Example sentences of "[adv prt] over a period of " in BNC.

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1 Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term .
2 In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share .
3 In the past , samples of children 's language have been collected using a diary approach where examples of children 's utterances , together with a description of the surrounding context , were simply written down over a period of weeks or months ( Miller 1981a ) .
4 Fibrous tissue replaces this , the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar .
5 A currency which gradually adjusts up or down over a period of time , depending on the intrinsic strength of the economy which supports it , is much less likely to attract the eye of the speculator than one which is about to burst the artificial dam which has been built around it .
6 The efficiency of these ingredients wears off over a period of time , and swimming , towel- drying and perspiration can speed up this process .
7 You 've got ta put an offer in and pay it so much a month have n't you or something and , and , and get it paid off over a period of time ?
8 All the small modifications should add up over a period of time to make major achievements .
9 Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time .
10 ‘ It would be useful , ’ he said , ‘ if practitioners were made aware of the information that is required from them so they can build it up over a period of time . ’
11 Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks .
12 Clearly memories are not formed instantaneously , as if by throwing a switch , but are built up over a period of hours after the event to be memorized has occurred ; during this build-up the form in which any memory is stored changes .
13 For example , the ship has a power meter which drops as you get hit , but builds back up over a period of time , you do n't just simply die when hit .
14 Er and it 's a force commitment it is n't I mean short of saving up over a period of years which we are not allowed to do
15 In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example .
16 To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months .
17 This will be cut back over a period of time .
18 You have learned to look hard and analyse a complex situation , devise a detailed strategy for solving it , and then carefully carry it out over a period of time , revising your plan where necessary to cope with unforeseen difficulties .
19 However , the political problems of abolishing it outright would be huge and so some have advocated phasing it out over a period of time .
20 Bargaining is often carried out over a period of days , so it 's fortunate that a four- night B&B break at a three-star hotel near the market , is £219 in February and March .
21 The seasons , if they are important enough , can grab people 's attention in the way that you would n't if the programmes just went out over a period of 16 or 20 weeks .
22 The refurbishment scheme ‘ A Good Place to Live ’ will be carried out over a period of five years .
23 Secret talks with the government , which went on over a period of more than a year , were also broken off .
24 He said : My impression is that what has been going on over a period of years has come from , or been led by , a small mafia group of MI5 who have contacts outside in one or two sections of the press , and a few self-appointed private enterprise security agents .
25 Sometimes the wind swings steadily round over a period of time , and at other times it blows steadily in a curve .
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