Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] over a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such was that further detailed studies of the possible effects should be undertaken over a 12-month period . |
| 2 | The government on Dec. 27 announced that negotiations with the United States aimed at allowing the withdrawal of US forces from Subic Bay naval base to be phased over a three-year period had broken down . |
| 3 | To be introduced over a two-year period , the reform had as its main aim the reduction of income tax rates while increasing indirect taxes , and tightening rules on the taxation of capital gains without altering the overall tax burden . |
| 4 | The educational progress of the children will be monitored over a two-year period . |
| 5 | Restrictions on nationwide banking would be eliminated over a three-year period . |
| 6 | The Three were negotiating a trilateral free-trade zone to be implemented over a 10-year period , which it was hoped could be signed on July 1 . |
| 7 | The target wage for each industry would be implemented over a five-year period , but should be accompanied by a tailor-made programme on training , investment and productivity targets . |
| 8 | Under the agreement , government and parastatal loans were to be repaid over a 20-year period with a three-year grace period , while commercial debts would become payable over 15 years with an eight-year grace period . |
| 9 | Under the terms of the agreement the debt would be repaid over a 20-year period , at an interest rate on 5 per cent . |
| 10 | This explains how the disease can be misdiagnosed over a long period and stresses the need for biopsy specimens whatever the type of gastric lesion . |
| 11 | These real arts of the field man 's work can only be acquired over a long period , and they must be practised and refined by an officer on his own in the course of his work . |