Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [art] [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 | ( He was to keep audiences waiting almost the same period in Rain Man many years hence . ) |
5 | The CBI urges people not to take a short-term view , as the hon. Gentleman does in considering only a 12-month period . |
6 | 3 Can you give us an approximate idea of sales you 'd be expecting over a three-year period ? |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 2 Select a patient who has difficulty breathing in the post-operative period . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | There were beds available for those with particular problems , such as those who had been injecting over a long period . |
12 | It is believed the money allegedly went missing over a long period , dating back to last season 's Cup Final . |
13 | Planning over an 11-year period could , I believe , bring about a veritable revolution , especially if the whole curriculum ( both subjects and cross-curricular themes ) can be welded together , but I want to see some rapid practical progress if I am to be reassured . |
14 | 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 . |