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