Example sentences of "over a period [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community shall adopt measures with the aim of progressively establishing the internal market over a period expiring on 31 December 1992 … |
| 2 | And er over a period diversify into er different markets . |
| 3 | The police had , over a period exceeding 24 hours , interviewed this young man four times without obtaining a confession from him in respect of the robbery . |
| 4 | It is often argued that survey data give a very limited analysis of managerial policies which are developed over a period to deal with specific problems and this study should help to test such methodological criticisms . |
| 5 | It should be noted that owing to the increase in size and complexity of modern business , the development of computer systems and the requirement that an auditor should review transactions over a period to report on the profit and loss account , the modern practice of auditing has moved away from a detailed checking of a mass of individual items towards a review of the systems in operation . |
| 6 | The occasional hairline crack in external brickwork need not be of any significance , but should be observed over a period to see if it extends or widens . |
| 7 | Although the United States accepted the case for the dollar eventually being convertible into SDRs , in its view this had to result from the dollar being sufficiently competitive to generate enough capital and current account surpluses over a period to make convertibility a reality . |