And as medicine advances and changes, Dr. Weil asked, "is it possible to compare hospitals or even recent time periods, especially when faced with disease courses that may extend over years?" He also suggested that if hospitals were forced to give patients comparative information, it might lead some to avoid difficult cases, to make their numbers look better.
It's hard to be much more exact, since its invention was a scattered effort extending over years if not decades.
He had a quarrel extending over years with Philip, the natural-born half-brother of the duke of Savoy, which ended in a duel fatal to Philip in 1599.
Most of the studies, however, were designed to assess the efficacy and safety of these drugs for 3 to 5 years, and only few of them extended over 5 years (BPs).
If extended over 30 years, that would "represent a significant decline in direct spending support to the sector since the 30 years preceding our 2000 study of government support for energy investments".
In the same year, women represented 40 percent of those applying for "flexible" M.B.A.'s, programs that can be extended over several years and taken part-time.
Dame Nellie Melba's farewell extended over seven years.
Introduced in 1841, the Harcourt line of glassware has been reinterpreted and extended over the years.
The discussions extended over several years, but the treaty was finally signed in Paris on May 28 , 1258
WARREN--William D. To a friendship that has extended over many years.
Raising children is like a chess match extended over 18 years or so.
