Example sentences of "[adv] over a period of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is much better to build up endurance levels gradually and gently over a period of weeks and months . |
| 2 | Perhaps over a period of months , even years , the yearning grew to escape . |
| 3 | As couples live together over a period of years they will find more and more areas where decisions can be made without consultation because they will understand a lot of each other 's interests and desires . |
| 4 | Ben , aged 3 years , started to refuse food gradually over a period of months . |
| 5 | Specific and lengthy training — usually over a period of years so the non-committed will fall by the wayside . |
| 6 | I have looked carefully over a period of weeks at those applications , and have reached the view that they deserve to be granted . |
| 7 | But recent research shows that the ‘ constant ’ changes by a fraction of a per cent , both over a period of weeks and over several years . |
| 8 | Try reducing your use of salt slowly over a period of weeks and use flavouring substitutes like herbs , spices and lemon juice . |
| 9 | It emphasises lengthy and direct involvement with one 's subjects , sometimes over a period of years ; it places great stress on the recording of actual speech ; and it stresses the need to consider the apparently trivial , the story behind the story , the background that is normally omitted from conventional journalism . |