Example sentences of "[verb] over a [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) . |
| 2 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
| 3 | It had been tracked over a three-year period by satellite and radio beacon and its movements have demonstrated that four separate currents affect the region of Antarctica near the Ross Ice shelf . |
| 4 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 5 | In this type of study , trend values of consumption and income are collected over a long period of time so that most cyclical fluctuations are smoothed out . |
| 6 | We should only consider such cases where there is clear evidence of extreme weather and abnormal falls of snow having occurred over a short period of time . |
| 7 | One other study , in which a group of 341 epidemiologists had H pylori antibody state assessed over a mean period of 8.5 years , also showed a low rate of serovonversion to a positive antibody state over time , ( 0.49% per person year ) . |
| 8 | Because intensive subject assessment is concentrated over a short period of time , many felt that disruption of staff and students was less , in the long run , than under the normal system . |
| 9 | Figure 18.4 shows , by means of five-year moving averages of deaths per million in England and Wales , how the disease has behaved over a long period in relation to other serious illnesses . |
| 10 | The total number of pieces of gum used in the first day should be gradually reduced over a subsequent period of ten days . |
| 11 | Also the junction between the uncorroded metal and the applied patina is very sharp , whereas a patina which has developed over a long period of time will have eaten into the metal in a very irregular and quite characteristic manner that is very difficult to imitate . |
| 12 | Egyptian ideas about the creation of the world developed over a considerable period of time . |
| 13 | Also , employers are constantly employing new staff so the return on selection has to be calculated over a longer period of time to get a true picture of the effects of selection methods . |
| 14 | Sickness absence records of 9072 participants ( 88% of the total sample ) were examined over a mean period of 20 ( range 0.3–39.6 ) months . |
| 15 | Insider dealing in this respect is controlled by restricting the number of traders who have access to information , a technique which they believe is easier than trying to control how much information is announced over a given period of time . |
| 16 | An additional incentive is that a garden , in contrast to its associated historic building , does not always need substantial sums for major fabric repairs at the outset and can be revived over a longer period of time . |
| 17 | What each of us does over a long period of trial and error is to acquire a set of tools with which we are comfortable and which we can apply in different ways to the myriad problems which we need to solve . |
| 18 | Under the agreement , government and parastatal loans were to be repaid over a 20-year period with a three-year grace period , while commercial debts would become payable over 15 years with an eight-year grace period . |
| 19 | Schedule 13 , para 7(i) , Local Government Act 1972 required that where expenditure was defrayed by borrowing , a sum equivalent to an instalment of principal and interest was debited to the relevant operating statement so that the loan was repaid over a specified period of years . |
| 20 | Complex adaptations have developed because in certain circumstances the same selection pressure has been maintained over a long period of time . |
| 21 | Improvement was maintained over a follow-up period of six months . |
| 22 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 23 | But what I am saying in context , no this has a deal to do with the co boundaries , as you know erm the honourable member well knows , the essence of this this is wholly inappropriate in terms of erm trying to latest citizenship through an arrangement of six additional boundaries into a erm union and a political state and I think that that is the profound objection that this side of the house has expressed over a long period of time now , is a reflection of the public mood in the country in respect of this election and the way the boundaries er are are erm apportioned and all I say in conclusion is that this is an evidence further of the irrelevance of this house in reflecting and attesting to public opinion outside . |
| 24 | Your own , personalized weight control programme has not been a sudden thing but has evolved over a long period of time . |
| 25 | What was less obvious was the effect on the system as a whole , which had evolved over a long period of time influenced by a variety of political and economical pressures , and not necessarily in a methodical manner . |
| 26 | If we find that magnets attached to cats will upset their ability to find their way home , then we are beginning , very dimly , to understand the amazing homing abilities that the animals have evolved over a long period of time . |
| 27 | Such factors may include , for instance , a previous experience of loss which was dealt with badly , unresolved grief , past experience of failure , a lack of a sense of self-efficacy , a low self-esteem , a previous history of psychiatric disorder , and an absence of close relationships established over a long period of time . |
| 28 | All your behaviour , with the exception of those reflexes that were built into the system , has been acquired over a long period of ad hoc learning . |