Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] over time " in BNC.

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1 There are several ways in which the five responses might be summarized into a single score for each month which could then be traced over time .
2 Although there are important differences between the various theories , the great majority of researchers assert that ‘ aggression ’ ( however defined ; see below for a discussion on definitions ) is an integral part of human nature ; and that aggressive impulses and behaviour have somehow to be directed and controlled for human relations to be sustained over time in a social setting .
3 Interviews conducted during the course indicate the importance of task achievement and of the related social processes which encourage self development ; and these consequences appear to be sustained over time .
4 Although it is fairly complicated now , it will be simplified over time and will offer a migration route up from things like XT Intrinsics .
5 Anyone who needs an operation will wish to be operated on by a competently trained surgeon ; the necessary skills need to be honed over time .
6 There seemed real evidence they would be forgotten over time . ’
7 These sums can then be varied over time to reflect changes consequent upon the damage caused to the injured party .
8 When Greek letters are used , as above , the summation is to be made over time and space coordinates .
9 By using panel survey methods , the recruitment and retention rates of members can be tracked over time .
10 Coupons , contained within the pack , may be collected over time and exchanged for a variety of products in a catalogue .
11 However , it thinks some kind of contact will be forged over time and expects a port to the company 's DRS6000 Unix box to materialise in the not too distant future .
12 Projects need to be assessed over time ; there are very few whose benefits can be seriously assessed in less than ten years , and a period of fifteen to twenty years would be more meaningful .
13 Evidence will be collected which will allow the relationship between landscape and the control of land to be monitored over time , providing the statutory bodies concerned with conservation of the landscape with a better means of influencing change .
14 Other systems — such as Digital Equipment Corp Alpha-OSF/1 and Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc — will be supported over time , when Dun 's exclusive distribution arrangements for Hewlett , Data General and VAX versions are up , though no time-scales were offered .
15 For this reason the monitoring arrangements referred to elsewhere in these Guidelines will provide an essential source of information from which training requirements may accurately be identified over time .
16 The programme would need to be implemented over time , and the money should first be targeted to those areas with high instances of deprivation .
17 Written language , on the other hand , makes such interpersonal functions less critical ; it can be conducted over time and space and is less subject to immediate feed-back .
18 A piece of ecological history that remains to be fully researched was the decision by a number of individuals , many apparently working in isolation from each other , to establish , like Darwin , permanent plots within which the fate of individual plants could be recorded over time .
19 Development can only be achieved over time , and more often than not along a difficult path .
20 Its real efficacy can only be tested over time and it remains to be seen if clozapine is a major advance , or whether the wide spectrum of response originally found with chlorpromazine , from full recovery to no response , is merely replicated , with a general shift a bit further in the desired direction .
21 Furthermore the information flows can be changed over time as a result of mutation in the genetic code or by the individual 's own genetic system , and some information might thus be eliminated .
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