Over geological epochs cracks expand to become caves or cave systems.

Over time there was a convergence in views, but Lyell's description of the development of geological ideas led to wide belief that uniformitarianism had triumphed.

Over Jameson's fifty year tenure, he built up a huge collection of mineralogical and geological specimens for the Museum of Edinburgh University, including fossils, birds and insects.

Over a relatively short period of time, usually about four to twelve weeks, the worker must be able to shift the focus, back and forth, between immediate external stressful exigencies ( `` precipitating stress '' ) and the key, emotionally relevant issues ( `` underlying problem '' ) which are, often in a dramatic preconscious breakthrough, reactivated by the crisis situation, and hence once again amenable to resolution.

Over time, he developed an approach known as structural functionalism, which focused on how institutions in societies worked to balance out or create an equilibrium in the social system to keep it functioning harmoniously.

Over time, amphibians shrank in size and decreased in diversity, leaving only the modern subclass Lissamphibia.

Over time, the alphabet developed into the form shown below.

Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

Over time, a host of software and computer industries have developed around the university.

Over time, she proved to be a scientific colleague to her husband.

Over time, especially with the suppression of rebellions, Athens exercised hegemony over the rest of the league.

The ULA had an issue similar to those experienced by other socketed CPU's ; Over time, the thermal heating and cooling could cause the ULA to rise slightly out of it's socket just enough to cause the machine to start exhibiting ' hanging ' or other startup-failure issues, such as a continuous ' startup beep '.

Over time, he gradually took over responsibility for the relationships between the small Bahá ' i exile community and the outside world.

" Over time, scientists would build on his initial ideas to form the modern synthesis.

Over a long period of time, the slightly denser regions of the nearly uniformly distributed matter gravitationally attracted nearby matter and thus grew even denser, forming gas clouds, stars, galaxies, and the other astronomical structures observable today.

Over time, biological warfare became more complex.

Over time the standards developed to cover many aspects of tangible engineering, and then engineering methodologies including quality systems, safety and security.

Over time the forms of and ideas about communication have evolved through progression of technology.

Over time, as new states were formed from federal territories, these territorial reception statutes became obsolete and were re-enacted as state law.

Over time, the intermarriage of the Kanembu and Bornu peoples created a new people and language, the Kanuri, and founded a new capital, Ngazargamu.

Over time this process has been regulated and insured by central banks.

Over time, the peat grows deeper.

" Over historical time spans there are a number of nearly constant variables that determine climate, including latitude, altitude, proportion of land to water, and proximity to oceans and mountains.

Over time, the group's founding members began leaving.

Over time, these canons were supplemented with decretals of the Bishops of Rome, which were responses to doubts or problems according to the maxim, " Roma locuta est, causa finita est " (" Rome has spoken, case is closed ").

Over time, the general conservative ideology in many countries adopted economic liberal arguments, and the term liberal conservatism was replaced with conservatism.

Over time, the coyotes killed most of the cats, and then continued to eat the cat food placed daily at the colony site by people who were maintaining the cat colony.

" Don't Dream It's Over " was named the seventh best Australian song of all time in 2001.

Over time, human have learned how to synthesize organic compounds.

The use of antibiotics and hormones in cattle and birds, artificial food additives like artificial colors / flavors, artificial sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup and aspartame, artificial preservatives, etc., prompted " propaganda " films like Super Size Me ( 2004 ), King Corn ( 2007 ), Food, Inc. ( 2008 ), Forks Over Knives ( 2011 ), and others to promote food awareness, organic farming and eating local organic food, reducing and eliminating pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and synthetic fertilizers, and adopting a vegan and / or raw food diet.

Over the centuries, the buildings and gardens have evolved together as to become an integral part of a unique, organic and living temple community.

Over time, the acidity of the acetic acid and tannins in an aging wine will catalytically protonate other organic acids ( including acetic acid itself ), encouraging ethanol to react as a nucleophile.

Over the years, the band's sound has evolved from organic New Orleans funk to a more modern style, incorporating elements of hip hop, electronica, fusion, and jazz.

Over 18, 000 school children per year visit the organized school programs, and over 200 public education offerings include such diverse topics as botanical illustration, organic cooking and basic botany.

Over long periods of time, lakes, or bays within them, may gradually become enriched by nutrients and slowly fill in with organic sediments, a process called succession.

Over time inorganic materials like brick, stone, metal, concrete, and terra cotta began to be used by ancient people instead of organic ones, due to their durability.

Over time, his flesh itself became a kind of organic metal.

Gem Jute promotes sustainable development and support the environment by providing high-quality, organic, biodegradable products to the world market. Over 5000 people are working at Gem Jute Limited.

Over time, it does not matter if an individual has merit or talent or creative energy.

Over time the solid matter settles to the bottom and is removed by truck about once per year.

Over the next few days most of the dark syrup and uncrystalline matter drained through a small hole in the bottom of the mould into the collecting pot.

Over two years after his departure, the matter was referred to the Department of Justice, where Attorney General Janet Reno declined prosecution.

As Watt writes, " Over the dinner table, Beneš convinced the British and French that the plebiscite should not be held and that the Allies should simply impose their own decision in the Teschen matter.

As a sometimes beneficial consequence of trace amounts of waste matter making its way to the leach field, foliage will naturally flourish over the leach field, hence the phrase, " Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank.

Over time, these well-known stories became less a subject matter than a pretext for topical and satiric theatre.

This supports the old phrase " Mind Over matter " that you have heard coaches say while you were growing up.

Barbara Hambly's short story " The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece " ( from Shadows Over Baker Street ) and A. F. Kidd's short story " The Grantchester Grimoire " ( from Gaslight Grimoire ) both also feature Carnacki aiding Sherlock Holmes in an investigation of an occult matter.

Over many millions of years, plankton, bacteria, and other plant and animal matter become buried in sediments on the ocean floor.