Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] over time " in BNC.

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1 ( Totally homogenous capital and labour markets ; constant returns to scale over all ranges of output ; marginal productivity pricing for all factors ; continuously variable relationships between factors over time ; land as an insignificant input . )
2 Erm so you would have done er yeah then you 've got You 've got your speed of distance over time correctly .
3 The study of recall over time has been used to find whether there are separate system underlying short-term and long-term memory or only one system functioning at different levels ( Baddeley , 1976 ) .
4 However , in addition to providing information about the child , an indication of change over time may also be helpful in evaluating the success of previous attempts at remedial intervention .
5 But correct as the analysis may be it is limited to pragmatic instrumentalist legal theory , and the prescription fails to take account of social theories which may help to explain the changes in the rule of law over time .
6 There is an additional complication to this picture which is the increasing effect of demand over time .
7 In oral as well as in literate culture , it would appear that there are techniques whereby the directness and immediacy of everyday experience are contrasted with the holding of traditions over time , and with the ‘ fixing ’ and ratifying of definitions and meanings .
8 Specific topics of interest are the impact of collective agreements on pay in Northern Ireland , and the composition of the workforce ( ie occupation/industry/sex/part-time or full-time nature of the workforce ) and its effect on pay over time .
9 Also , some appear suddenly ( like a visitation ) , others build up gradually , piece by piece over time in an incremental process .
10 The distortions of communication which occur in these social institutions are as they are , as a result , in part , of unconscious activity of groups of people over time .
11 The study assembled evidence on the sources of funds for social science research in Britain during the 1980 's and the patterns of expenditure by subject and type of research , and examined changes in the patterns of funding over time .
12 Patterns of support over time
13 ( One might subtract the perception of the past from the perception of the future and smooth that once more as an index of optimism over time . )
14 Sources of information may well be : hearsay ( which can be inaccurate ) ; articles in journals ( which are not usually followed up , making analyses of pay over time impossible ) ; and surveys by international management remuneration consultancies ( which can be expensive and often only contain data from their own members ) .
15 The earlier Lectures have shown how the conclusions need to be modified to allow for market distortions , imperfect competition , unemployment , the accumulation of capital over time , etc .
16 He developed statistical techniques to study the variability of wild populations and to measure changes in the range of variability over time .
17 The Law Commission has now taken up our suggestion , which it terms ‘ divorce by process over time ’ , in its discussion paper Facing the Future .
18 Social and economic systems are in a continuous process of evolution over time and respond both to internal and external factors .
19 When we think about those questions of individ individuation in our normal affairs , the best we can do is to say that what individuates us and also what makes us the same person through changes over time , is a great medley of factors , some of which are bodily , some of which involve our souls
20 As discussed in the previous chapter , relationships with kin will also be affected by the higher incidence of divorce and remarriage , which may weaken the support available to the old living alone , especially because , in such interactions , the notion of reciprocity over time is so important .
21 For the measurement of changes of performance over time items were to be analysed using the Rasch model .
22 With changes of government over time reflecting different views about inflation and unemployment , a cross-section Phillips curve with different countries as the observations is postulated .
23 To say anything sensible about ( d ) and ( c ) , substantial long-term studies of changes over time as well as in different places are called for .
24 In the chapter on evolution , Stuart rightly stresses the importance of a good stratigraphic and geographic record for studies of changes over time between species .
25 Changes in usage of terms over time can also present problems .
26 They can focus on historical concepts like change over time .
27 In the 1970s the Department of Education and Science pinned its hopes on the APU to provide a general measure of the achievement of children at schools and , implicitly , changes in standards over time .
28 For a fuller understanding of the factors affecting divorce , we have to consider not only changes in rates over time but also differences between social groups in rates of divorce .
29 The figures in Table 5.1 are from cross-sectional data , obtained in 1980 , and could therefore be misleading as indicators of changes in households over time .
30 It is our intention to add to the literature on the dynamics of transition within voluntary organisations by studying the NMGC in detail over time .
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