Example sentences of "[conj] over a period " in BNC.

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1 Often this is to do with the fact that the current bereavement has driven the person into emotional overload because of everything else that is happening in their life either currently or over a period of time .
2 This may be in a particular meeting or over a period of time .
3 That means for a regular punter , however , that over a period of time , for every £100 staked he or she will end up with £88 in pocket .
4 Another frequent difficulty is that over a period of years , constant masturbation , sometimes desperately engaged in for emotional comfort rather than sexual release , results in desensitization of the penis .
5 The inhalation of iodine-131 could cause thyroid cancer in people as far away as 24 km , and there is a 20 per cent probability that over a period of 10–20 years between 1000 and 10,000 people could develop thyroid cancer ( less than 10 per cent of these would be fatal cancers ) .
6 The government announced on Nov. 26 that over a period of three years it intended to cut 122,000 government jobs — approximately one fifth of state employees — at an estimated saving to the state of the equivalent of US$1,500 million .
7 Vernon ( 1971 ) argues that over a period of time , and particularly as a new technology matures , host countries are more able to drive harder bargains with the TNCs that wish to invest in them .
8 And we found that over a period of , oh about a couple of months , the same people almost used to come round .
9 The everyday lives of ordinary people are not the basis for good television unless the characters and events are portrayed in a consistently entertaining fashion , and over a period of time ; hence the great success of television soap operas .
10 According to bogus sexologist Dr John R Brinkley , goat glands held the secret to combating male impotence and over a period of twenty years he amassed a fortune of more than $12 million administering them to 16,000 men worried about their sexual inadequacies .
11 This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts .
12 The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast .
13 The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving .
14 A programme of restoration back to full working order followed and over a period of 18 months , it was stripped , restored and rebuilt to its present immaculate condition .
15 In both cases you have to find a deposit , and over a period of time pay off what is , in effect , a loan .
16 The place was besieged , and over a period of months , including a winter , the English grip tightened .
17 Also studied were the consistency of performance of individuals within and between topics , between mode of assessment and over a period of time .
18 The intention here was to allow the interviewer to simulate a conversation and over a period move towards a more symmetrical interactive relationship so that this interviewing style came to resemble participant observation .
19 They were already used to using signs , and over a period the handlers picked them up . ’
20 In Woodrow , it was held that affray is a continuing offence , so that where an indictment charged the defendants with a single offence and particularised several incidents that had occurred at different places and over a period of several hours , the indictment was not bad for duplicity .
21 This stage is followed by a search for means to implement the desired change and over a period of time a cycle of problems are handled by this method .
22 Chop it up into elephant steaks , bung it into the deep freeze , and over a period of say two , three years , every Friday night have an elephant steak , but in three years ' time , I will have actually achieved my objective .
23 The employers acknowledged that if over a period profits should rise more than incomes , the balance should be redressed by taxation policy .
24 Better try something else , then ; and here it is , in the shape of the third proposition : ‘ if over a period profits should rise more than incomes , the balance should be redressed by taxation policy ’ .
25 But over a period of time , two things disturb this equilibrium : evaporation and infiltration .
26 The third type requires such intervention but over a period of years , usually nearly into adolescence , and often there is never complete resolution .
27 I want a powder , a potion , one which will not kill immediately but over a period of months , undetected by her or any physician . ’
28 But over a period of time , erm , they are not directly equivalent , but very nearly so .
29 The purpose of an underlay ( or padding ) is to protect the rug from being squeezed between two hard surfaces , because over a period of time this kind of pressure can damage the fibres .
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