Example sentences of "[adv] over [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
2 | To give or receive help , perhaps over a long period , which inevitably involves some self-sacrifice on the one hand and some loss of independence on the other , is a very big step . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | And the two of them working together over a long time , they would work |
5 | Monetarists argue that variations in the velocity of circulation ( V ) are predictable and moderately small , especially over the longer run . |
6 | New patterns for External Verification are being developed but are being phased in gradually over a longer timescale . |
7 | If a cat performs some very strange action — finds its way home over a long distance , predicts an earthquake , or senses the return of its owners when they are some distance from the house — then it is a challenge for us to try and find out which particular sensory pathway was involved . |
8 | And yet somebody had known she was worth kidnapping , somebody had checked on her financial position and her daily movements , probably over a long period . |
9 | Managers are naturally biased towards projects showing a quick return , if they feel there is unlikely to be ex post settling up over the longer term . |
10 | Had this apparently contradictory programme been worked out over a long period , it might have seemed more logical . |
11 | Now that 's different you 'll not get em to cancel it but to get them to spin it out over a longer period is a possibility and that 's what we 're gon na be working towards . |
12 | ‘ I suppose , ’ said Suvarov , paying no attention to her rudeness or the incipient hysteria in her voice , ‘ because it was so important … not just fighting it , but being part of it , doing one 's best and living more intensely over a longer time than one had before . ’ |
13 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
14 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |
15 | The arrival of Islam and the Arabic language was to mark another of the great turning points in the history of Egypt , and their absorption by Egyptian society went on over a long period , being generally a peaceful and incremental process . |
16 | A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period . |
17 | It is also necessary not to view policies in a static way ; they have been built up slowly over a long period and they are still changing . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
20 | Lord Berner 's Triumph of Neptune was another work he conducted quite frequently over a long period , and he made two recordings of the ballet suite . |
21 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
22 | Conversely , some econometricians have argued that it is more cost effective to use a ‘ drip ’ system , advertising more or less continuously over a long period at a very low weight . |
23 | Much research and attention to artists ' requirements has led to a new breed of synthetic brushes which are highly appropriate for use with acrylics , among other uses , which hold their shape well over a long period of time , are delightfully responsive to use , are superbly controllable , allowing precision work , and are durable enough to resist occasional misuse . |
24 | I have known you well over a long period of time . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | All the research programmes have come from approaches made to the Unit and have involved extensive discussions , sometimes over a long period , but not for bureaucratic reasons . |
27 | Unlike offices , the level of income fluctuates although sometimes over a longer period it fluctuates at a higher level than commercial . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |