Example sentences of "over a longer time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should very much like the opportunity to discuss with the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends , and other colleagues from Northern Ireland , how we can introduce a strategy for promoting inward investment over a longer time scale than that hitherto adopted . |
| 2 | And again , over a longer time span genes will have changed by mutation or altered their effects by chromosomal recombination so that the effect they exert on traits can never be considered in isolation . |
| 3 | ( A very similar series over a longer time span can be found in the dataset ECONOMY . ) |
| 4 | Development of all major new weapons programmes would nevertheless continue but over a longer time span . |
| 5 | If , as it may be , such a system would cost more to operate than grant payments do , it would be of little advantage except in the important psychological sense that it would be a greater personal investment by the farmer over a longer time period . |
| 6 | This experiment was conducted over a longer time period ( ten days ) , starting with young plants . |