Example sentences of "[det] [noun] over a [adj] period " in BNC.

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1 By adding these potatoes , a bulky food of reasonably high-fibre content , they actually lost some weight over a three-month period !
2 Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period .
3 We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’
4 He went on ‘ improving ’ this poem over a long period of years so that the text usually printed shows many alterations from the original .
5 Ask the manager to give you the sales figures for that product over a six-month period , and then find out what the expected sales are for the coming year .
6 I visited the Tate several times over a two-year period .
7 My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success .
8 My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success .
9 Involvement with the same client over a long period of time , the paper says , could result in a lack of objectivity and ‘ detraction from the regular and robust consideration ’ of issues associated with the audit .
10 The police committee had previously agreed to seek an increase in the establishment of the force by 20 officers each year over a five-year period .
11 Whilst it is intuitively obvious that the utility of most things declines over time , it is more difficult to identify the extent of that decline over a given period .
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