Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun] over time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the more immediate problem in this context is that a totally flexible approach would prevent comparison of the reports of different organizations and the reports of the same organization over time . |
| 2 | Annual population estimates give a rather different impression of the phasing of the pace of the urban-rural shift over time ( Champion , 1981 , 1987b ) . |
| 3 | Initial research has shown substantial variation in the mean heights of the British population over time and in cross-section — for example between different social classes and different areas of the country and this variation is described and explained . |
| 4 | Although the difference for death rates at 9 , 12 , and 18 months are not significant , there is no evidence to suggest a trend towards a decreased benefit over time . |
| 5 | This should be stressed because it is another important fact of change in the elderly population over time . |
| 6 | Although such correlations do not amount to conclusive evidence of a causal relationship between opioid use and social deprivation , they do indicate a stable association between variations in the two phenomena over time . |
| 7 | You can write your weight in a diary or on a chart or graph and see progress develop in the right direction over time . |
| 8 | They change in the same society over time ; for example , when one society is at war with another , some people are actively encouraged to wound and kill other people from the enemy group . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , certain features of the gaol I saw seemed to reveal something more fundamental about imprisonment than did the state of the drains or other physical conditions , which may vary widely between institutions or , indeed , in the same institution over time . |
| 10 | Thus a focus on the emotional dimensions of relationships — whether on feelings of affection or feelings of duty — tends to suggest that if there has been any discernible change in a single direction over time , it has been an increase rather than a decrease in the significance of the feelings which people have for their relatives . |
| 11 | The unit costs associated with the fire service rose substantially ( as did those for the police , which are harder to recover on a consistent basis over time within the GRE system , but responsible for far more expenditure ) . |
| 12 | They will maintain firm control of public spending with the aim of keeping its share of national income on a downward trend over time . |