Example sentences of "[verb] over time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It leads on to one of the basic processes of geographical inquiry , to study the impact of processes occurring over time on different areas . |
| 2 | Now if our assets if by promoting the right to buy , by having capital receipts we seem to have a large balance building up , there is the distinct risk given the sort of policies that this government has pursued over time of a we will be running a risk there , we do n't know what they 're going to do , you do n't know what they 're going to do . |
| 3 | They have looked at the commission of offences reported over time by a sample of youths in longitudinal surveys . |
| 4 | Although levels of anti-HBs decline over time after vaccination , immunity apparently can outlast demonstrable antibody . |
| 5 | Given that public expenditure has grown over time in the UK , how do we compare with other countries ? |
| 6 | The incremental approach has also been known to produce an impressive degree of evolution within a given generation , with each system pushed over time to its workable limits . |
| 7 | The fact that these things happen over time in the same place matters , even if this study does not draw on Giddens ' ( 1981 ) notion of structuration to address this sort of question . |
| 8 | The scope of debate is limited or shifted over time in particular directions , but always in a direction which consolidates power into more permanent forms , which in time may become almost invisible to citizens , accepted as uncontroversial , ‘ natural ’ features of the landscape . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ Our initial horror and disbelief at what happened on that day was replaced over time by the realisation that that day heralded the start of the British Government 's Shoot-to-Kill policy in Northern Ireland ’ . |
| 10 | Indeed , this is likely to vary over time with changing social context . |
| 11 | The concept of a profession is , as we have seen , based upon claims to specialised knowledge and skills developed over time through training . |
| 12 | ( Stimulus A of fig. 5.10 might be said to be enriched , if only a little , by virtue of its ability to evoke the image of X. ) The differentiation theory , in contrast , holds that ‘ percepts change over time by progressive elaboration of qualities , features and dimensions of variation ’ ( Gibson and Gibson 1955 , p. 34 ) , that is , by an elaboration of aspects of the stimulus that are present in it from the outset . |
| 13 | Why have penal ideas and practices altered over time in the West in the ways described in the ‘ Schools of Penal Thought ’ section of the previous chapter ? |
| 14 | Although there are important differences between the various theories , the great majority of researchers assert that ‘ aggression ’ ( however defined ; see below for a discussion on definitions ) is an integral part of human nature ; and that aggressive impulses and behaviour have somehow to be directed and controlled for human relations to be sustained over time in a social setting . |
| 15 | For example , while the present data show how soft constraints affect preference ( and thus the state of the comprehension system ) , they can not address the question of how the preferences develop over time on reading a stimulus sentence . |
| 16 | Far from being static these are redefined over time in line with economic and social change . |
| 17 | The futures price tends to fall over time towards the spot price , equalling the spot price on the delivery day , at which time the basis is zero . |
| 18 | Where he differed from Darwin was mainly on the critical issue of evolution , i.e. , the proposition that one species could change over time into another species , but his arguments on these matters were by no means obscurantist or naive . |
| 19 | The levels of relocation allowances paid will change over time with employers usually reviewing their cash values each year . |
| 20 | It appears that the effect of marking to the market with stochastic interest rates is generally rather small , can vary as between futures ( depending on the sensitivity of their price to movements in interest rates ) and may also vary over time for the same future . |
| 21 | Although it is common practice to distinguish what Henry Sweet called ‘ form-words ’ as distinct from ‘ full words ’ and to locate the former in grammar rather than lexis , it has to be noted that these ‘ form-words ’ have emerged over time from full-blown lexical sources , and for the most part still have recognizable kin which show clear signs of the relationship . |
| 22 | What is loosely termed ‘ global competition ’ is the outcome of how individual firms have reacted over time to the changing balance of opportunity and threat . |
| 23 | The magnitude of the deviations from the no-arbitrage price fell over time for both indices . |
| 24 | But I am sure that a dynamic system which is flexible enough to respond to congestion as and when it occurs and can cope over time with any land use intensity changes without modification , will be more acceptable to the travelling public than rigid systems . |
| 25 | As far as mental state is concerned we first examined the OBS score over time of all dementia sufferers not admitted straight away to long-term institutional care . |
| 26 | To check whether the relative emphases in the programme get carried over into government priorities , we can count the sentences devoted to each topic and see if these relate over time to spending in various areas . |
| 27 | The definitions attached to strategies for change in educational institutions , as in other institutions , to do with becoming effective lobbyists , operators and competitors , are based on assumptions constructed over time about politics and power . |
| 28 | The option premium fluctuates over time as a function of the price of the underlying asset , its volatility and the rate of interest . |
| 29 | This is illustrated in Fig. 4.1 where it is assumed that wage offers increase over time as the individual searches . |
| 30 | Furthermore the information flows can be changed over time as a result of mutation in the genetic code or by the individual 's own genetic system , and some information might thus be eliminated . |