Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is to be hoped that some of the numerous shales in the Devonian and Carboniferous sections may prove to have been sufficiently ductile to restrain escape over the long timespan involved , despite the degree of deformation to which they have been subjected . |
| 2 | The important result is that in an uncertain world companies like to maintain a stable payout ratio over the long run . |
| 3 | This pattern is related to the growth in total leaf area over the long term . |
| 4 | The graph in Figure 11.1 is useful because it illustrates the relationship between the real money stock and real national income over the long term , ( more than 100 years ) , which is equivalent to comparing the actual money stock with nominal national income . |
| 5 | Employers also try to discourage the mobility of their highly skilled labour because they wish to retrieve the investment made in training over the long term , and they certainly would not want competing firms to poach labour that they have trained . |
| 6 | The effects of geomagnetic and solar activity over the long term are important factors in planning satellite missions . |
| 7 | Mutual support in troubled times then , is seen as a reciprocal reward for cooperation over the long term . |
| 8 | Mr Barfield also suggested that boardroom pay should be tied to shareholder value creation , which would focus management on developing value over the long term and act as ‘ an antidote to short-termism ’ . |