Example sentences of "[noun pl] over [art] [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the PIMS data base , they measured the performance of almost 200 business units over an eight-year period . |
| 2 | The fraud involved creation of false profits and stocks in the books over a seven-year period through use of purported contracts , which in reality did not exist , with third world countries . |
| 3 | Librarians point out that for their part they receive fewer volumes for their money , since the prices of books over the same period have risen distinctly faster than retail prices as a whole . |
| 4 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 5 | In table 9.8 are shown some examples of the changes in unit costs which were used in the GRE formulae over the short period from 1983/4 to 1986/7 . |
| 6 | The giant ground sloths and armadillos of the past were clearly South American in character , showing that this continent had been populated by unique families of animals over a vast period of time . |
| 7 | For example , the ceiling for relief could be reduced from £30,000 to zero in ten equal steps over a ten-year period of time . |
| 8 | The large amounts of data needed for such an analysis were obtained by means of a participant observation method which allowed the investigator to record speakers over a long period , returning to collect more data if specific gaps emerged in the course of the analysis ( cf. 3.1 ) . |
| 9 | Pension contributions of employers and employees fell from around 42% to about 30% of total personal savings over the same period . |
| 10 | The idea is that tax , payable annually in arrears , would be based on taxable expenditure , which is the difference between net receipts during the year and net savings over the same period . |
| 11 | Wine imports over the same period were reduced by just over 40 per cent . |
| 12 | It will be difficult or impossible to establish a course of dealing on the basis of a small number of transactions over a long period . |
| 13 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 14 | This will be allocated to periods over the primary period at a constant rate on the carrying amount , as required by paragraph 25 of the [ draft ] FRS . |
| 15 | Finance charges are allocated to accounting periods over the primary period of the lease and represent a constant proportion of the balance of capital payments outstanding . |
| 16 | It covered the demobilization , repatriation or relocation of the contras over a 90-day period beginning on Sept. 8 ( i.e. by Dec. 5 ) . |
| 17 | The majority of this reduction is associated with 303 fewer motorcyclist casualties over the same period . |
| 18 | The good thing about the airlift was that pilots had clear visibility all the way into Tabubil — a rare happening in an area where rain is often measured in feet over a 24-hour period . |
| 19 | Bearing these points in mind let us look at developments in each of the main policy areas over the whole period . |
| 20 | Regular visits to each of the three countries over the five-year period will enable a series of interviews with key decision-makers to be carried out , and qualitative and quantitative data to be collected . |
| 21 | Moreover , since unit costs actually rose less in the United States than in competing countries over the same period , the improvement in US cost competitiveness was actually 27 per cent on average . |
| 22 | In proportionate terms this represents an increase from 15 per cent to 24 per cent of all defendants who were proceeded against for either way offences over the same period ( Home Office , 1990 : Table 4.5 , 1990f : Table 6.3 ) . |
| 23 | Sales representative organized the promotion and personally demonstrated the production of chapattis to thousands of visitors over a five-day period . |
| 24 | Many of the most popular plants in gardens today fist arrived with the flood of introductions which filled our nurseries and gardens over a fifty-year period . |
| 25 | Despite the behind-the-scenes politics , the most likely outcome of a redesigned Freedom is a slowing of ESA 's programme to spread the costs over a longer period . |
| 26 | Therefore , between 2 and 4 hours will be needed for shift overlap purposes over a 24-hour period . |
| 27 | Talks on the possible sale of Iraqi oil worth US$1,600 million for humanitarian purposes over a six-month period [ see pp. 38406 ; 38452 ; 38548 ] were held in Vienna between Iraqi and UN officials on Jan. 8-10 . |
| 28 | In February the USA and the Soviet Union reached a preliminary agreement to phase out chemical weapons over a 10-year period [ see p. 37267 ] . |
| 29 | The contract consisted of a set of mutual commitments tied to precise targets over a three-year period . |
| 30 | In a statement on disarmament on 17 November 1956 the Soviet Government proposed the elimination of foreign military , naval and air bases over a two-year period . |