Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a [noun] of time " in BNC.
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1 | She may be able to work different hours for a period of time while her burden is shared by another member of the family or a neighbour . |
2 | SAYS Kinsey : ‘ What we have seen in newspaper editorials and in political speeches over a period of time , is a latching on to the problem of crime and a series of assertions about the so-called welfare-dependent underclass . |
3 | There is no obligation to buy any books over a period of time . |
4 | .. sounds like discharges of artillery at intervals of a second of time , and a crackling noise , probably due to the impact of fragments in the atmosphere . |
5 | This paper , regarded by students of horology as a classic of its kind , suggested that the United States be divided along longitude lines into a number of time zones , each one precisely one hour behind its eastern neighbour . |
6 | A programme of lectures , seminars and visits over a period of time is most likely to meet that need . |
7 | Most of the surveys showing that unemployed people are less healthy than the employed are cross-sectional in nature ( comparing different people at the same time , rather than following the changes in people 's lives over a period of time ) . |
8 | The organisers will urge participants , who will represent the 11 provinces of Zaire , to arrange similar seminars in their respective areas over a period of time . |
9 | Will the attack on democracy be as outrageous as killing all blue-eyed babies , or will it be a more insidious erosion of rights and liberties over a period of time ? |
10 | One method of reducing surpluses has been for companies to take contributions holidays ( although generally these are not extended to employee contribution holidays ) whereby they do not pay any contributions for a period of time . |
11 | It becomes an inevitable part of normal living that we form significant relationships with particular individuals for a period of time and then , often through force of circumstance , move away from those same relationships . |
12 | There are an increasing number of surveys which have looked at individuals over a period of time . |
13 | People have made wonderful toys in a lot of different places over a period of time . |
14 | For this reason production cooperatives must be encouraged to grow from small beginnings over a period of time with sensitive support . |
15 | Usage reduces stocks over a period of time . |
16 | A common application of this is the sale and purchase of successive adjacent plots over a period of time . |
17 | If we were to extend this line of reasoning , we would also have to consider the materiality of services such as hairdressing , advertising and repairs which , arguably , take a tangible form and benefit their customers for a period of time after production . |
18 | The screen of this complicated electronic instrument presents a stationary picture of the potential difference between its input terminals as a function of time . |
19 | I regard the solipsist position that everything is the creation of our imaginations as a waste of time . |
20 | In the case of bulk packages from which the product is likely to be removed in successive quantities over a period of time , separate tests should be carried out to assess the effect of storage in partly filled containers . |
21 | maintaining contact with families over a period of time |
22 | In July 1964 the corporation , the NIHT and the rural district council came to an agreement to share responsibility for housing Springtown families over a period of time , but this did not end the problem . |
23 | Undertake the management of the care of a group of patients over a period of time and organise the appropriate support service . |
24 | These courses are run over several months , giving participants time to try out the suggestions over a period of time . |
25 | However , as a sociologist , I was interested in observing routine cases over a period of time in order to look for regular and recurring patterns of action and interaction that might allow certain generalisations to be made . |
26 | Figure 8 is an example of such a study which recorded and classified accidents over a period of time . |
27 | Other studies have surveyed panels of respondents over a period of time — though few have physiological measures of health ( such as changes in blood pressure ) or doctors diagnoses , and most use self-report questionnaires of one sort or another . |
28 | The reformers argued that since departments built up their philosophies over a period of time and since new measures took a considerable period to negotiate , these processes should be opened up so that the informed public could make its reactions clear while principles were still being settled . |
29 | It also follows that the fact that a variation order has been issued after the contractual completion date does not necessarily provide grounds for an extension of time . |
30 | It is generally agreed that students/trainees are observed performing on many occasions over a period of time as a natural part of the learning process . |