Sentence examples for a rather long term and from inspiring English sources

This very distinctive feature, in the framework of a rather long term and world-wide activity, constrains strongly the choices to be made at all levels of developments.

A change in soil nutrients is a rather long-term and quite complex process of temperature-driven mineralization and alteration.

Moreover, it calls for a rather long term approach for meeting present but also future generations' needs.

Silvicultural operations like thinnings and harvests have an immediate impact on forest dynamics whereas conversion in species composition is a rather long-term process because only mature stands are harvested and potentially converted.

Generally, changes in species composition on the regional scale are a rather long-term process as shown in Table 7.

Before experimentation, cells were incubated in ceftriaxone-free medium or in medium containing 1 mM ceftriaxone overnight for at least 12 h to assure detection of a rather long-term effect by covalent binding of ceftriaxone to the transporter protein.

However, as the focus of this paper is retention, it seemed more logical to use a variable that offered a rather long-term perspective on remaining with the same employer or not.

Therefore, the return on investment is rather long term compared to other industries [7].

However, the effect of such induction was rather long term (Additional file 6).

If there is a straw poll effect it seems more likely to be short term and tactical rather than long term and of strategic value.

But for Mr Lazaridis, this is enlightened, if rather long-term, self-interest.