Example sentences of "over [art] very [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you spread work like this over a very long period you are able to look into yourself , and see yourself in a great work of art . |
| 2 | The fact that it is very difficult to do does n't prevent a lot of people wishing to achieve it , but it is very seldom that , in the industrial world , anybody has achieved and held continuously a pre-eminent position over a very long period of time . |
| 3 | Investigations into the activities of this particular gang had been carried out over a very long period and they had been kept under constant surveillance by our officers who were thus able to feed us all the necessary information towards a successful interception . |
| 4 | We should be concerned about whether a science teacher is available to teach a science lesson , or whether the only person available is someone trained over a very short period . |
| 5 | Comparison of the contents of the first two editions of Craig 's ‘ Geology of Scotland ’ , published in 1965 and 1983 , reveals just how completely and all-pervasively this change took place over a very short period of time . |
| 6 | Like weather forecasting , we can be fairly accurate in our predictions over a very short period but looking further ahead is really a matter of guesswork . |