Example sentences of "over a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war had been over a long time . |
| 2 | This is clearly not the case where some very frail old people are concerned but reciprocity can be viewed over a long time scale . |
| 3 | The child who uses goed or comed is guilty of over-generalisation , while in sign the use of repetition to convey occurrence over a long time would be appropriate in WAIT-WAIT-WAIT , meaning ‘ wait for ages ’ but not in KEEP-KEEP-KEEP , where it would probably mean to ‘ keep three ’ things rather than to ‘ keep over time ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ This success has been achieved as a result of the hard work by LASMO 's staff and its partners over a long time . |
| 5 | The trees were found to exhibit three types of phenology : ( i ) low fruit production over a long time ( usually pioneers ) ; ( ii ) synchronous but irregular fruiting ( associated with predator satiation of rodents , the seeds being larger than those in ( i ) ; and ( iii ) synchronous regular cycles with successive and partly overlapping fruit production ( providing a year-round supply for the frugivores ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I told you , that was over a long time ago . ’ |
| 7 | The second would be at the City Airport , where BA might offer attractive low fares , sustainable over a long time period by cross-funding from their worldwide profitable operation . |
| 8 | And the two of them working together over a long time , they would work |
| 9 | Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play . |
| 10 | There is thus a tendency to build up a strong personal relationship over a long time , and slick high-pressure selling techniques are unlikely to be of much help . |
| 11 | Over a long time now |