Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] over [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be recommended that independent psychiatric or psychological assessment is made or that the sufferer is admitted for prolonged assessment over a period of time ( ten days or so ) in daily contact with the group of patients already in treatment . |
| 2 | SAYS Kinsey : ‘ What we have seen in newspaper editorials and in political speeches over a period of time , is a latching on to the problem of crime and a series of assertions about the so-called welfare-dependent underclass . |
| 3 | Barclays Bank would not divulge its figures despite repeated requests over a period of three weeks . |
| 4 | He said it would change and tone a man in three five-minute sessions over a period of a week . |
| 5 | The difficulties are obvious : lack of adequate data over the period and , more importantly , the thorny issue of cause and effect . |
| 6 | In this thesis he describes a meticulous dietary study over a period of several years at the Juliana Children 's Hospital in a patient with coeliac disease , which started in 1936 ! |
| 7 | People have made wonderful toys in a lot of different places over a period of time . |
| 8 | Roebuck , moved a famous and extremely detailed vote of censure on Palmerston 's foreign policy over a period of two decades , 2,000 – 3,000 volumes of manuscript correspondence were consulted by officials in the government 's attempt to produce a convincing rebuttal . |
| 9 | The gloomy trends of macro-economic indicators of economic growth , inflation , unemployment , and public spending over the period were in line with those for earlier governments . |
| 10 | This latter is a longitudinal survey over a period of two and a half years following a structured sample of some 4,000 persons who registered as unemployed in May 1980 . |
| 11 | Through the creation and use of databases in a number of different contexts over a period of time , pupils develop an awareness of the microcomputer as an information handling tool rather than a games machine or programming instrument , while , at the same time , developing valuable learning skills . |
| 12 | If an example is needed to make this clearer one can be found in the special place occupied by the Second World War in public consciousness in Britain and , more particularly , in Margaret Thatcher 's increasingly deliberate manipulation of Churchillian sketches over the period of the Falklands crisis . |
| 13 | Lucas 's study used data from 18 countries , and the regression equation ( 6.5 ) was estimated for each of them using annual data over the period 1952–67 . |
| 14 | British industry 's rates of growth were markedly below those of its European counterparts and as a result an absolute advantage was transformed into an absolute disadvantage over the period . |
| 15 | Like many earnest campaigns , the society raised moral indignation over a period of three years when a ‘ naked ’ papier mâché horse was put on display in a Manhattan airline office ; the horse was quickly removed and an apology was sent as speedily . |
| 16 | It ran for four separate days over a period of weeks , followed by an exam when all managed to pass . |
| 17 | This guidance states that adjustments are appropriate ‘ … in order that a true and fair view is presented of profits stated on a consistent basis over the period covered by the report ’ |
| 18 | Table E11.1 shows annual changes over the period 1977–85 in the number of live births , the crude birth rate , the general fertility rate , and the total period fertility rate ; seasonally adjusted quarterly rates for 1984 and 1985 are also included . |
| 19 | Conditions for the facility include the curbing of inflation , the rebuilding of foreign exchange reserves to reach a positive current balance after three years , and steady annual economic growth of between 3 and 3.5 per cent in real terms over the period . |
| 20 | Second , there is no consistent pattern over the period covered by the table between , on the one hand , the level of supplementary benefit , and the proportion of ‘ eligible ’ strikers , i.e. those involved in strikes lasting for more than two weeks when supplementary benefit is normally payable . |
| 21 | The results totalled four times the actual sales over the period . |
| 22 | These convertible issues are convertible into the underlying equity at a fixed rate over a period of years and usually on certain dates in each year . |
| 23 | It will add some 40 additional staff over the period . |
| 24 | It 'll add some 40 additional staff over the period . |
| 25 | Figure 8 is an example of such a study which recorded and classified accidents over a period of time . |
| 26 | It is impossible to judge on the basis of a single day , however , and you should be looking for a consistent improvement over a period of time . |
| 27 | What you should look for is evidence of good , consistent results over a period of 10 to 20 years . |
| 28 | The financial costs of various resources ( such as costs of physical resources and labour ) should be quantified and a statement of required expenditure over the period obtained . |
| 29 | While sales revenues dropped to IR£273.6 million ( 1991 : IR£292.1 million ) , overall volume substantially held up , a creditable performance in a year when most of the Group 's major markets were in recession Financing costs at IR£7.7 million ( 1991 : IR£6.5 million ) reflect higher average debt over the period The taxation charge at IR£2 million was lower than the previous year due to lower profits in high tax jurisdictions . |
| 30 | A number of very different trends were to be seen in a sample of frequencies on bus routes , ranging from consistent decline over the period since 1939 to slight increase in recent years on a few routes . |