Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] over a period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of these labours over a period of fifty years were many papers and five influential books , the last two of which were completed by his son . |
| 2 | It happened many times over a period of weeks and , between the … visitations … there were moments when she doubted her own sanity . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Some will remain lone parents , some may have one or more cohabitees over a period of years ; many will remarry after a period of cohabitation and become a step-family . |
| 5 | The same effect can be obtained by filling the pool with water and emptying it several times over a period of two or three weeks . |
| 6 | There is no obligation to buy any books over a period of time . |
| 7 | Stoats , weasels and polecats were the more obvious of these and man , being the innovator that he is , may well have captured , tamed and adapted some of these animals for his own purposes over a period of centuries . |
| 8 | Minns brought a broad range of expertise to bear on a field extending from eastern Europe to China , while at the same time paying close attention to the antiquities and books of his own college , where he occupied the same rooms over a period of fifty-five years as undergraduate , fellow , president ( 1928–49 ) , and senior fellow . |
| 9 | Cameron first worked for Catherine at the palace of Tsarskoe Selo , to which he made several additions over a period of fifteen years , notably the Agate Pavilion and the Cameron Gallery , an elegant building based on the neo-classical style developed in England by Robert Adam , about which Cameron had probably learned from Clérisseau . |