Example sentences of "[adv] over a longer [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New patterns for External Verification are being developed but are being phased in gradually over a longer timescale . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Unlike offices , the level of income fluctuates although sometimes over a longer period it fluctuates at a higher level than commercial . |
| 6 | 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 . |