Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] a period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fibrous tissue replaces this , the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar . |
| 2 | He also said he is ‘ very optimistic ’ about the NCR computer division , where orders from Europe recently have picked up after a period of extreme softness . |
| 3 | Bargaining is often carried out over a period of days , so it 's fortunate that a four- night B&B break at a three-star hotel near the market , is £219 in February and March . |
| 4 | The refurbishment scheme ‘ A Good Place to Live ’ will be carried out over a period of five years . |
| 5 | If this is carried out after a period of exercise your dog may readily remain in this position since it may be relatively tired . |
| 6 | A client is not easily detached from a solicitor who has been handling his affairs over a period of years , but a comparatively mild solicitation may deprive an insurance broker of valuable business which otherwise might safely be reckoned on for a period . |
| 7 | This output is in turn fed to a monostable made up from NAND gates IC4c , IC4d which is turned on for a period of a few milliseconds determined by the values of resistor R17 and capacitor C4 . |
| 8 | In the past , samples of children 's language have been collected using a diary approach where examples of children 's utterances , together with a description of the surrounding context , were simply written down over a period of weeks or months ( Miller 1981a ) . |
| 9 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 10 | Er and it 's a force commitment it is n't I mean short of saving up over a period of years which we are not allowed to do |
| 11 | Another proof is taken and so the print is built up over a period of time . |
| 12 | Strong and sometimes quite intense relationships with individuals are built up over a period of even a few weeks . |
| 13 | Clearly memories are not formed instantaneously , as if by throwing a switch , but are built up over a period of hours after the event to be memorized has occurred ; during this build-up the form in which any memory is stored changes . |
| 14 | it is n't necessary , well it is the same as saying it is n't true , it is n't necessary er because this will be built up over a period and it will be for er the Government in all the normal ways in the public expenditure round to decide how much goes into the passenger franchises and through that therefore into the Briti the Rail Track investment . |
| 15 | In fact there was a , I think some of the recent erm concerns about schools have come from an image that 's been built up over a period of time that the schools spend very little time on the , on the three Rs for example . |
| 16 | Much of the distribution of population was built up in a period when British industry enjoyed competitive supremacy in international trade . |
| 17 | He said : My impression is that what has been going on over a period of years has come from , or been led by , a small mafia group of MI5 who have contacts outside in one or two sections of the press , and a few self-appointed private enterprise security agents . |
| 18 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 19 | The efficiency of these ingredients wears off over a period of time , and swimming , towel- drying and perspiration can speed up this process . |
| 20 | When a plan drawn up during a period of supply crisis fails to analyse thoroughly the question of the balance of supply and demand this of course is no ‘ external ’ defect , no ‘ formal ’ omission , but a profoundly internal fault . |
| 21 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 22 | No woman feels her best during the period leading up to a period . |
| 23 | " Month " means a " calendar month " ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s61 ) made up of a period of consecutive days . |
| 24 | Most fieldwork is simply episodic , made by an outsider moving in for a period to assess observed social behaviour . |
| 25 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |
| 26 | Does it matter , though , for literary criticism whether the poetry was formed out of a period of rebellion or revolution ? |
| 27 | To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months . |
| 28 | If we are dealing with a regression to what may be a former lifetime , then , having asked the patient to go back to a period with which his subconscious mind feels comfortable , I like to help him to create the picture of his former personality little by little . |
| 29 | Secret talks with the government , which went on over a period of more than a year , were also broken off . |
| 30 | Eight patients of group 1 and seven patients of group 2 were followed up for a period of >3 years ( mean follow up 47 ( range 37–60 ) months for both groups ) . |