Example sentences of "over a relatively [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corrosion emanated from the joint between the bottom of the pressure dome and the fuselage and there was nicotine tar staining on the edge of the corroded area indicating that it had developed over a relatively long period . |
| 2 | This was particularly the case with patients who had been given methadone reduction over a relatively long period of time , say two to three months . |
| 3 | Elicitation procedures make it possible to examine a very broad spectrum of linguistic abilities in a systematic manner over a relatively short period of time . |
| 4 | It appears entirely possible for a coronary artery to progress from one with hardly any narrowing to one which is completely blocked over a relatively short period of time ; and conversely , it is possible for a severe coronary stenosis to stay as a severe coronary stenosis without progressing for several years . |
| 5 | Our use of creatinine molar ratios has removed the source of experimental error involved in collecting total urine volumes over a relatively short period , and has revealed the existence of a log/ linear relation between concomitant changes in gastric acid secretion and UAO . |