Example sentences of "[be] [verb] over [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | Published by the Menil Foundation with Mercator Fonds and Thames & Hudson ( £45 ) , it is aimed at a wider readership , but it will be the essential essay for all students keen to learn how a great scholar 's opinions have been honed over the long years spent in the consideration of Magritte 's art . |
2 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
3 | In this type of study , trend values of consumption and income are collected over a long period of time so that most cyclical fluctuations are smoothed out . |
4 | As the ice slowly melts the plants are watered over a long period . |
5 | There are plenty of other collections with which to compare this one that do seem to have been written over a long period , and , indeed , the possible Eckard autograph F-Pn D 14218 ( see n.5 ) , with its much more disparate contents , its fragments , and its changes of hand toward the end , is such a source . |
6 | Also , employers are constantly employing new staff so the return on selection has to be calculated over a longer period of time to get a true picture of the effects of selection methods . |
7 | For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) . |
8 | The run-down was to be stretched over a longer period and the agreed strength raised from Sandys ’ proposed 45,000 to 55,000 . |
9 | This is clearly not the case where some very frail old people are concerned but reciprocity can be viewed over a long time scale . |
10 | Capital allowances deducted from the taxable income may be higher in the early years ( and therefore lower in the later years ) thin book depreciation , which may be charged over a longer period . |
11 | An additional incentive is that a garden , in contrast to its associated historic building , does not always need substantial sums for major fabric repairs at the outset and can be revived over a longer period of time . |
12 | But obviously a place not already converted would cost less initially , and the price of rebuilding would be spread over a longer period . |
13 | It faced substantial protests , however , from water suppliers , notably in the UK ( see pp. 36903 ; 37159 ) and in West Germany , who objected that the massive costs involved would need to be spread over a longer period . |
14 | Debt due for repayment within two years could be paid within five years , and debt due to be repaid over a longer period could be paid within eight years . |
15 | This explains how the disease can be misdiagnosed over a long period and stresses the need for biopsy specimens whatever the type of gastric lesion . |
16 | These real arts of the field man 's work can only be acquired over a long period , and they must be practised and refined by an officer on his own in the course of his work . |
17 | If it 's a professional job they will have been observed over a long period and their habits and financial status will be known . ’ |
18 | It points out , however , that decommissioning costs are spread over a long period , while those of reprocessing spent fuel are more immediate . |
19 | Christmas puddings , jars of mincemeat , bunches of holly , fruit , nuts , table-mats , serviette-rings and dozens of other useful little articles they had made carefully and patiently were spread over a long trestle table in the hall . |
20 | Complex adaptations have developed because in certain circumstances the same selection pressure has been maintained over a long period of time . |
21 | Ethnographic research has special qualities suited to dealing with controversial topics in sensitive locations , for it entails a gradual and progressive contact with respondents , which is sustained over a long period , allowing a rapport to be established slowly with respondents over time , and for researchers to participate in the full range of experiences involved in the topic . |
22 | It is belted over a long overfold the lower edge of which makes a second horizontal accent , less marked and less regular than that of the belt . |
23 | ‘ The offer price of 240p is spread over the longest instalment period ever on any privatisation . |
24 | All your behaviour , with the exception of those reflexes that were built into the system , has been acquired over a long period of ad hoc learning . |
25 | This is seldom needed for analysis purposes but random access mode is often used where the records are held over a long period and have to be updated with the passage of time . |
26 | Brussels Cathedral ( 490 ) was built over a long period . |
27 | This was built over a long period — both Peter Parler and Rejsek worked on it . |
28 | This experiment was conducted over a longer time period ( ten days ) , starting with young plants . |
29 | Rhythm was controlled over the long paragraphs ; articulation crystal-clear . |