Example sentences of "[noun pl] over a period of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practical effect of this wording is that for a claim to be covered the casualty must be reasonably attributable to an identifiable accident the source of which is external to the craft — thus the craft filling with water on its moorings over a period of weeks and then foundering would not be covered . |
| 2 | SAYS Kinsey : ‘ What we have seen in newspaper editorials and in political speeches over a period of time , is a latching on to the problem of crime and a series of assertions about the so-called welfare-dependent underclass . |
| 3 | There is no obligation to buy any books over a period of time . |
| 4 | The usual procedure is for a sample , which is then referred to as the ‘ panel ’ , to be selected in the usual way , as described on pp. 35–9 above , and for data about this sample to be collected at regular intervals over a period of years . |
| 5 | A programme of lectures , seminars and visits over a period of time is most likely to meet that need . |
| 6 | Placed on assessment list : social worker visits over a period of months — discusses adoption , views on bringing up children |
| 7 | Most of the surveys showing that unemployed people are less healthy than the employed are cross-sectional in nature ( comparing different people at the same time , rather than following the changes in people 's lives over a period of time ) . |
| 8 | The organisers will urge participants , who will represent the 11 provinces of Zaire , to arrange similar seminars in their respective areas over a period of time . |
| 9 | Will the attack on democracy be as outrageous as killing all blue-eyed babies , or will it be a more insidious erosion of rights and liberties over a period of time ? |
| 10 | There are an increasing number of surveys which have looked at individuals over a period of time . |
| 11 | Stoats , weasels and polecats were the more obvious of these and man , being the innovator that he is , may well have captured , tamed and adapted some of these animals for his own purposes over a period of centuries . |
| 12 | People have made wonderful toys in a lot of different places over a period of time . |
| 13 | For this reason production cooperatives must be encouraged to grow from small beginnings over a period of time with sensitive support . |
| 14 | It ran for four separate days over a period of weeks , followed by an exam when all managed to pass . |
| 15 | Usage reduces stocks over a period of time . |
| 16 | A common application of this is the sale and purchase of successive adjacent plots over a period of time . |
| 17 | Since females in these species become available to males over a period of weeks or months , the possibility exists for some males to mate with several females during the course of a breeding season . |
| 18 | A client is not easily detached from a solicitor who has been handling his affairs over a period of years , but a comparatively mild solicitation may deprive an insurance broker of valuable business which otherwise might safely be reckoned on for a period . |
| 19 | In the case of bulk packages from which the product is likely to be removed in successive quantities over a period of time , separate tests should be carried out to assess the effect of storage in partly filled containers . |
| 20 | maintaining contact with families over a period of time |
| 21 | In July 1964 the corporation , the NIHT and the rural district council came to an agreement to share responsibility for housing Springtown families over a period of time , but this did not end the problem . |
| 22 | Barbara Conway , the former Daily Telegraph journalist , who was until recently publicity officer of the new watchdog over the financial services industry , The Securities and Investment Board ( SIB ) , has criticised the practices of Harvard Securities over a period of years in her reporting based on private investors ' comments . |
| 23 | Some will remain lone parents , some may have one or more cohabitees over a period of years ; many will remarry after a period of cohabitation and become a step-family . |
| 24 | Finally , ‘ higher doctorates ’ ( such as DSc , DLitt , DD ) are awarded for distinguished contribution to an academic field , actually on the basis of books or other publications over a period of years . |
| 25 | Undertake the management of the care of a group of patients over a period of time and organise the appropriate support service . |
| 26 | But the main idea in the Green Paper was to replace domestic rates over a period of years by a community charge . |
| 27 | These courses are run over several months , giving participants time to try out the suggestions over a period of time . |
| 28 | It happened many times over a period of weeks and , between the … visitations … there were moments when she doubted her own sanity . |
| 29 | Liberated serfs would then redeem their debts over a period of years . |
| 30 | However , as a sociologist , I was interested in observing routine cases over a period of time in order to look for regular and recurring patterns of action and interaction that might allow certain generalisations to be made . |