Example sentences of "over a [adj] [noun sg] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Washington Post report of Oct. 9 , 1989 , quoted US administration officials as saying that a decision had been made during an unusually secretive policy review that the USA would continue to produce chemical weapons over a 10-year phaseout period after the conclusion of an international treaty to ban the weapons ( see negotiations above ) . |
| 2 | The second would be at the City Airport , where BA might offer attractive low fares , sustainable over a long time period by cross-funding from their worldwide profitable operation . |
| 3 | Individual faecal excretions were collected over a 4 day period after injection of the labelled cells , with particular care being taken not to contaminate the faecal samples with urine . |
| 4 | Social workers , librarians , planners , architects , housing staff , tax , careers and school officers will be taking part in the vote for six days of strike action over a six week period from October 4 . |
| 5 | They estimate that in the 250 largest corporations , a $1,000 increase in corporate value ( defined as share price appreciation plus dividends ) produces an increase in the salary and bonus of the chief executive over a two year period of less than 10 cents , and share options add only another 58 cents . |
| 6 | The 30 second commercial is a variation on the successful launch advertising and is scheduled over a two month period in England and Wales . |
| 7 | The report looked at the use of DSS to support R & D project selection over a 10 year period for ICI Pharmaceuticals . |
| 8 | This reading skills course was developed over a four year period at the Faculty of Political Science in Bologna , Italy . |
| 9 | Individual faecal excretions were collected over a four day period in 500 ml polythene clip top containers . |
| 10 | This study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of oral fluticasone propionate with prednisolone over a four week period in the treatment of active colitis . |
| 11 | The process of intervention will be studied over a four month period from the time of first referral . |
| 12 | FORMERLY handed back to the Fenland Aviation Museum at RAF Marham on September 30 was Vampire T.11 XD434 ( see photo last month ) which had been painstakingly refurbished by members of the Victor Major Maintenance Unit ( VMMU ) who carried out the work in their spare time over a four month period after dismantling and transport from Fenland 's museum at Wisbech in May . |
| 13 | In response to the National Aboriginal Health Strategy the federal government has allocated an additional £108m ( $A232m ) over a five year period from 1990 to 1995 . |
| 14 | The disruption was widespread over a five hour period with all trains terminating at Bewdley and buses being hired at short notice to ferry passengers back to Kidderminster station . |
| 15 | The aim of this study was to examine the pattern of acquisition of H pylori infection over a 21 year period in a group of 141 adults who had blood samples and serum stored in 1969 , 1978 , and 1990 . |
| 16 | By measuring H pylori antibody titres in serum samples collected and stored between 1969 and 1990 , we aimed at describing the pattern of acquisition of H pylori infection over a 21 year period in an adult population and thereby to determine the explanation for the higher prevalence of H pylori antibody with increasing age found in Western society . |
| 17 | The plan envisaged realising the desired network over a ten year period at a projected cost of 10 million guilders with a committed programme of annual subsidy from central government . |
| 18 | Patients kept a detailed record of their food consumption over a three day period before their first follow up appointment in the maintenance phase of the study and also described their normal physical activity . |
| 19 | In 1985 , the Industry and Employment Committee committed funds over a three year period for an initiative in New Technology . |
| 20 | This was how a Florida man described the graffiti with which he defaced a couple of hundred public library books over a three year period between 1977 and 1980 . |
| 21 | Staff at South Tyrone Hospital are now combing through all their patients ' files over a three year period between 1988 and 1990 . |
| 22 | A spokesman for the theatre group said : ‘ You should be prepared to work full days over a three week period with at least one week 's production work . |
| 23 | The data were collected over a 22 year period during which the frequency of diagnosis of endometriosis increased dramatically , with , for example , the reported incidence at time of laparoscopic sterilisation rising from <5% to 18% . |