Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over a long period " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |
| 8 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |
| 9 | Had this apparently contradictory programme been worked out over a long period , it might have seemed more logical . |
| 10 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |