Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period . |
| 2 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |
| 9 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |
| 10 | Had this apparently contradictory programme been worked out over a long period , it might have seemed more logical . |
| 11 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 12 | Managers are naturally biased towards projects showing a quick return , if they feel there is unlikely to be ex post settling up over the longer term . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And the two of them working together over a long time , they would work |