Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a statutory demand is served , the debtor has only a limited period within which to apply to set it aside . |
| 2 | Out of a thousand cases reported in United States waters over a five-year period , only two resulted in death . |
| 3 | This is an acquired skill which develops over a long period . |
| 4 | As discussed in Chapter 7 , ageing increases the tendency for us to become ‘ larks ’ — and some of us are ‘ larks ’ anyway — because the body clock has then a free-running period that is below the average for the population as a whole . |
| 5 | Young children do imitate the aggressive acts of televised models as much as live models ; furthermore , this effect persists over a considerable period of time and is particularly pronounced when the aggressive model is portrayed as successful . |
| 6 | The examples all have the same structure : a well-defined quantity is recorded at successive equally-spaced time points over a specific period . |
| 7 | Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures . |
| 8 | For monthly savings , Mr Murrell recommends Friendly Society plans over a 10-year period because the money grows tax free . |
| 9 | The disparities in overall changes in assumed unit costs over a three-year period are quite remarkable . |
| 10 | The second deterrent is a financial one : course participants do not have to pay fees , since the course itself is financed by the DES , but they do have to fund their living costs over a ten-week period — a not inconsiderable financial commitment . |
| 11 | Unlike groups in laboratory studies , the work group is not created and then disbanded permanently ; it often survives over a long period of time . |
| 12 | The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 's excess rent allowance operates over a nine-year period . |
| 13 | One suggestion has been that the energy output of the Sun itself fluctuates over a long period . |
| 14 | This task of considering key moments can be a very valuable way of recapping from one session to the next when the drama extends over a long period , as it usually does once it becomes part of a project or topic work . |
| 15 | Where production extends over a long period as in construction industries and shipbuilding , measurement of work in progress has to be achieved by other means . |
| 16 | If it continues over a long period it could even lead to stunted growth . |
| 17 | Most people applying to drama school will be seeking to enrol on the full-time diploma course , which usually runs over a three-year period . |