Example sentences of "[noun] over a period [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim of the research is to arrive at an interdisciplinary understanding of particular cases by intensive study over a period of time , using both flexible interviews and questionnaires ; and by the incorporation of survey data and through theoretical interpretation to generalise to wider organisational and occupational areas . |
| 2 | SAYS Kinsey : ‘ What we have seen in newspaper editorials and in political speeches over a period of time , is a latching on to the problem of crime and a series of assertions about the so-called welfare-dependent underclass . |
| 3 | Good examples of activities to maintain motivation are collecting inspiring dieting case histories from slimming magazines ; going out to buy a dress one size smaller than your present size ; looking at charts and graphs that show good overall weight loss over a period of time . |
| 4 | There is no obligation to buy any books over a period of time . |
| 5 | Itzhak Shamir , the Prime Minister and Likud leader , announced at the end of a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 31 that he was dismissing Weizmann from the Cabinet , claiming that Weizmann had maintained contacts with the PLO over a period of time . |
| 6 | This gives judicial support to the view that financial statements have a limited useful life ( of less than 15 months ) and depreciate in usefulness over a period of time . |
| 7 | The third method of issue involves the Bank of England taking stock on to its own books and then selling this as a tap stock over a period of time in day-to-day dealings with GEMMs . |
| 8 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 9 | A programme of lectures , seminars and visits over a period of time is most likely to meet that need . |
| 10 | Most of the surveys showing that unemployed people are less healthy than the employed are cross-sectional in nature ( comparing different people at the same time , rather than following the changes in people 's lives over a period of time ) . |
| 11 | Captive-bred Pretty Tetras , have a much more brighter colouration than wild-caught specimens , the latter of which tend to lose this brightness over a period of time when kept in an aquarium . |
| 12 | The organisers will urge participants , who will represent the 11 provinces of Zaire , to arrange similar seminars in their respective areas over a period of time . |
| 13 | Will the attack on democracy be as outrageous as killing all blue-eyed babies , or will it be a more insidious erosion of rights and liberties over a period of time ? |
| 14 | Er but in order to introduce reasonable facilities for shop stewards , we had to make approaches to the management over a period of time . |
| 15 | There are an increasing number of surveys which have looked at individuals over a period of time . |
| 16 | People have made wonderful toys in a lot of different places over a period of time . |
| 17 | For this reason production cooperatives must be encouraged to grow from small beginnings over a period of time with sensitive support . |
| 18 | Under the legal definition of crime , it is in theory possible to determine the number of crimes committed in any one place over a period of time . |
| 19 | Then it takes its place over a period of time within the wider teaching of the principles , planning and practice of worship , enabling the ordinand to explore the theological and practical importance of music in an appropriate context . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Where parties do business together on the same terms on a regular basis over a period of time , their trading may amount to a course of dealing . |
| 22 | Usage reduces stocks over a period of time . |
| 23 | For every site , however , the archaeologists ' main concerns are to recover the sequence of plans that result from the changing occupation and use of the site over a period of time ; the stratigraphic sequence of layers ; the relationship of any features such as walls , pits and ditches to one another ; evidence for the dating of these features and of the site as a whole ; evidence for the climate and local environment when the site was occupied ; and the relationship of the site to other sites , both in the locality and further afield . |
| 24 | A common application of this is the sale and purchase of successive adjacent plots over a period of time . |
| 25 | High rate of growth The rate of growth is a measure of the increase in output over a period of time . |
| 26 | Both parties can get something from that situation , if you trust people and you look at things a relationship over a period of time rather than this particular thing this is what I want now this is what I 'm gon na get rather than well okay I 'll help you do this now and later on they 'll help me do something else , it becomes a win win . |
| 27 | In the case of bulk packages from which the product is likely to be removed in successive quantities over a period of time , separate tests should be carried out to assess the effect of storage in partly filled containers . |
| 28 | maintaining contact with families over a period of time |
| 29 | In July 1964 the corporation , the NIHT and the rural district council came to an agreement to share responsibility for housing Springtown families over a period of time , but this did not end the problem . |
| 30 | Thus , while Piaget emphasised the importance of the child 's actions upon the world , other researchers have focused upon the child 's reactions to other people and the interactions which occur when adult and infant act and react towards each other over a period of time . |