Example sentences of "[adv] over a number [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are able to collect the information detailed below over a number of informal visits , and are now required to present your preliminary conclusions and recommendations for Davenport 's consideration . |
| 2 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 3 | This benefit , phased in over a number of years , came fully into operation in 1979 , and replaced child tax allowances and family allowances . |
| 4 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 5 | The aim of Heidrick and Struggles ' approach is to build a team that can truly work and integrate together over a number of years . |
| 6 | In practice the distribution between the various hospital and community services may have little objective foundation , having developed incrementally over a number of years . |
| 7 | The ascent on to the ridge evolves in easy stages , taking you up over a number of small , craggy knolls until you reach the commodious upper slopes of the Munro . |
| 8 | It contains the practical experience of the members of MAS built up over a number of years of carrying out a wide variety of MAS assignments . |
| 9 | When an old issue of bonds is approaching maturity , the Bank of England will probably enter the market to buy them back over a number of weeks or months , rather than waiting to the maturity date and then suddenly releasing a large amount of liquidity into the economy . |
| 10 | They wash out over a number of shampoos . |
| 11 | The implication of this three-year transition is that the existing assessment and examination system will be phased out over a number of years , as courses are transferred to the new system . |
| 12 | 2.3 The implication of this three-year transition is that the existing assessment and examination system will be phased out over a number of years , as courses are transferred to the new system . |
| 13 | Boswell had by now made it plain over a number of years that he wished to write Johnson 's Life . |