Example sentences of "[adj] over a period [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Company spokesman John Dodds said the investment would be staggered over a period of time and would not necessarily mean a glut of vacancies in Darlington . |
| 2 | If you are unsuccessful over a period of time there 's always a chance you will part company . ’ |
| 3 | The cause of deterioration is mainly due to the covering becoming thin and brittle because of weathering i.e. the action of heat and cold over a period of time . |
| 4 | We may explain the fact that the production units of a particular industry have grown larger over a period of time by appealing to the economies this yields , and in doing so claim that a cause ( increase in scale ) occurred because of its propensity to have a certain effect ( economies of scale ) . |
| 5 | You can work out that over a period of time you would have somewhere in the region of fifteen assignments during the year guaranteed . |
| 6 | salesman 's gon na do that over a period of time . |
| 7 | The European Community has put in place a range of measures which are capable over a period of time of leading to a solution . |