Example sentences of "[noun sg] over a period [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As it happens , there is a substantial engine refurbishment contract in the offing which ( although tenders have not yet been invited ) promises to bring someone several tens of millions of pounds in revenue over a period of a few years . |
| 2 | He admitted ten charges of possessing and supplying cannabis and speed over a period of a year . |
| 3 | Those who tend to see the eighteenth century as above all " the Age of Wesley " usually bring a good deal of retrospectivity to their view of the rise of Methodism over a period at the end of which Methodists were still not especially numerous in the nation as a whole . |
| 4 | The weights are determined from the results of the annual Family Expenditure Survey which covers about 7,000 households selected from all parts of the UK : each member of the household over sixteen years of age is asked to provide information on his or her spending behaviour over a period of a fortnight and also to describe any longer-term expenditures . |
| 5 | Scientific studies carried out a few years ago revealed that regular sunbed users ( those using a bed more than once a week over a period of a few years ) now have a condition called skin fragility syndrome . |
| 6 | The next part of the treatment is to ask him to visualize such a situation over a period of a week or two while , at the same time , trying to refrain from the sexual act itself — although kissing and caressing his partner , whether in bed or not , is to be encouraged . |
| 7 | Holding that the dismissals were fair , the tribunal said that , whilst it accepted that the union did not specifically accept what was proposed by the company , it concluded that , by its continuing and sustained silence over a period of a month , the union had agreed to the compulsory redundancies being handled in the way the company had proposed . |
| 8 | The results of testing the model over a period from the late 1890s to 1970 are satisfactory for all the variables employed , and the government 's impact upon union growth is shown to be highly significant . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's an extraordinary capsule in time , covering American collecting over a period of a dozen years ’ , he said . |
| 10 | Usually the syndrome is associated with frequent coughing and slight tachypnoea over a period of a few days ; less frequently there is marked tachypnoea , hyperpnoea and in dairy cows a reduction in milk yield . |
| 11 | Seismic data were returned to Earth over a period of a few years from these five stations , though they were reduced to four when the Apollo 11 station stopped working . |