Example sentences of "over a long period [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To begin with , literacy in general was not , of course , independently invented in Greece , as Goody and Watt recognise : the form of literacy particular to Greece developed from the Semitic writing system over a long period of time . |
| 32 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 33 | We therefore laid our plans and moved out in good order over a long period of time . |
| 34 | On the other hand , in certain other areas of our bulk chemicals we have been very successful in maintaining a good margin business over a long period of time . |
| 35 | Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected . |
| 36 | I have known you well over a long period of time . |
| 37 | When some sociologists talk of the ‘ socialization function of the family ’ , therefore , they are not talking of a family deliberately and consciously performing a function assigned to it from outside by ‘ society ’ , but rather of a more subtle process that arises out of the facts of being married , of sharing a residence over a long period of time , and of parenthood . |
| 38 | Understanding of the dream built up in layers , over a long period of time . |
| 39 | Thus there was a confusing number of elements on earth , above it and below it which contributed to the afterlife , representing ideas which had been brought together over a long period of time . |
| 40 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
| 41 | So if y if the chemicals will do that over a long period of time to rubber , think what it would do to your skin . |
| 42 | For example , there may be evidence for a sequence of buildings being constructed and going out of use over a long period of time . |
| 43 | The officer must indeed be prepared to sustain his attempts at persuasiveness over a long period of time , a matter which can pose problems , for he must be able to sense when a less conciliatory performance is warranted and a show of force , however discreet , would be appropriate . |
| 44 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 45 | People who have to exist on social security [ over a long period of time ] have a different set of values . |
| 46 | In Britain these are in a state of flux although there has been much discussion about the role of the inspector over a long period of time . |
| 47 | The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … . |
| 48 | In these respects , there has been a general and continuing decline in prison conditions over a long period of time ( King and McDermott , 1999 ) . |
| 49 | This may apply to a particular period or it may be concerned with changes over a long period of time . |
| 50 | Complex adaptations have developed because in certain circumstances the same selection pressure has been maintained over a long period of time . |
| 51 | The length of time it has been operation will determine how much money she gets back , but it is unlikely to have made much of a profit , because endowments are designed to make money over a long period of time . |
| 52 | To know that there 's someone going to buy your crop over a long period of time , or part of your crop , ideally , over a long period of time , does help people to plan ahead . |
| 53 | To know that there 's someone going to buy your crop over a long period of time , or part of your crop , ideally , over a long period of time , does help people to plan ahead . |
| 54 | Simulation has been used to predict population changes over a long period of time and for charting space-satellite trajectories . |
| 55 | In clinical case management there is a recognition that the worker is an important resource , and an awareness that the process of assessment and reassessment is a crucial function , to be discharged by someone who knows the client really well over a long period of time . |
| 56 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 57 | Er ploughmen and horsemen were the elite of farm workers and the sons would could only aspire to do what they did and And er eventually I suspect it got to be a little more organized and er they had these little games of of ploughing matches , maybe in a rudimentary farm to begin with , but it eventually came to be as we see it today , over a long period of time . |
| 58 | Accordingly , on 12 June 1940 Lord Woolton , Minister of Food , despatched a memorandum to the Food Policy Committee of the War Cabinet in which he identified three groups in the population to whom food distribution should be improved : workers in factories ( ‘ if we are to obtain the maximum production over a long period of time from them ’ ) , people on low incomes and ‘ children of school age and under and nursing mothers whom , on grounds both of humanity and of racial preservation , it is essential we should protect against malnutrition ’ . |
| 59 | Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time . |
| 60 | Such factors may include , for instance , a previous experience of loss which was dealt with badly , unresolved grief , past experience of failure , a lack of a sense of self-efficacy , a low self-esteem , a previous history of psychiatric disorder , and an absence of close relationships established over a long period of time . |