Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] over [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time . |
2 | However , if it were possible to keep careful watch over a longer period , you would discover two interesting things . |
3 | The explanation is that , given a totally unvarying diet over a long period of time , especially if it is from kittenhood right through into adult life , a cat 's ‘ food variety mechanism ’ gets worn down and is finally switched off altogether . |
4 | There is thus a tendency to build up a strong personal relationship over a long time , and slick high-pressure selling techniques are unlikely to be of much help . |
5 | ( A very similar series over a longer time span can be found in the dataset ECONOMY . ) |
6 | Those few casual workers in the catering industry who do seem to work on a more or less continuous , almost full-time basis over a long period for a single organisation ( the plaintiffs in the oft-cited " O'Kelly case " ) , tend to possess skills which that organisation , and indeed other potential employers , value . |
7 | Thus you will already be aerobically fit , that is able to sustain a relatively low work-load over a long period . |
8 | The results they obtained suggested a close relationship between changes in the United States ' money supply and changes in money national income over a long period of time . |
9 | The graph in Figure 11.1 is useful because it illustrates the relationship between the real money stock and real national income over the long term , ( more than 100 years ) , which is equivalent to comparing the actual money stock with nominal national income . |
10 | A case reports and clinical-epidemiological studies have evaluated the cancer risk in patients who have abused anthranoid laxatives over a long period . |
11 | A case report and clinical-epidemiological studies in patients who have misused anthranoid laxatives over a long period should be considered in a final risk assessment for colorectal cancer in man . |
12 | This can have a rather unsettling effect over a long period — the family man can not promise to take his children to the seaside or his wife out to dinner more than a week ahead without the chance that he might be in India , California or Scotland at the time he promised . |
13 | Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F . |
14 | History has shown that investing in the stock market during times of economic recovery has proved rewarding for investors who are looking for a good return over the longer term . |
15 | Recall from Chapter 19 that this is a long-run measure of income which can be thought of as the present value of the expected flow of income from the stock of human and non-human wealth over a long period of time . |
16 | Poor timekeeping over a long period usually amounts to misconduct . |
17 | It reached its present form over a long period of time during which there have been numerous law changes — not all of which have achieved their desired result , as Ian Kirkpatrick , Rutherford 's South African counterpart , was the first to point out . |
18 | She was still wearing her Sunday clothes , black coat over a long dress , with matching gloves , hat and bag ; every Sunday she remembered those dear to her who had died — every Sunday she mourned . |
19 | Her most recent purchase — a transparent black coat over a long wrap skirt from Jigsaw , topped off with a dramatic black hat from La Beau Chapeau in Belfast — is destined for a wedding , and gives her the look of a modern day Mary Poppins in mourning . |
20 | Batteries last longer if they are charged and discharged in deep cycles over a long period . |
21 | We therefore laid our plans and moved out in good order over a long period of time . |
22 | Fred has been encouraging pilferage over a long period . |
23 | There was considerable vaginal dilation ; in my view , only consistent with full penetration over a long period . |
24 | The majority of the work shown was very recent , but several of the pieces date back as much as 10 years revealing her fascination with the themes from classical mythology over a long period . |
25 | Alison is an artist who has made an important contribution over a long period |
26 | Damien , the wild card , has had a very visible year whilst Alison is an artist who has made an important contribution over a long period . |
27 | the nature of the caring relationship is likely to be based on love and mutual support over a long period of time . |
28 | In other words , if fewer teeth were filled to begin with , and more worn fillings were repaired , rather than replaced , their owners would have less need for crowns , dentures , root-canal therapy and dental implants over the long haul . |
29 | He has been a doughty fighter over a long period in favour of the use of democracy and dialogue and in condemnation of the use of violence . |
30 | Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play . |