Example sentences of "[noun pl] over a period of years " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But the main idea in the Green Paper was to replace domestic rates over a period of years by a community charge . |
| 7 | Liberated serfs would then redeem their debts over a period of years . |
| 8 | At the Elysee , a spokesman said there could be ‘ modulations ’ in presidential commitments over a period of years , and indicated that the president could take Fabius 's advice in the area of research spending . |
| 9 | And this is a very , very difficult thing to do because a teacher , I think , sort of maintains control in a classroom and is able to handle the situation because they 've developed working routines over a period of years . |
| 10 | MacDonald claims that the only located source of systematic collection of data on the progress of non-traditional students over a period of years was at Glasgow Polytechnic for the BA Social Science course . |