Example sentences of "over a longer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I extend my covenant , if I wish to continue making payments over a longer period ? |
| 2 | For instance we can suggest ways of rescheduling the payments over a longer period . |
| 3 | Angus Crichton-Miller , managing director of the Rank Organisation 's holidays and hotels division and a member of the study group said : ‘ It is not an efficient system to have such changes between busy and quiet periods and it would be better if we could flatten prices over a longer season , rather than have such high-peak-season prices . ’ |
| 4 | They have given staff in schools the space to meet as a group and get to terms with issues over a longer period , complementing the series of other meetings and team meetings that go on anyway . |
| 5 | Another reason for our inability to give accurate figures is due to the prevalence of several other types of population movement , some of them on a huge scale , although extended over a longer period . |
| 6 | Unlike offices , the level of income fluctuates although sometimes over a longer period it fluctuates at a higher level than commercial . |
| 7 | The run-down was to be stretched over a longer period and the agreed strength raised from Sandys ’ proposed 45,000 to 55,000 . |
| 8 | It means you have to keep club staff there for a lot longer , till about 6.30 , and that people spend their money over a longer period of time . |
| 9 | For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) . |
| 10 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 11 | Over a longer period , substances produced in quantities of between 10 and 1000 tpa will be covered , while substances of which less than 10 tpa are produced annually will not come within the scope of the programme for the time being . |
| 12 | And again , over a longer time span genes will have changed by mutation or altered their effects by chromosomal recombination so that the effect they exert on traits can never be considered in isolation . |
| 13 | If stable over a longer period , the presence or absence of trimer structures at certain positions on a surface could act as bits of digital data . |
| 14 | An additional incentive is that a garden , in contrast to its associated historic building , does not always need substantial sums for major fabric repairs at the outset and can be revived over a longer period of time . |
| 15 | If , as it may be , such a system would cost more to operate than grant payments do , it would be of little advantage except in the important psychological sense that it would be a greater personal investment by the farmer over a longer time period . |
| 16 | ( A very similar series over a longer time span can be found in the dataset ECONOMY . ) |
| 17 | Nor did she see coherence over a longer period partly because her own world was a social one dominated by friends , clothes , music and beckoning adulthood . |
| 18 | However , if it were possible to keep careful watch over a longer period , you would discover two interesting things . |
| 19 | Spruce needles certainly take longer to decay than some other leaves , releasing humic acid over a longer period but at a slower rate , but being a long standing constituent of the northern latitudes coniferous belt , spruce ( Picea ) is quite compatible with lakes well stocked with fish . |
| 20 | Perhaps it is because a predator is able to find and eat relatively large numbers of aposematic prey in a short space of time , and that the high initial rate of feeding produces a more powerful reinforcement than a greater number of prey eaten over a longer period . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Light : Requires plenty of bright light over a longer period than is required by most other plants . |
| 23 | Light : Requires bright light over a longer period than is required for most aquarium plants . |
| 24 | Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F . |
| 25 | The next case might appear to be a bit shorter , but in fact it asks you to consider rather more factors , over a longer period , and from a rather higher management level . |
| 26 | But obviously a place not already converted would cost less initially , and the price of rebuilding would be spread over a longer period . |
| 27 | Other families need help over a longer period , although the group is careful not to overlap with the work of professional staff from the social services . |
| 28 | It is often preferable to offer the necessary quantity of food as two meals , morning and evening , so the dog 's stomach remains fuller over a longer period . |
| 29 | Between close kin it was possible for the exchanges to be one-way over a longer term , one person a net ‘ giver ’ at a particular point in time because of a reasonable confidence that he or she could be a net ‘ receiver ’ at a later stage . |
| 30 | Despite the behind-the-scenes politics , the most likely outcome of a redesigned Freedom is a slowing of ESA 's programme to spread the costs over a longer period . |