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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Changes in usage of terms over time can also present problems .
5 Similarly , a child who has been receiving some form of individual help from a clinician , teacher or parent , might be expected to show the effects of that treatment and a comparison of changes over time on the basis of formal assessments would be an appropriate way of obtaining relevant information .
6 The principal focus of long-wave theories is historical , offering a framework for conceiving the movement of economies over time so that , if they help us understand the modern UK economy , they do so by locating the present in a pattern that covers the past and the future .
7 In addition , other legal principles are laid down by the decisions of judges over time , or proclaimed in legislation .
8 We require to clarify any inherent pattern that might be present in the variation of imports over time .
9 This refers to the conditions which work to maintain the cohesion of classes over time , from one generation to the next .
10 The analysis of trends over time offers another indirect method of considering age and cohort related effects upon health .
11 Standard techniques may be used to make broad comparisons between groups of individuals but the statistical analysis of changes over time and interrelationships between events , topics often of special interest to the psychologist , is much less well understood .
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