Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] over time " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did they define ‘ regular ’ or ‘ specific ’ in this case and did this vary over time ? |
| 2 | There is still no study that describes what families at different levels of earning spend on cooking energy , and how this changes over time . |
| 3 | Has this changed over time ? |
| 4 | Both flashbulb and vivid memories can be inaccurate and do show some forgetting over time ( McCloskey et al. , 1988 ) and there certainly are memories of this type which do not necessary involve emotional arousal at the time . |
| 5 | All these change over time . |
| 6 | The concept of the ‘ biographical career ’ is central to this approach as it allows consideration of the uniqueness of individual biographies , the meanings which individuals attach to the concepts of age and ageing , and how these change over time ( Johnson , 1978 ; Fairhurst and Lightup , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | Similarly , poetry can not be defined just in terms of its devices because these change over time . |
| 8 | Given that these change over time , the dominance of the industry by a certain nationality of institutions may be transitory . |
| 9 | In some cases local authorities have even set up their own associations to deal with this , although since many housing associations are organized on a regional and increasingly even a national basis , local input is likely to diminish over time . |
| 10 | Indeed , this is likely to vary over time with changing social context . |
| 11 | Users are not necessarily rational and their needs are likely to change over time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Our notions of who constitutes the academic community , the freedoms at stake , and the ways in which they might be protected , all develop over time . |
| 14 | Temporary working over time |
| 15 | Of course it is difficult to generalise over time and between parties with respect to the relations between party and Prime Minister , but in the recent past it has become clear that the Labour Party outside Parliament has been concerned to exert a greater measure of effective control over Labour Prime Ministers . |
| 16 | wage rises and inflation ( both measured over time ) |