Example sentences of "[noun pl] over a [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | It covered the demobilization , repatriation or relocation of the contras over a 90-day period beginning on Sept. 8 ( i.e. by Dec. 5 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Sales representative organized the promotion and personally demonstrated the production of chapattis to thousands of visitors over a five-day period . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Therefore , between 2 and 4 hours will be needed for shift overlap purposes over a 24-hour period . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ] . |
| 15 | The contract consisted of a set of mutual commitments tied to precise targets over a three-year period . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | lets candidates build up credits over an extended period |
| 18 | Each Europartenariat to date has generated an average of around 3,000 pre-arranged business appointments over a two-day period . |
| 19 | The treaty provided for the elimination of all chemical weapons stocks over a 10-year period and for a detailed inspections procedure for to ensure compliance . |
| 20 | The stimulating article Some library costs and options by Brown ( an economist ) concludes ‘ it seems to be worth acquiring and providing storage for , books likely to be wanted more often than , once in about 1.7 years over a long period ’ . |
| 21 | The Beveridge Report advocated the payment of old-age pensions on an actuarial basis , which would have meant the building up of contributions over a twenty-year period . |
| 22 | Payment of social security contributions over a given period ‘ entitles ’ the payer to a benefit , ( though only until the law is changed ! ) . |
| 23 | In these respects , there has been a general and continuing decline in prison conditions over a long period of time ( King and McDermott , 1999 ) . |
| 24 | The Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales lost 8,195 hectares of moorland ( to agriculture and forestry ) between 1885 and 1975 , and the northern half of the Snowdonia National Park lost 5,201 hectares over a similar period , though the majority of it was to forestry . |
| 25 | The government had , on Sept. 15 , promised aid of F50,000,000 to help farmers over a difficult period . |
| 26 | At a summit meeting in June US President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev formally confirmed that a START treaty , which they expected to be completed by the end of 1990 , would be based on a 30 per cent overall cut in long-range nuclear missiles over a seven-year period . |
| 27 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 28 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 29 | Efforts over a prolonged period by the BMC and the Sandstone Climbing Club have failed to win reductions in the excessive charges here , but these efforts will continue . |
| 30 | His untiring efforts over a 27-year period include developing services for the mentally handicapped in Cleveland , including setting up a joint unit of Venture Scouts and Ranger Guides . |