Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] over [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , taking account of the polonium , local people relying mainly on local milk , meat and vegetables could expect doses over a period of a couple of years of about 4 to 15 rems ; more incidentally , than people at Hiroshima within 2 km of the bomb . |
| 2 | Usage reduces stocks over a period of time . |
| 3 | The County Council , if we 're talking about Mr 's erm strategy , the County Council would have severe reservations about going down towards thirty one thousand dwellings , we 've got twenty nine thousand dwellings erm already committed er I think it would create difficulties over the period that the the structure plan er would run , would create undue tension certainly in er er in settlements across North Yorkshire , on the basis of seeing an absence of land being allocated . |
| 4 | Four countries ( El Salvador , Honduras , Morocco and Congo , with total foreign debts of US$30,500 million ) took advantage of the move , agreeing to packages spreading repayments over a period of 15 years — instead of the 10 years previously allowed by the Club . |
| 5 | Last week a British psychiatrist was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting patients over a period of 12 years . |
| 6 | 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 . |