"be diluted over" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is used when describing the dispersal or weakening of something over a period of time or distance. Example: The medication should be diluted over a 24-hour period to minimize any potential side effects.
The EPA has said the current flows too fast for the contaminants to pose an immediate health threat, and that the heavy metals will likely be diluted over time so that they don't pose a longer-term threat, either.
She said: "Its impact will be diluted over 10 years and is not a significant advancement on current funding levels.
"The impact of Keystone KL would be diluted over the whole world," Levi said.
Polymorphic variation may be diluted over a larger number of proteins and, therefore, are more difficult to map.
Upon introduction into a cell, a siRNA molecule will be diluted over time due to its degradation and cellular proliferation resulting in a decrease in its effective concentration.
Reverse transcription products were diluted over four orders of magnitude; the serial dilutions were used in qPCRs containing single Taqman assays to generate standard curves and to determine efficiency values for each assay.
Ayckbourn's original scheme has been diluted over the years, as subsequent productions have sought to redistribute the workload.
If the value of each grade is diluted over the years, then the results become a devalued currency.
According to Ignacia Yépes Ayma, president of women's organisation, Adimsa: "Quechua traditions have been diluted over time because of outside influences.
His Catholicism, which has been diluted over the years, seems most vivid when he speaks of Lisa's presence in his life.
The colour scheme has been diluted over the years with the addition of ever more pictures, but the original age of the venture is still discernible through the repeated appearances of Linda Evangelista Armstrongg's 'most super of the supermodels').
