Example sentences of "over [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while a majority of informed public opinion , the target of persistent lobbying over so long a period , moved decisively towards outright abolition , fortified by the anomalous decisions resulting from the 1957 Homicide Act , the views of the general public continued to be hostile and mostly out of sympathy with the prevailing climate at Westminster and Whitehall . |
| 2 | Perhaps this was because Richard paid better than all rival employers , but over so long an association other bonds must have developed . |
| 3 | He writes : Molla Hacihasanzade , who became kazasker for twenty-five years continuously through purposing the turning away and hindering of those capable of achieving renown by directing them to the path of kaza [ kadilik ] and of those who were spoken of as outstanding in excellence among their contemporaries by impeding their passage through the ranks ; and who had by this stratagem , over so long a period , found safety from the crush of those ulema who , by right of learning and excellence , might have passed through the ranks and become rivals to him … |
| 4 | You can spread the payments over as long a period as you like . |
| 5 | A DUTCH research project , beginning this month , hopes to resolve the debate over how long compact discs will last . |
| 6 | You edit each line separately , once you 've set up how high the banner will be , and have no control over how long the banner will stretch . |
| 7 | And that 's over how long ? |
| 8 | And over how long a period should the migration be taken . |
| 9 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |