Example sentences of "period [prep] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | But those who stay only for short periods of weeks or months are much more likely to be suffering from serious mental disorder than long term residents . |
| 2 | It is much better to build up endurance levels gradually and gently over a period of weeks and months . |
| 3 | If you mark your weight on a graph or chart this should provide a clear and rewarding sign of progress over a period of weeks and months . |
| 4 | The stardom sort of crept up on Nicholson over a period of weeks . |
| 5 | Marsilid was tried as a treatment for depressed patients , and , given over a period of weeks rather than days , but it had disadvantages as well as advantages . |
| 6 | Storage space had to be found for this unusually large collection of books which arrived in batches over a period of weeks . |
| 7 | Over a period of weeks the different teams meet to review and plan ahead . |
| 8 | But recent research shows that the ‘ constant ’ changes by a fraction of a per cent , both over a period of weeks and over several years . |
| 9 | Try reducing your use of salt slowly over a period of weeks and use flavouring substitutes like herbs , spices and lemon juice . |
| 10 | Alec said that for him the daily instruction from the word of God in one 's quiet time was the place where , over a period of weeks , we should receive guidance from God . |
| 11 | As conditions improved , the more hardy Koi were introduced , the rest following over a period of weeks . |
| 12 | Homoeopathic potencies are therefore quite different from conventional drugs which have to be administered daily , and possibly several times a day , over a period of weeks or longer . |
| 13 | There is a spontaneous gradual recovery over a period of weeks or months and the protein concentration of spinal fluid becomes elevated . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | The fry are born with large black eyes , but these steadily reduce in size over a period of weeks until they are covered with a cartilaginous sheath . |
| 16 | Since females in these species become available to males over a period of weeks or months , the possibility exists for some males to mate with several females during the course of a breeding season . |
| 17 | It happened many times over a period of weeks and , between the … visitations … there were moments when she doubted her own sanity . |
| 18 | The practical effect of this wording is that for a claim to be covered the casualty must be reasonably attributable to an identifiable accident the source of which is external to the craft — thus the craft filling with water on its moorings over a period of weeks and then foundering would not be covered . |
| 19 | I have looked carefully over a period of weeks at those applications , and have reached the view that they deserve to be granted . |
| 20 | Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive . |
| 21 | If the investigation is a sustained piece of work extending over a period of weeks , a diary work file or log book of activities should be maintained . |
| 22 | It ran for four separate days over a period of weeks , followed by an exam when all managed to pass . |
| 23 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |