Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] over long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An optical fibre uses total internal reflection to carry a light beam over long distance and around corners . |
| 2 | Children received portions of the family property on different occasions over long periods of time . |
| 3 | Many Braniel people owned cars and telephones , which they used as a means of maintaining important personal ties over long distances , and the capacity of these ties to influence their behaviour ( linguistic or otherwise ) is not clear . |
| 4 | A greater degree of regional self-sufficiency in many basic food-stuffs , especially milk and meat could be encouraged in order to avoid the mounting costs of transporting such commodities over long distances which is now common . |
| 5 | For a while , my route flirted with the border and after some easy going across the Severn Valley , I took to the hills again , following a roman road over Long Mountain . |
| 6 | The increased demand for food to feed the growing populations of the great cities was met by speedy rail communication with the countryside , which allowed the transportation of perishable goods over long distances and promoted commercialization , specialization , and modernization in the agriculture of many countries . |
| 7 | Three features which are significant are trend , which includes well defined cyclic behaviour ; persistence , when a particular value in a sequence is constrained by adjacent values ; and intermittency , whereby there is a tendency for non-periodic grouping of like values over long periods of time , which effect is called the ‘ Hurst phenomenon ’ . |
| 8 | Not only is the method not scientific but , to the extent that Marx did make certain historical prophecies which can be related to empirical evidence over long periods of time , these can be examined and by and large they have not proved to be valid . |
| 9 | The report , Indoor Pollution , concludes that the low quality of air in commercial buildings has led to " reduced health and efficiency for many people over long numbers of years ' , which may have had " greater economic impact than more life-threatening conditions " . |
| 10 | Naggaroth 's dark master had perfected his evil arts over long millennia and for the first time Teclis met a foe that was his match . |
| 11 | By vastly cheapening the carriage of heavy materials over long distances , the canals also brought about indirect changes in the landscape . |
| 12 | I finally spotted a young man and a girl dressed as she 'd said she would be in shalwar kameez , a short tunic over long trousers , the traditional Muslim attire ; a cool white scarf around her head and a long coat , and luckily it was Yasmin . |
| 13 | Although Britain has been occupied by man for more than 25,000 years , in a form of intermittent visits over long periods between glaciations , it is only for the last 12,000 years or so that the country has been continuously occupied , with people moving into Britain permanently to exploit what resources were available . |
| 14 | After a hard day of gruelling silence over long distance we both mumble bleak consent to stop for the night . |
| 15 | Political parties retain the same name over long periods , implying sameness of identity . |
| 16 | If you need a modem to link into say Compuserve and pick up and collect messages this modem is ideal — if you are uploading and downloading big files over long distances you need a quicker modem . |
| 17 | What I know about palaeotology is n't too much I mean I obviously have to try and know a bit , but it 's not my field — erm in order to test the minor claim , you have to be able to get your hands on some rock which actually consists of continuous sedimentation over long periods of time . |
| 18 | This prevented the application of reflationary policies over long time periods , since deflation of demand , to reduce spending on imports , was often used to correct balance of payments deficits . |
| 19 | Signalling by diffusion can work well for small organisms , but it is limited ; diffusion of chemical signals over long distances is slow and inefficient , as it can not be specifically targeted to ensure that the signal arrives only at the cell it was intended for . |
| 20 | Standardization comes about for functional reasons , and its effect is to make a language serviceable for communicating decontextualized information-bearing messages over long distances and periods of time . |