Example sentences of "[noun sg] over a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 7 June 1972 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) issued a standard on asbestos exposure at work which took effect over a four-year period to 1 July 1976 . |
| 2 | This can have a rather unsettling effect over a long period — the family man can not promise to take his children to the seaside or his wife out to dinner more than a week ahead without the chance that he might be in India , California or Scotland at the time he promised . |
| 3 | Pre-emptive local anaesthetic field block for inguinal herniorrhaphy resulted in reduced pain scores and a delay in requests for analgesia during the six hours studied by Ejlersen et al , but similar work detected no pre-emptive effect over a longer period . |
| 4 | The Government did however put in a £200 million investment programme over a four-year period ( the previous annual average , apart from one missile development programme , had been £5 million ) . |
| 5 | Light : Requires plenty of bright light over a longer period than is required by most other plants . |
| 6 | Light : Requires bright light over a longer period than is required for most aquarium plants . |
| 7 | Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F . |
| 8 | The IMF decided , in 1988 , that the limit to enlarged access would be 440 per cent of a country 's quota over a three-year period . |
| 9 | Borrowers are able to use the facility up to 140 per cent of their quota over a four-year period and with much more relaxed repayment conditions than the normal facilities . |
| 10 | According to a spokeswoman for the Fraud Squad , he is alleged to have stolen more than £130,000 from the Inland Revenue over a four-year period . |
| 11 | Most investment projects , however , will involve substantial initial costs and will generate sales revenue over an extended period , so the problem arises of comparison of present costs and future prospective revenues . |
| 12 | This applied to many houses in the street , presumably brought about by the making up of the road with gravel over a long period . |
| 13 | There was considerable vaginal dilation ; in my view , only consistent with full penetration over a long period . |
| 14 | Failure to extend the agreement would have meant selling the buffer stock over a 4@1/2-year period from October , with potentially damaging consequences for prices , which were already at their lowest point for many years after five seasons of glut . |
| 15 | It may also be possible to argue that where the party has failed to respond to a notice of assignment from the purchaser , such lack of action over a long period is an implied consent where that party has dealt with the purchaser after completion . |
| 16 | When debating their new Constitution in 1988 , Congress passed a provision to force foreign companies to divest their controlling interests in mineral extraction over a four-year period . |
| 17 | By adding these potatoes , a bulky food of reasonably high-fibre content , they actually lost some weight over a three-month period ! |
| 18 | A child who is not feeling well will stop eating temporarily and rapidly lose weight over a short period but this will be regained equally quickly once the child has recovered . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | If this analysis is accepted , then it is clear that the attempt over a long period of time to protect the position of those living in privately rented accommodation has failed and has , in fact , made the position worse . |
| 21 | For example , take a company which displays a doubling of turnover over a five-year period using a column graph ( vertical bar chart ) . |
| 22 | $580 million in compensation over a 14-year period . |
| 23 | We want to research whether this campaign over a short period of time can improve this situation . ’ |
| 24 | According to government estimates , the Soufriere geothermal project could potentially provide electricity for around a quarter of the island 's population and saved about US$250 million in foreign exchange over a 30-year period . |
| 25 | Common sense as well as medical evidence tells us , however , that excessive drinking over a long period of time can lead to health problems — and that drinking vast quantities in a short space of time is both foolish and dangerous . |
| 26 | Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected . |
| 27 | Some families require extensive help over a prolonged period to overcome long-standing emotional problems in the family which have culminated in a child who is failing to thrive or is obese . |
| 28 | Other families need help over a longer period , although the group is careful not to overlap with the work of professional staff from the social services . |
| 29 | A quick glance at the seven-layer decision-making ladder of the OSI , makes plain the potential for querulous technical in-fighting over a near-interminable period . |
| 30 | The permanent military garrisons in Scotland provided a number of minor posts which featured prominently in burgh politics , particularly in Stirling , where the Christie family influence in council over an extended period ensured that much of the small change of military patronage came their way . |