Example sentences of "[vb pp] over time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They have looked at the commission of offences reported over time by a sample of youths in longitudinal surveys . |
| 3 | Given that public expenditure has grown over time in the UK , how do we compare with other countries ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | The concept of a profession is , as we have seen , based upon claims to specialised knowledge and skills developed over time through training . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Far from being static these are redefined over time in line with economic and social change . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | That is , structuration refers to the process by which classes become reproduced as real ‘ lived ’ entities , together with the way in which their structure is changed over time by social processes . |
| 16 | While a few policemen tried to the bitter end to avoid conversation with the field-worker , sufficient rapport was established over time for the majority to talk quite openly to her about what are highly sensitive and controversial topics in a Northern Ireland context . |
| 17 | Figure 9.6 shows pessimistic perceptions of the economy in the past plotted over time without being smoothed . |
| 18 | 1973 ) and its internal structure managed over time to a determined land use pattern . |