone Climbing Club have failed to win reductions in the excessive charges here , but these efforts will continue .
21 In the decade 's final timetable , there is an express every 15 minutes ( plus one extra ) between Swindon and Paddington over a two-and-a-half-hour period in the morning rush .
22 Mr Sefton said : ‘ It is absolutely vital that Stockton wins because the bid will bring in around £100 million over a five-year period for the regeneration of the town .
23 Bush did not indicate how the changes , which were to be phased in over a five-year period at a cost of up to $100,000 million , would be financed .
24 Empirical evidence on aggregate investment tends to confirm that it is indeed inversely related to the rate of interest , but most evidence suggests that the relationship is a fairly weak one — for example , M. Evans estimated ( for United States data ) that a 25 per cent fall in interest rates would cause net investment to rise by 5–10 per cent over a two-year period after a one-year lag .
25 Under the agreement , government and parastatal loans were to be repaid over a 20-year period with a three-year grace period , while commercial debts would become payable over 15 years with an eight-year grace period .
26 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 .
27 Salesmen who underperformed even over a short period at the futures bucket shops , were put on " terminal ! "
28 For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) .
29 Staggered working hours would spread travelling times over a longer period of the day and in many cases allow more efficient use of factories , offices , schools and the equipment therein .
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