Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] over [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |
| 3 | However , this is an aspect that must be studied closely over a longer period , for there is a danger in some of the inner-city schemes of officially-induced gentrification . |
| 4 | Had this apparently contradictory programme been worked out over a long period , it might have seemed more logical . |
| 5 | If on the other hand , a stress is applied slowly over a longer period the material flows like a viscous liquid so that the spherical shape is soon lost if left to stand for some time . |