Example sentences of "[verb] over time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that public expenditure has grown over time in the UK , how do we compare with other countries ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Far from being static these are redefined over time in line with economic and social change . |
| 7 | Now let us assume a more dynamic perspective and consider how this religion actually works over time in different phases of the life-cycle of the local group . |