Example sentences of "period [prep] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a period of time they will all be ill . |
| 2 | These relationships assume great importance and for a period of time they are probably the most significant ones we have . |
| 3 | Now that idea was to get everybody together and erm because there have been certain members of the staff which have n't been looked at for a period of time they 've escaped the net as it were in the last couple of times and it seems that we 've had the same guys for the last three years and some have erm |
| 4 | Do they see erm , if , if they migrate to the city in the urban areas then they realize they wo n't get a job , and have a job straight away , er well paying job but by actually living in the area they would and taking in at a job and they get a lot of contacts and then eventually after a period of time they job . |
| 5 | Did n't , did n't they mean that as in a period of time they 'd been stuck in the Ark . |
| 6 | If you study the long-term unemployed , sadly what happens is they lose their job or they do n't get employment , and eventually they keep working hard , right , but after the period of time they get dispirited when they find that people are not willing to take them on , and of course it 's a terrible thing for them to cope with . |
| 7 | After a period of time we will then ask local groups to provide this information . |
| 8 | The position therefore is you do n't look at residential care , erm , yes , over a period of time we could raise the requirements or the need levels that allow people access to residential care . |
| 9 | In that period of time we 'd have dropped from being the largest and preferred supplier to a minority supplier |
| 10 | Are you saying then that when one 's lapsed for six months or over a given period of time we should actually go out there and remove the signs |
| 11 | Within a short period of time I had learnt how to help myself ; the pain gradually began to abate spontaneously , a great relief after nearly three years of constant discomfort . |
| 12 | The shortness of the period of time it is left on the road is immaterial ( Holliday v Henry [ 1974 ] RTR 101 ) . |
| 13 | Where the parties have done business together regularly over a period of time it may be possible to establish that the terms are incorporated by a course of dealing . |
| 14 | At least for the short period of time he expected the combat to last . |
| 15 | During this period of time he made the mistake of threatening the archdeacon , Cautinus , who fled to the court of king Theudebald , announced the death of Gallus , and was himself consecrated bishop on the king 's orders . |
| 16 | After a period of time you 'll feel that things have improved a bit in that area ( we hope ! ) , so flick through the book again and start trying to work at another area . |
| 17 | Once you have established the rule of taking a membership count each year , after a period of time you will be able to represent these figures on a graph to compare one year with another . |
| 18 | Over a period of time you will get acquainted with journalists outside London because you will have assignments with them on their own patch or you may drop into see them when visiting the area of business . |
| 19 | You can work out that over a period of time you would have somewhere in the region of fifteen assignments during the year guaranteed . |
| 20 | Over a period of time she was seen by a number of psychotherapists and psychologists who adopted differing approaches to her varied problems . |