Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun] over a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that there is something quite new and of a different quality means that we will rapidly discard the old and move into the new , just as colour television sets were substituted for black and white , and created a very high growth rate over a period of years . |
| 2 | Placed on assessment list : social worker visits over a period of months — discusses adoption , views on bringing up children |
| 3 | Similarly , slow learners are allowed to continue their foreign language study over a period of three or four years in order to master one or two levels . |
| 4 | Work-shadowing , whereby a student follows a business person during her normal work routines over a period of a few weeks is becoming increasingly commonplace in the UK . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In parallel , and in the shorter-term , acceptance will still be possible for those over 30 years of age with appropriate and verified management experience over a period of at least five years . |
| 7 | At 0830 h , after an overnight fast ( from 2200 h on the evening before the test ) each subject ingested 200 ml water containing 10 g lactulose ( Duphalac-Duphar , Holland ) , 20 g dextrose , 40 mBQ 9 9 m Tc-sulphur colloid and 50 radio-opaque plastic markers over a period of 2 minutes . |
| 8 | Other examples might be the monthly Retail Price Index over a period of ten years , or the quarterly balance of payment figures during the last Labour government . |
| 9 | Although the United States accepted the case for the dollar eventually being convertible into SDRs , in its view this had to result from the dollar being sufficiently competitive to generate enough capital and current account surpluses over a period to make convertibility a reality . |