Example sentences of "over [art] [adj] period [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 300,000 extra jobs created over the seven-year period was in proportional terms close to the rate of employment growth in England and Wales , but for the South-east as a whole the rate was much higher . |
| 2 | Sir Antony commented : ‘ The fact that these actions have not prevented the substantial fall in profitability over the same period is a reflection of the length and severity of the recession . ’ |
| 3 | The bottom 10 over the same period were , in descending order : Save & Prosper Scotyields ; Henderson High Income ; Scottish Mutual Managed Income ; Fleming European Fledgling ; Save & Prosper High Return ; Prosperity Income & Growth ; Britannia Life Income Growth ; Fidelity Income Plus ; Guardian Royal Exchange Income ; and Scottish National Capital shares . |
| 4 | Encouragement awards over the same period were made |
| 5 | Wine imports over the same period were reduced by just over 40 per cent . |
| 6 | The increase in the elderly dependency ratio over the same period was from 23.2 to 25.5 ; a rate of increase considerably less than that likely to be experienced by many other developed countries . |
| 7 | The variation over the whole period is fairly large , but between consecutive measurements it is within the tolerance discussed in Chapter Section % Chapter 3 Section 5 . |
| 8 | The average delay over the whole period is 4.8 years , but if the data are split into the two time periods represented in the Rolfe & Will lists , it is found that the average delay for the 1960-1976 period is 8.8 years , whereas the average for 1976-83 is 1.9 years . |
| 9 | Average rates of return over the whole period were : ICI — HC 15% , CPP 1 ½%; GEC — HC 19% , CPP 10 ½%.; e |
| 10 | It may also be possible to argue that where the party has failed to respond to a notice of assignment from the purchaser , such lack of action over a long period is an implied consent where that party has dealt with the purchaser after completion . |
| 11 | Rumen boluses designed for the slow release of anthelmintics over a prolonged period are under development for sheep and seem an ideal way of minimising worm egg output . |
| 12 | In this case , the maximum change over a 40-year period is -0.5Wm -2 ( -0.21% ) from 1765 to 1804 . |
| 13 | The party considered that a building programme of 11 000 new dwellings over a 5-year period was required of which 3000 were needed to deal with slum clearance , 2000 to clear the priority waiting lists and a further 6000 for general waiting list applications . |
| 14 | It is possible to enter into a guaranteed revenue agreement with the water authority whereby the income from the water charge over a 12-year period is offset against the capital cost and the developer is only liable for any shortfall on an annual basis . |
| 15 | The changes that occurred in the City 's international role over the 1960s and '70s are explained and discussed in J. Coakley and L. Harris , The City of Capital ( Oxford , Basil Blackwell ; 1983 ) ; the international role of the City over a longer period is discussed in depth in L. Harris , T. Evans , J. Coakley and M. Croasdale , New Directions in the Financial System ( London , Croom Helm ; 1988 ) . |
| 16 | Now that 's different you 'll not get em to cancel it but to get them to spin it out over a longer period is a possibility and that 's what we 're gon na be working towards . |
| 17 | From this altitude their instruments view a swath of the Earth 's surface that extends 1500 km to either side of their suborbital tracks , so that a picture of the globe over a 24-hour period is built up . |
| 18 | 14 second ( 70 seconds between vehicles ) , 0.23 second ( 35 seconds between vehicles ) and 1.8 seconds ( 10 seconds between vehicles ) with the maximum queue length over a 24-hour period being 2 , 2 and 8 vehicles respectively . |
| 19 | The safe level over a two-hour period is 150 . |
| 20 | In many countries in the early stages of industrialization agriculture has been a major source of foodstuffs , exports and labour , but the degree to which agriculture in Japan contributed capital over a sustained period is unusual . |