Example sentences of "[adv] over a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And the two of them working together over a long time , they would work |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Had this apparently contradictory programme been worked out over a long period , it might have seemed more logical . |
| 7 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 8 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I have known you well over a long period of time . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |