Example sentences of "place over a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman will be aware that the changes will take place over a four-year period . |
| 2 | Iron fittings could replace wooden components gradually , allowing major alterations to take place over a long period . |
| 3 | It had to take place over a long period , in the face of a prodigious number of uncontrolled variables which were likely to confuse the outcome . |
| 4 | The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … . |
| 5 | He was fastidious about his hair , which he grew long and lacquered in place over a balding pate . |
| 6 | As the depth is obviously restricted this form of extraction would take place over a wider area than normal but in a district like this where the overburden is thin this is no real hardship . |
| 7 | The current project is scheduled to take place over a 5 year period , with a budget set at 500k . |
| 8 | Unlike the 1991 Rugby World Cup , which took place over a whole month , not to mention the three months build-up , thereby allowing the sponsors to develop their marketing strategy over a long period of time , the World Sevens tournament is a three-day event , with the commercial potential of a ‘ Market blink ’ , as he puts it . |
| 9 | During the fluent phase , planning takes place over a larger unit than the clause . |
| 10 | This decline was partly masked in 1920 by an increase in deliveries , but this was because requisitioning was by then taking place over a larger area of the country as a result of the defeat of the White Guard armies . |