Example sentences of "[art] [noun] over a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warnock had admitted stealing the money over a two-year period while she was the toy library 's treasurer . |
| 2 | Barclays Bank is making the grant over a three-year period to encourage independent companies . |
| 3 | However , at Cosmeston the archaeologist has the opportunity to excavate a large portion of the settlement over a long period of time and to use the results to shed light on sites where the excavators have not been so fortunate . |
| 4 | This is because the EDSP is the average value of the index over a 20-minute period , and the prices used in computing the index are the midprices of the quotations , not the last traded prices . |
| 5 | If this analysis is accepted , then it is clear that the attempt over a long period of time to protect the position of those living in privately rented accommodation has failed and has , in fact , made the position worse . |
| 6 | The fraud involved creation of false profits and stocks in the books over a seven-year period through use of purported contracts , which in reality did not exist , with third world countries . |
| 7 | It covered the demobilization , repatriation or relocation of the contras over a 90-day period beginning on Sept. 8 ( i.e. by Dec. 5 ) . |
| 8 | He claimed that 85,000 people had used the range over a two-year period and that outdoor sport was acceptable on green belt land . |
| 9 | Other types of skin cancer are associated with continued exposure to the sun over a long period . |
| 10 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 11 | One might infer from this that investment intensity is therefore also negatively correlated with increases in the value of the business over a five-year period . |
| 12 | This may be to have the customer test the product over a four-week period , or for him to order a quantity for immediate use . |
| 13 | In return , the EC undertook to phase out the pesticide over a five-year period . |
| 14 | This is one of seven research projects sponsored by the Kings ' Fund Institute which are monitoring the reforms over a three-year period . |
| 15 | From this altitude their instruments view a swath of the Earth 's surface that extends 1500 km to either side of their suborbital tracks , so that a picture of the globe over a 24-hour period is built up . |
| 16 | In Britain these are in a state of flux although there has been much discussion about the role of the inspector over a long period of time . |
| 17 | A more radical proposal is to phase out the allowances over a five-year period , again with the commitment to use the increased revenue coming to the Exchequer to cover cuts in the standard rate of tax and increases in child benefit . |
| 18 | Should you experience any of the symptoms over a prolonged period of time , it is always advisable to have a check-up to ensure that you do not have a condition which requires professional help . |
| 19 | The Environmental Protection Agency of the Chinese government has set up an inspection team which will tour the country over a three-year period to ensure that environmental laws are being properly enforced , and to heighten awareness of environmental issues . |
| 20 | The fourteen-gallon tank had been about one quarter full of fuel , and both it and a second partially-filled tank were each found to contain over a quarter of a pint of water , the result of condensation forming in the tanks over a six-day period . |
| 21 | It said that its study had not discovered any conclusive evidence on the damage done to humans by low-level exposure , but it stated that the lack of information and knowledge of the effects of exposure to low doses of the chemicals over a long period had led the working party to adopt the precautionary principle that absence of evidence was not evidence of absence . |
| 22 | Experiment 2 — A Trial over a Long Period |
| 23 | When some sociologists talk of the ‘ socialization function of the family ’ , therefore , they are not talking of a family deliberately and consciously performing a function assigned to it from outside by ‘ society ’ , but rather of a more subtle process that arises out of the facts of being married , of sharing a residence over a long period of time , and of parenthood . |
| 24 | Where a surgeon has been brought in ‘ at the last minute ’ to prepare a Medical Report then his opinion and Report can always be made the subject of valid criticism in the event of being compared with the Report and opinion of a surgeon who has consistently treated and/or prepared Reports on a claimant over a lengthy period of time . |
| 25 | Birmingham Open Christmas provides three cooked meals a day over a four-day period , including a daily roast . |
| 26 | Each WRVS delivery round serves up to 40 people a day over a two-hour period around lunch time . |