Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] over a [adj] period " in BNC.

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1 Typically , individual therapy involves 12–20 sessions of 45–60 minutes over a three-month period .
2 His untiring efforts over a 27-year period include developing services for the mentally handicapped in Cleveland , including setting up a joint unit of Venture Scouts and Ranger Guides .
3 Occupational , family and residential histories over a twenty-year period will elucidate and Aberdonians ' relationship to and experience of the oil industry across generations .
4 Wright and West , in a study of all incidents recorded by the police as genuine rapes or attempted rapes in six English counties over a five-year period from 1972 to 1976 , found that of a total of 297 cases , fellatio was attempted or demanded in 30 incidents , cunnilingus in 13 , buggery in 12 and other sexual acts usually involving masturbation in 35 .
5 Eric and Marie Hanby , aged 60 and 61 , were acquitted on 11 charges of cruelly ill-treating children over a 24-year period , 1967–1991 .
6 These young people will be surveyed by mailed questionnaire on three separate occasions over a two-year period , commencing in spring 1987 .
7 A study was carried out in a Bedfordshire village , i.e. a semi-rural environment , of predation by domestic cats over a one-year period and the results were published in a zoological journal in 1987 .
8 A case reports and clinical-epidemiological studies have evaluated the cancer risk in patients who have abused anthranoid laxatives over a long period .
9 A case report and clinical-epidemiological studies in patients who have misused anthranoid laxatives over a long period should be considered in a final risk assessment for colorectal cancer in man .
10 For instance it buys up stock which is nearing its redemption date , so as not to have to make large repayments over a short period of time .
11 Prosecutor Nigel Godsmark said he preyed on 270 women over a three-year period .
12 Intended to support economic reforms over a 10-month period , the credit would be issued in four tranches .
13 For example , the ceiling for relief could be reduced from £30,000 to zero in ten equal steps over a ten-year period of time .
14 Batteries last longer if they are charged and discharged in deep cycles over a long period .
15 The District Court jury deliberated for almost 25 hours over a six-day period before arriving at its unanimous decision on charges involving conspiracy , lying to Congress and obstructing congressional inquiries .
16 Instead he became an alcoholic ( a ‘ half-alcoholic ’ he preferred to call it ) who required to dry-out in hospital about 50 times over a 25-year period .
17 The stimulating article Some library costs and options by Brown ( an economist ) concludes ‘ it seems to be worth acquiring and providing storage for , books likely to be wanted more often than , once in about 1.7 years over a long period ’ .
18 At a summit meeting in June US President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev formally confirmed that a START treaty , which they expected to be completed by the end of 1990 , would be based on a 30 per cent overall cut in long-range nuclear missiles over a seven-year period .
19 Much of the certifieds ' training is done by correspondence course and , until the final exams that must be passed in one sitting , they are able to tackle the lower stages over a five-year period , taking one or two at a time .
20 They mainly worked on the final phase of a mapping and mineral exploration programme on the island of Santa Isabel , in which four BGS geologists have worked at various times over a six-year period .
21 Talks on the possible sale of Iraqi oil worth US$1,600 million for humanitarian purposes over a six-month period [ see pp. 38406 ; 38452 ; 38548 ] were held in Vienna between Iraqi and UN officials on Jan. 8-10 .
22 Thorsen , the 51-year-old managing director of Scansiris , is charged with fraudulently preparing falsely inflated invoices over a ten-year period up to 1991 .
23 However , a syndrome of this severity is not commonly reported in foals under natural conditions , probably because larval intake is continuous during grazing ; it has been show experimentally that foals may tolerate large numbers of larvae administered in small doses over a long period .
24 I visited the Tate several times over a two-year period .
25 The contract consisted of a set of mutual commitments tied to precise targets over a three-year period .
26 My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success .
27 My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success .
28 Perhaps the observation of particular teachers over a prolonged period combined with the charting of individual pupils ' learning experiences — including visits to the library — and the ways in which they did or did not use project-purchased resources would achieve this end , but there are clearly practical and methodological objections to such activities .
29 An initial structured interview will be followed by three semi-structured interviews over a six-month period .
30 The defence department predicted that the domestic changes would result in the loss of 57,000 civilian and 24,000 military jobs over a six-year period .
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