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

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1 Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term .
2 In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share .
3 Leaving aside those equity partners who , exceptionally , are never obliged to put cash into the firm , as mentioned in Chapter 4 , the choice lies between : ( 1 ) seeking capital contributions when the new partner joins the firm , he borrowing the amount required as necessary ; or ( 2 ) allowing the new member of the firm to buy his way in over a period out of his profit share , appropriate restrictions on his drawings being imposed as " security " for the agreed payments .
4 In the past , samples of children 's language have been collected using a diary approach where examples of children 's utterances , together with a description of the surrounding context , were simply written down over a period of weeks or months ( Miller 1981a ) .
5 Fibrous tissue replaces this , the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar .
6 A currency which gradually adjusts up or down over a period of time , depending on the intrinsic strength of the economy which supports it , is much less likely to attract the eye of the speculator than one which is about to burst the artificial dam which has been built around it .
7 The efficiency of these ingredients wears off over a period of time , and swimming , towel- drying and perspiration can speed up this process .
8 The installation of pre-payment meters is one reason why the number of disconnections has fallen , but more important is the fact that the regional electricity companies , under the terms of their licence , have to approve a code of conduct with the Office of Electricity Regulation and must offer customers who are in genuine difficulties a payment plan so that debt can be paid off over a period .
9 You 've got ta put an offer in and pay it so much a month have n't you or something and , and , and get it paid off over a period of time ?
10 All the small modifications should add up over a period of time to make major achievements .
11 Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time .
12 ‘ It would be useful , ’ he said , ‘ if practitioners were made aware of the information that is required from them so they can build it up over a period of time . ’
13 Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks .
14 Clearly memories are not formed instantaneously , as if by throwing a switch , but are built up over a period of hours after the event to be memorized has occurred ; during this build-up the form in which any memory is stored changes .
15 For example , the ship has a power meter which drops as you get hit , but builds back up over a period of time , you do n't just simply die when hit .
16 it is n't necessary , well it is the same as saying it is n't true , it is n't necessary er because this will be built up over a period and it will be for er the Government in all the normal ways in the public expenditure round to decide how much goes into the passenger franchises and through that therefore into the Briti the Rail Track investment .
17 Er and it 's a force commitment it is n't I mean short of saving up over a period of years which we are not allowed to do
18 In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example .
19 To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months .
20 This will be cut back over a period of time .
21 You have learned to look hard and analyse a complex situation , devise a detailed strategy for solving it , and then carefully carry it out over a period of time , revising your plan where necessary to cope with unforeseen difficulties .
22 However , the political problems of abolishing it outright would be huge and so some have advocated phasing it out over a period of time .
23 Bargaining is often carried out over a period of days , so it 's fortunate that a four- night B&B break at a three-star hotel near the market , is £219 in February and March .
24 The seasons , if they are important enough , can grab people 's attention in the way that you would n't if the programmes just went out over a period of 16 or 20 weeks .
25 There is no close accounting of who owes what to whom but there is a tacit understanding by all concerned that there is a moral obligation to balance things out over a period .
26 The refurbishment scheme ‘ A Good Place to Live ’ will be carried out over a period of five years .
27 Secret talks with the government , which went on over a period of more than a year , were also broken off .
28 He said : My impression is that what has been going on over a period of years has come from , or been led by , a small mafia group of MI5 who have contacts outside in one or two sections of the press , and a few self-appointed private enterprise security agents .
29 Sometimes the wind swings steadily round over a period of time , and at other times it blows steadily in a curve .
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