Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commonly , sales forecasting for a period of up to one year ahead is differentiated from sales and market forecasting for longer periods . |
| 2 | The alternative , according to response competition is : ‘ Ricky will remain for longer periods in his place doing what he is supposed to ’ . |
| 3 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 4 | This is obviously a strong incentive to go for long periods . |
| 5 | Another problem is that if the remedies are given for long periods , as they often are , the patient may start to prove the remedy , developing a new set of symptoms . |
| 6 | Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods . |
| 7 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 8 | It is never a good idea to sit for long periods but , if this is essential , get up from time to time in order to move the body . |
| 9 | On the other hand , though , it 's quite possible for Vulcanian eruptions to continue for long periods , with fresh viscous magma constantly being supplied . |
| 10 | The oxygen consumption of an insect may rise a hundredfold when flight begins and if it is to continue for long periods a reserve of oxidizable respiratory material is needed . |
| 11 | I have found that the pupils designated as having moderate learning difficulties that I have worked with can : concentrate for long periods of time ; sustain protracted investigations ; be systematic ; reason logically ; find patterns and relationships ; make and test predictions ; generalise ; record and explain their findings . |
| 12 | In religious organizations reconciliation can persist for long periods of time . |
| 13 | Frankly there just is n't the money to go around , and kids are being made to suffer for long periods of time er for operations which really could be done if only they had the money . |
| 14 | In towns and cities which are occupied for long periods of time , there is a continuous process of old buildings being demolished and levelled for the construction of new ones , which in turn become old and are demolished . |
| 15 | Depending on the nature of the defect , electrons may remain trapped for long periods of time ; such a trap would be referred to as ‘ deep ’ . |
| 16 | You body wo n't turn as much as it did before , you get tired more quickly , you 're less able to concentrate for long periods and have to allow for more errors . |
| 17 | He was very tired and found it hard to concentrate for long periods of time . |
| 18 | The minor claim is simply that if you it 's an empirical claim it says if you look at the fossil record , and you look in detail at the changes in the fossils , what you observe is not continuous steady change , but you see what they call stasis — that is nothing much happening for long periods of time , perhaps for millions of years , and then rather suddenly changes taking place . |
| 19 | Highly cited papers tended to age more slowly ( i.e. maintained significant citation counts for longer periods ) than less-cited papers . |
| 20 | For long hauls the rivers still remained more important than roads in NEP , despite the fact that many of them flow to the Arctic and are frozen for long periods . |
| 21 | Daphnia will survive for long periods in your tank . |
| 22 | In household pets whose exercise is limited the presence of the tracheal nodules is well tolerated , and animals can survive for long periods with little distress . |
| 23 | These muscles have the function of keeping us upright against the ever-present force of gravity ; they have the advantage of never tiring as they need to work for long periods at a time . |
| 24 | You will need to be able to work for long periods with a high degree of accuracy , and have really good eyesight . |
| 25 | Another important attribute is the ability to work for long periods almost independently and not feel alienated but , on the other hand , also be able to integrate with the team . |
| 26 | The sharp bright sunshine , accompanied by cold winds and interspersed with long periods of heavy rain , had at last given way to real spring weather , warm sunshine and feathery showers . |
| 27 | In France , for instance , a country not included in the comparison , the bursts of activity and membership growth — interspersed with long periods of relative dormancy — seem to have depended more on political events ( as in 1936 , 1947 , and post-1968 ) than upon changing economic circumstances ( Sellier , 1978 ) . |
| 28 | Because we are realising what television can not admit ; that nothing much happens for long periods of time . |
| 29 | The twelfth century was characterized , therefore , by fewer but more protracted wars , which smouldered for long periods between short , sharp bouts of conflict , like the war that covered must of the reigns of Henry I of England and Louis VI of France , the one inaugurated by the great rebellion of 1173 , which outlived both Louis VII and Henry II , or that against Catalan claims in the south . |
| 30 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |