Example sentences of "over a period of month " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Travelling on the train to and from Folkestone and London over a period of months I knitted a bright pink jumper . |
| 2 | Perhaps over a period of months , even years , the yearning grew to escape . |
| 3 | Spread is slow and extension may take place over a period of months , even years . |
| 4 | He says that getting fatter may be the result of a build-up of eating even as little as 200 , 100 or 50 calories a day more than you expend as energy — over a period of months or years . |
| 5 | It is , however , impossible to separate out processes acting at different scales and over different periods : a single volcanic eruption lasting hours or days sometimes leads to dust and gas being ejected into the atmosphere over a period of months and this in turn may lead to global climatic fluctuations over years or decades . |
| 6 | But drinking too much over a period of months or years damages far more than the nervous system . |
| 7 | An attachment of earnings order requires a debtor 's employer to deduct monies direct from the debtor 's wage packet and pay off the debt over a period of months . |
| 8 | Ben , aged 3 years , started to refuse food gradually over a period of months . |
| 9 | The place was besieged , and over a period of months , including a winter , the English grip tightened . |
| 10 | When such Stakhanovite chastity over a period of months finally coaxed some forlorn gesture of affection from the girl , he told her he wanted to get to know her better . |
| 11 | Placed on assessment list : social worker visits over a period of months — discusses adoption , views on bringing up children |
| 12 | Birth parents may relinquish their child for adoption at the time of birth or at a subsequent date , possibly having cared for the child over a period of months or years . |
| 13 | Fibrous tissue replaces this , the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar . |
| 14 | In Boston " mentoring " programmes exist where employers release a staff member on a regular basis over a period of months to work with potential " drop outs " to win their commitment . |
| 15 | If it is practicable to make repeated visits to the same site over a period of months or years a programme of capture/mark/release and recapture will add a further dimension to the whole range of topics available . |
| 16 | I want a powder , a potion , one which will not kill immediately but over a period of months , undetected by her or any physician . ’ |
| 17 | A serious problem has emerged in the area over a period of months , and a series of reports have been issued , concluding with a report by the National Rivers Authority on effluent that is poured into the lagoons at Grassmoor 40,000 tonnes of it a year . |