Example sentences of "[verb] place [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pregnancy sometimes occurs when intercourse takes place during a period . |
| 2 | As weak springs can only stored a fraction of the potential energy that a strong spring can hold , the remainder is lost as heat and if the change from a strong to a weak spring takes place over a period of time , equivalent to the observation time , then the energy loss is detected as mechanical damping . |
| 3 | Spread is slow and extension may take place over a period of months , even years . |
| 4 | The After Redundancy study took place during a period when the level of economic activity among older people in general , and older men in particular , had been declining ( Walker 1980 ; Parker 1982 ; OPCS 1987 ) . |
| 5 | The rebuilding of the old manor took place over a period of about five years and was probably finished in about 1727 . |
| 6 | But the change was n't radical , it took place over a period of er I would suggest er maybe about six or seven years . |
| 7 | Yet the development of the law of trusts had taken place within a period in which it alone could offer these advantages ; to them its rise owed much . |
| 8 | These are sometimes designed to take place for a period of time such as a day or a week . |
| 9 | Some settlement is likely to take place over a period after the trench has been filled , but this can be filled in at a later stage . |
| 10 | Altogether , tutorials take place over a period of about twenty-four weeks in the last year of a course , and usually by the last twelve tutorials a student has a much clearer idea of what he or she is about . |