Example sentences of "[noun sg] over a long period [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If this analysis is accepted , then it is clear that the attempt over a long period of time to protect the position of those living in privately rented accommodation has failed and has , in fact , made the position worse .
2 Common sense as well as medical evidence tells us , however , that excessive drinking over a long period of time can lead to health problems — and that drinking vast quantities in a short space of time is both foolish and dangerous .
3 Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected .
4 Permanent income can be thought of as the present value of the expected flow of income from the existing stock of both ‘ human ’ and ‘ non-human ’ wealth over a long period of time .
5 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 .
6 The father , Mr P , also an English incomer to Orkney , had carried out various forms of abuse over a long period of time .
7 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 .
8 To know that there 's someone going to buy your crop over a long period of time , or part of your crop , ideally , over a long period of time , does help people to plan ahead .
9 On the other hand , in certain other areas of our bulk chemicals we have been very successful in maintaining a good margin business over a long period of time .
10 The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … .
11 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 .
12 When some sociologists talk of the ‘ socialization function of the family ’ , therefore , they are not talking of a family deliberately and consciously performing a function assigned to it from outside by ‘ society ’ , but rather of a more subtle process that arises out of the facts of being married , of sharing a residence over a long period of time , and of parenthood .
13 Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time .
14 Despite my closeness over a long period to Harold Wilson , I was certainly not close to his publicised cronies .
15 These data suggest that the selection of a relative who gives moral support is related partly to the composition of the kin group and partly to the quality of a particular relationship over a long period of time .
16 The officer must indeed be prepared to sustain his attempts at persuasiveness over a long period of time , a matter which can pose problems , for he must be able to sense when a less conciliatory performance is warranted and a show of force , however discreet , would be appropriate .
17 Unlike the 1991 Rugby World Cup , which took place over a whole month , not to mention the three months build-up , thereby allowing the sponsors to develop their marketing strategy over a long period of time , the World Sevens tournament is a three-day event , with the commercial potential of a ‘ Market blink ’ , as he puts it .
18 For example , there may be evidence for a sequence of buildings being constructed and going out of use over a long period of time .
19 In Britain these are in a state of flux although there has been much discussion about the role of the inspector over a long period of time .
20 Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time .
21 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 .
22 However , at Cosmeston the archaeologist has the opportunity to excavate a large portion of the settlement over a long period of time and to use the results to shed light on sites where the excavators have not been so fortunate .
23 The length of time it has been operation will determine how much money she gets back , but it is unlikely to have made much of a profit , because endowments are designed to make money over a long period of time .
24 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 .
25 the nature of the caring relationship is likely to be based on love and mutual support over a long period of time .
26 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 .
27 He went on ‘ improving ’ this poem over a long period of years so that the text usually printed shows many alterations from the original .
28 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 .
29 I think the question remains or that my doubts remain that there will be a level of there will that one can assume a level of commitments which would be it would be sensible to try and draw back from or phase over a longer period of time .
30 As to who would provide the care she said that where there is care over a long period of time , families often stop employing carers through an agency .
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