Example sentences of "[noun sg] over long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anomalous aspects of nature often venerated by ritual over long periods of time become charged with the directed mental/ psychic energy of their race . |
| 2 | Because the ability of breastfeeding to sustain the period of infecundity due to amenorrhoea over long periods depends , inter alia , upon the frequency and intensity of suckling , and in the light of the generalized view that lengthy spacing is essential to child survival , in most African and some other societies , breastfeeding is reinforced by abstinence . |
| 3 | In the UK , for example , there is evidence that the local authority council house system has reduced mobility over long distances for those who seek housing in this sector ( Hughes and McCormick 1981 ) . |
| 4 | With brute strength ( it took at least ten horses to shift even one medium field gun ) , the Germans eventually moved their guns forward but the delays involved meant that many of the deadly 21Os , so essential a part of the German offensive technique , were hors de combat over long periods of the battle during its most critical phase . |
| 5 | The crucial experiments with standardised diets , each time excluding or adding wheat or rye flour over long periods in these children with coeliac disease , were performed on four children in the Wilhelmina Children 's Hospital in Utrecht and in one child in the Juliana Children 's Hospital in The Hague . |
| 6 | An optical fibre uses total internal reflection to carry a light beam over long distance and around corners . |
| 7 | Political parties retain the same name over long periods , implying sameness of identity . |
| 8 | This may take the form of economic growth as a whole over long periods . |
| 9 | Not only is the method not scientific but , to the extent that Marx did make certain historical prophecies which can be related to empirical evidence over long periods of time , these can be examined and by and large they have not proved to be valid . |
| 10 | Dee looked out of the window of the flat over long rows of grim , dark housing developments . |
| 11 | Cos of uncertainty about the arrangement over long period , decided to opt for one-year-only subscription . |
| 12 | It might be expected that where such clonal growth is possible , the struggle for existence over long periods of stable management would lead to the local dominance of single clones — those that had succeeded in a struggle for existence with others . |
| 13 | What I know about palaeotology is n't too much I mean I obviously have to try and know a bit , but it 's not my field — erm in order to test the minor claim , you have to be able to get your hands on some rock which actually consists of continuous sedimentation over long periods of time . |
| 14 | What theme might we expect to find in the background of someone highly motivated by money over long periods ? |
| 15 | For a while , my route flirted with the border and after some easy going across the Severn Valley , I took to the hills again , following a roman road over Long Mountain . |
| 16 | After a hard day of gruelling silence over long distance we both mumble bleak consent to stop for the night . |
| 17 | Comparisons of this kind are difficult to make with accuracy over long periods of time ; but the direction and size of the change are beyond doubt . |
| 18 | Obviously this puts up the system cost over long distances . |
| 19 | I finally spotted a young man and a girl dressed as she 'd said she would be in shalwar kameez , a short tunic over long trousers , the traditional Muslim attire ; a cool white scarf around her head and a long coat , and luckily it was Yasmin . |