Example sentences of "over a long period of " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Various surveys of such studies , over a long period of time ( Schuessler and Cressey , 1950 ; Hood and Sparks , 1970 ; Hindelang , 1972 ; Feldman , 1977 ) and covering various categorisations ( including Eysenck 's ) , have not suggested widespread agreement on clear-cut categories covering significant proportions of offenders , although various relationships have been found . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 35 | What each of us does over a long period of trial and error is to acquire a set of tools with which we are comfortable and which we can apply in different ways to the myriad problems which we need to solve . |
| 36 | We therefore laid our plans and moved out in good order over a long period of time . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected . |
| 39 | I have known you well over a long period of time . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | Understanding of the dream built up in layers , over a long period of time . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | For example , there may be evidence for a sequence of buildings being constructed and going out of use over a long period of time . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 48 | People who have to exist on social security [ over a long period of time ] have a different set of values . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … . |
| 51 | In these respects , there has been a general and continuing decline in prison conditions over a long period of time ( King and McDermott , 1999 ) . |
| 52 | This may apply to a particular period or it may be concerned with changes over a long period of time . |
| 53 | Complex adaptations have developed because in certain circumstances the same selection pressure has been maintained over a long period of time . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | Simulation has been used to predict population changes over a long period of time and for charting space-satellite trajectories . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 60 | 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 . |