The angle of Earth's axial tilt is relatively stable over long periods of time.

Over long periods of time, some mercury recombines with sulfur and is buried in sediments.

Not only are economic motivations and intrinsic motivations incompatible, that incompatibility can persist over long periods.

Finally, over very long periods the positions of the stars themselves change, because of the stars' proper motions.

Home prices cannot have shown such increases over long time periods, for then no one could afford a home.

The ultrasonic motor is now used in many consumer and office electronics requiring precision rotations over long periods of time.

Over periods of several years, our models do better.

But these distortions did not prevent unbalanced systems from enduring for long periods.

Many have persisted for long periods of time and have become self perpetuating.

To our surprise, we found that the relative prices of grains, metals, and many other basic goods tended to revert to a central mean tendency over sufficiently long periods.

While reserves increased at an annual rate of 22 over the past three years, the broad monetary aggregate (M2) that most closely tracks nominal GDP and inflation over long periods of time increased at less than 6 over the same three years.

Horses can become anxious or stressed if there are long periods of time between meals.

Many researchers believe that the threat to life and property from NEOs, when averaged over long periods, is comparable to that from more familiar natural hazards such as earthquakes and extreme weather events.

Moreover, many African countries hit bottom and rebounded from long periods of civil war and economic decline.

Furthermore, they are often detained for long periods of time, in some cases years, without legal representation.

(j) At the poor conditions of detention and long pre trial detention periods of up to three years

Investment in Kenya s education system, along with economic reforms, and (until recently) relative political stability has undoubtedly helped the economy, which has grown by around 4 5 annually over the past decade, following long periods of stagnation.

The Long March was over.

Today, as over the past few weeks, Côte d'Ivoire is witnessing one of the cyclical periods of anxiety.

(e) The cases of summary or arbitrary execution, disappearance, torture, harassment, unlawful arrest, widespread persecution and arbitrary detention for long periods

The private sector has typically stayed out, owing to long cost recovery periods, small market size, and lack of consumer credit.

1. Recognizes that the Fund's policy of broad diversification of its investments by currency, types of asset classes and geographical areas continues to be the most reliable method of reducing risk and improving returns over long periods of time

Instead, the price of gold often seems to drift far above or far below its fundamental long term value for extended periods.

UNIDIR's increasingly competitive programme brings young researchers from all over the world to work at UNIDIR for short periods.

Closely linked to this problem was the duration of the examination of submissions, which extends for long periods of time both during the sessions and during the intersessional periods, thus presenting difficulties for all members of the Commission.

Over a long generation, England was transformed.

Some of the trails are over long.

In Argentina, unlike in the US, re election is unlimited, as long as the president does not exceed two consecutive periods in office.

A better long term solution is a central EU fiscal capacity that accumulates the resources to respond to shocks during periods of growth.

In the east, the climate shows clear continental features winters can be very cold for long periods, and summers can become very warm.

It means that violence, the rule of warriors and despotic chiefs, the conditions of camps and warfare, of riot and tyranny, give place to parliaments where laws are made, and independent courts of justice in which over long periods those laws are maintained.

Though Nature defended itself successfully, the suit cost it a lot of money and tied up many of its staff members for long periods.

The long term result of all this is oscillation between dialogue and deadlock, which has led to periods of uncertain engagement or heated confrontation.

Youth are at risk of becoming hardened criminals when they spend long periods in the company of adult prisoners convicted of more serious crimes.

However, frequent reporting of annual data on the economically active population by sex and age improved over the three time periods.

The dam is just over long and high.

But cotton potentially offers the best payback, because it has cash value on the international market and can be stored for long periods of time.

In interwar Europe, parliamentarism in many countries was plagued by frequent votes of no confidence, bringing down governments and leaving states rudderless for long periods.

Future sessional periods

Saudi Arabia s decade long royal death watch is over.

The time periods in paragraph 156 (a) to (c) above are considered maximum time periods.

China has long kept tight control over its main banks.

The Israeli disengagement will be judged over the long term.

Different viruses predominate at different periods of the year during influenza season, for example, influenza may account for over half of all viral cases.

This area had a reputation for being rebellious, having been the scene of eleven separate periods of armed conflict over the previous 40 years.