Example sentences of "[conj] over a period [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often this is to do with the fact that the current bereavement has driven the person into emotional overload because of everything else that is happening in their life either currently or over a period of time . |
| 2 | This may be in a particular meeting or over a period of time . |
| 3 | That means for a regular punter , however , that over a period of time , for every £100 staked he or she will end up with £88 in pocket . |
| 4 | Vernon ( 1971 ) argues that over a period of time , and particularly as a new technology matures , host countries are more able to drive harder bargains with the TNCs that wish to invest in them . |
| 5 | Chop it up into elephant steaks , bung it into the deep freeze , and over a period of say two , three years , every Friday night have an elephant steak , but in three years ' time , I will have actually achieved my objective . |
| 6 | The everyday lives of ordinary people are not the basis for good television unless the characters and events are portrayed in a consistently entertaining fashion , and over a period of time ; hence the great success of television soap operas . |
| 7 | This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts . |
| 8 | The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast . |
| 9 | The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving . |
| 10 | In both cases you have to find a deposit , and over a period of time pay off what is , in effect , a loan . |
| 11 | Also studied were the consistency of performance of individuals within and between topics , between mode of assessment and over a period of time . |
| 12 | This stage is followed by a search for means to implement the desired change and over a period of time a cycle of problems are handled by this method . |
| 13 | But over a period of time , two things disturb this equilibrium : evaporation and infiltration . |
| 14 | But over a period of time , erm , they are not directly equivalent , but very nearly so . |
| 15 | The purpose of an underlay ( or padding ) is to protect the rug from being squeezed between two hard surfaces , because over a period of time this kind of pressure can damage the fibres . |