Example sentences of "slowly over a " in BNC.

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1 It is , in fact , a supercooled liquid , and if heated , it would soften slowly over a broad temperature range , rather than melting abruptly .
2 But the power of this strong life-giving vibration is said to wane slowly over a 4.32 million year period , until man even forgets that he is really alive and conscious .
3 Try reducing your use of salt slowly over a period of weeks and use flavouring substitutes like herbs , spices and lemon juice .
4 But words , acquired slowly over a lifetime , are part of a different set of perceptions of the world , they have grown with us , they restrict what we see and how we see it .
5 It is also necessary not to view policies in a static way ; they have been built up slowly over a long period and they are still changing .
6 Values of ΔH vary slowly over a range from 20 to 120 kJ mol -1 .
7 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 .
8 However , although the first part is quiet , the quietness is deadly — it is the still of a battlefield after a battle — the sort of picture you have is one of a film of war where the previous scene has been fast , tense and confusing with loud , dramatic music and scenes of battle and suddenly everything becomes quiet as the camera moves slowly over a battle field strewn with bodies — this is the sort of stillness of these lines — the stillness of death .
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