Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rationale , however , for that is clear : while insurers are willing to concede that accidents will happen , events developing over a long period of time because of a lack of concern for the potential hazards should not be allowed to . |
| 2 | So we see the difficulties of defining even a recent period of earth history , and the protagonists of the varied viewpoints would probably ( if it mattered at all ) argue just as fiercely as stratigraphers over the boundaries . |
| 3 | ‘ The largest single category of problems mentioned , however , was depression and anxiety attributable to the stresses of caring over a prolonged period of time . ’ |
| 4 | The CBI urges people not to take a short-term view , as the hon. Gentleman does in considering only a 12-month period . |
| 5 | 3 Can you give us an approximate idea of sales you 'd be expecting over a three-year period ? |
| 6 | A good game of tennis , badminton , hockey , netball , or football , for instance , all involve a great deal of running over a prolonged period of time . |
| 7 | Stock , for example , is issued for 25 years at the most , for the obvious reason that the market will charge a high premium for lending over a longer period than that . |
| 8 | Expressions for the amplitudes a n and b n of the harmonic components of any Fourier series are obtained by multiplying both sides of equation ( 11.1 ) by or and integrating over a complete period . |
| 9 | There were beds available for those with particular problems , such as those who had been injecting over a long period . |
| 10 | It is believed the money allegedly went missing over a long period , dating back to last season 's Cup Final . |
| 11 | Stretching over a long period , a number of important rulers began to seek to secure much greater power over their dominions as the means to extend their power abroad — particularly in what was to become known as France , but also in England , Sweden , Spain and , somewhat later , Brandenburg-Prussia . |