Example sentences of "[noun pl] over a period [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There is no obligation to buy any books over a period of time . |
| 3 | A programme of lectures , seminars and visits over a period of time is most likely to meet that need . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | There are an increasing number of surveys which have looked at individuals over a period of time . |
| 8 | People have made wonderful toys in a lot of different places over a period of time . |
| 9 | For this reason production cooperatives must be encouraged to grow from small beginnings over a period of time with sensitive support . |
| 10 | Usage reduces stocks over a period of time . |
| 11 | A common application of this is the sale and purchase of successive adjacent plots over a period of time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | maintaining contact with families over a period of time |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Undertake the management of the care of a group of patients over a period of time and organise the appropriate support service . |
| 16 | These courses are run over several months , giving participants time to try out the suggestions over a period of time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Figure 8 is an example of such a study which recorded and classified accidents over a period of time . |
| 19 | Other studies have surveyed panels of respondents over a period of time — though few have physiological measures of health ( such as changes in blood pressure ) or doctors diagnoses , and most use self-report questionnaires of one sort or another . |
| 20 | The reformers argued that since departments built up their philosophies over a period of time and since new measures took a considerable period to negotiate , these processes should be opened up so that the informed public could make its reactions clear while principles were still being settled . |
| 21 | It is generally agreed that students/trainees are observed performing on many occasions over a period of time as a natural part of the learning process . |
| 22 | They know that the recruitment specialist will look after their interests , advise them if they are flying too high , encourage them if they are ready for advancement and indeed assist them in planning their careers over a period of time . |
| 23 | Through the creation and use of databases in a number of different contexts over a period of time , pupils develop an awareness of the microcomputer as an information handling tool rather than a games machine or programming instrument , while , at the same time , developing valuable learning skills . |