Example sentences of "[noun] over [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The particular contribution of the teaching of French to pupils ' perceptions will be explored through observation by a researcher based in the two schools over a period of at least six months . |
| 2 | Table 6.1 shows the distribution of PNP Scale l/MPG roles revealed by the survey of all schools over the period 1986–9 . |
| 3 | The probes were connected to a portable recorder ( Digitrapper — Synectics Medical , Sweden ) capable of holding data from two channels over a period of 24 hours . |
| 4 | Davies v. Sumner is the leading authority on the meaning of the expression ‘ in the course of a business ’ and has been followed in a case under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , R. & B. Customs Brokers v. United Dominion Trust , where it was held that a business 's buying of two or three cars over a period of five years was an insufficient degree of regularity for the latest such purchase to be regarded as made in the course of the business ( see paragraph 10–18 above . ) |
| 5 | The rural development centre CEPROR ( Centro de Romocion Rural ) ran special courses for young women , Sister Asuncion , who was in charge of the programme over a period of two years ( 1975–7 ) , helped train approximately 2.000 young women in community work . |
| 6 | On Oct. 3 the EC Commission announced , in response to US demands for radical cuts in subsidies paid out to farmers , that it had proposed a 30 per cent cut in its farm-support programme over the period 1986 to 1996 . |
| 7 | They have an album of photos showing the house at different stages of completion over a period of 18 months . |
| 8 | Similarly , slow learners are allowed to continue their foreign language study over a period of three or four years in order to master one or two levels . |
| 9 | The aim of the research is to arrive at an interdisciplinary understanding of particular cases by intensive study over a period of time , using both flexible interviews and questionnaires ; and by the incorporation of survey data and through theoretical interpretation to generalise to wider organisational and occupational areas . |
| 10 | In this thesis he describes a meticulous dietary study over a period of several years at the Juliana Children 's Hospital in a patient with coeliac disease , which started in 1936 ! |
| 11 | The practical effect of this wording is that for a claim to be covered the casualty must be reasonably attributable to an identifiable accident the source of which is external to the craft — thus the craft filling with water on its moorings over a period of weeks and then foundering would not be covered . |
| 12 | Figure 9.1 shows the movements in real exchange rates of the major currencies over the period 1974 — 88 . |
| 13 | ‘ What would have been Britain 's level of development had millions of them been put to work as slaves outside of their homeland over a period of four centuries ? ’ asks Guyanese professor of history Walter Rodney . |
| 14 | SAYS Kinsey : ‘ What we have seen in newspaper editorials and in political speeches over a period of time , is a latching on to the problem of crime and a series of assertions about the so-called welfare-dependent underclass . |
| 15 | Good examples of activities to maintain motivation are collecting inspiring dieting case histories from slimming magazines ; going out to buy a dress one size smaller than your present size ; looking at charts and graphs that show good overall weight loss over a period of time . |
| 16 | But then , there can be no difference between producing x units over a period at one site and unc units for half the period at that site followed by unc at another site for the rest of the period . |
| 17 | He said it would change and tone a man in three five-minute sessions over a period of a week . |
| 18 | For example , it is clear from work with an English- and Punjabi-speaking family in Newcastle upon Tyne , where a young white woman carried out modified participant observation sessions over a period of several months , that no male , regardless of age or ethnicity , would be allowed into the house ( Scothern 1985 ) . |
| 19 | Erm we also wanted to implement a plan er and this is an ongoing er situation of admitting er young blood to the partnership over a period of of erm five years or so , again that 's a rolling programme |
| 20 | On Nov. 7 the Joint European Torus ( JET ) , based near Oxford in the UK ( see p. 36052 ) , had issued an appeal for an additional 400,000,000 ECU over the period to 1996 , to enable it to continue its research into nuclear fusion . |
| 21 | There is no obligation to buy any books over a period of time . |
| 22 | Dr Theo Angelov , President of the Baptist Union of Bulgaria , addressed the Wednesday evening rally on ‘ People to People in Europe ’ , when he told us of faithful Christian witness over a period of 40 years by many in his country living through extreme conditions and hardships under Communist rule . |
| 23 | The value of the shares in a hypothetical portfolio of acquired banks rose by 420% over the period studied , against a 160% increase for a portfolio of wallflower banks . |
| 24 | It also shows women are over-represented in education , languages and literature and music/drama/art/design , whereas men are over-represented in engineering and technology and science , and that this pattern has not changed a great deal over the period , despite attempts to even out the balance , and in particular to attract more women on to science and technology courses . |
| 25 | By combining such indicators , a quantitative picture can be presented of what has happened in British central government administration over the period both corporately and in individual departments ; and the question of whether changes in one dimension are related to changes in others can be examined . |
| 26 | Itzhak Shamir , the Prime Minister and Likud leader , announced at the end of a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 31 that he was dismissing Weizmann from the Cabinet , claiming that Weizmann had maintained contacts with the PLO over a period of time . |
| 27 | The Manor was an important landmark during the annual and ancient custom called the ‘ perambulation of Purton ’ , during Rogation Tide in May , when a large procession , headed by the clergyman , would beat the bounds over a period of two days . |
| 28 | This gives judicial support to the view that financial statements have a limited useful life ( of less than 15 months ) and depreciate in usefulness over a period of time . |
| 29 | He noted however that few computer-based circulation systems include as standard features the ability to cumulate data over a period of years , or to analyse the data as required , so that much in-house development of existing systems was necessary . |
| 30 | Inserts to b and c show the changes expected in the Pb isotopic composition of a model array of data over a period of 130Myr with μ ( 238 U/ 204 Pb ) values comparable to those found in the erupted basalts . |