Example sentences of "[verb] over a [adj] period and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The run-down was to be stretched over a longer period and the agreed strength raised from Sandys ’ proposed 45,000 to 55,000 . |
| 2 | If it 's a professional job they will have been observed over a long period and their habits and financial status will be known . ’ |
| 3 | I know it happens in individual subjects and there 's the element of repetition but , you are at the same time making them reflect over a certain period and say I have not entirely wasted my time , there maybe some youngsters for whom it will be extremely difficult , and I except that but my thinking is that is you look hard enough you can find something that everybody has done at whatever level that they can take some pride in . |
| 4 | It is a stone building , constructed over a long period and one of the richest Czech Gothic ecclesiastical structures . |
| 5 | There 's really no chance of getting bitten if your ferrets have been properly handled over a long period and are never scared . |
| 6 | This explains how the disease can be misdiagnosed over a long period and stresses the need for biopsy specimens whatever the type of gastric lesion . |
| 7 | This is seldom needed for analysis purposes but random access mode is often used where the records are held over a long period and have to be updated with the passage of time . |