Example sentences of "[noun sg] over [art] long " in BNC.
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| 31 | Iron fittings could replace wooden components gradually , allowing major alterations to take place over a long period . |
| 32 | It had to take place over a long period , in the face of a prodigious number of uncontrolled variables which were likely to confuse the outcome . |
| 33 | The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … . |
| 34 | Those few casual workers in the catering industry who do seem to work on a more or less continuous , almost full-time basis over a long period for a single organisation ( the plaintiffs in the oft-cited " O'Kelly case " ) , tend to possess skills which that organisation , and indeed other potential employers , value . |
| 35 | If that 's the case , then we could argue , an and will do , that now is a good time to borrow on a fixed term basis over a long period . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | Thus you will already be aerobically fit , that is able to sustain a relatively low work-load over a long period . |
| 38 | It did seem that the mother 's intrusion in quarrels led to more conflict over the longer term . |
| 39 | ‘ Thoroughbreds will always be able to catch up in a race over a long distance . |
| 40 | In the USA , for example , a large number of days may be lost in an industry while new productivity deals are being negotiated ; the immediate loss of production is just part of the price paid for high levels of output over the longer run . |
| 41 | Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time . |
| 42 | Although Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) were able to demonstrate an apparent loss of latent inhibition over a long retention interval using chocolate milk as the CS , no effect was apparent when saccharin was used . |
| 43 | Despite my closeness over a long period to Harold Wilson , I was certainly not close to his publicised cronies . |
| 44 | These data suggest that the selection of a relative who gives moral support is related partly to the composition of the kin group and partly to the quality of a particular relationship over a long period of time . |
| 45 | There is thus a tendency to build up a strong personal relationship over a long time , and slick high-pressure selling techniques are unlikely to be of much help . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | The important result is that in an uncertain world companies like to maintain a stable payout ratio over the long run . |
| 48 | Where the aim is to sustain cost leadership over the longer term , rather than to gain a short-term advantage through temporarily having , say , more modern equipment , one must look ahead over the life-cycle of the market ( however narrowly or broadly defined ) . |
| 49 | This pattern is related to the growth in total leaf area over the long term . |
| 50 | The child who uses goed or comed is guilty of over-generalisation , while in sign the use of repetition to convey occurrence over a long time would be appropriate in WAIT-WAIT-WAIT , meaning ‘ wait for ages ’ but not in KEEP-KEEP-KEEP , where it would probably mean to ‘ keep three ’ things rather than to ‘ keep over time ’ . |
| 51 | The results suggest that such policies have relatively little impact on investment demand over the longer term . |
| 52 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
| 53 | Unlike the 1991 Rugby World Cup , which took place over a whole month , not to mention the three months build-up , thereby allowing the sponsors to develop their marketing strategy over a long period of time , the World Sevens tournament is a three-day event , with the commercial potential of a ‘ Market blink ’ , as he puts it . |
| 54 | For example , there may be evidence for a sequence of buildings being constructed and going out of use over a long period of time . |
| 55 | The study will also take into account the effects of aging , which may contribute to a decline in knowledge retention over a long period . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time . |
| 58 | Because of the variable time between pulse labelling and biopsy , there will be a trend to higher crypt labelling subsequent on cell division over the longer time periods . |
| 59 | The results they obtained suggested a close relationship between changes in the United States ' money supply and changes in money national income over a long period of time . |
| 60 | 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 . |