Example sentences of "extended period [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There clearly was quite an extended period between Eadwine 's marriage to Aethelburh — some time before c .
2 Movement from the centralities of ‘ real polising ’ in uniform , via the CID , into the marginal fringes of an extended period of drug squad work , had a profound influence on the absolute tenets of policing I had absorbed over the previous decade .
3 These do not exist in the hops and must be converted from precursor a acids which are present by an extended period of boiling .
4 They apply to the justification of the use of public power over a range of issues , for an extended period of time .
5 It was noted above that for an extended period of our history crime was actually falling .
6 The sandwich principle , co-operative education and industrial or clinical placement are different terms for essentially the same thing : an extended period of work experience which is built into courses of study and by which students gain knowledge of current working practices and new developments in industry and the professions .
7 What is not rubbish is that an attempt to operate modern cars on low octane fuel for any extended period of time is likely to have very severe consequences for the engine .
8 Post-Qualification Review — Extended Period of Consultation
9 Between 1736 and 1738 Ramsay journeyed to Italy for an extended period of study , training under Francesco Imperiale in Rome and Francesco Solimena in Naples .
10 During an extended period of wandering in the sky world , Litaw met Inabay , who gave him some dust from her eyes .
11 One of the purposes of an extended period of single-sex science teaching might be to let teachers see how girls approach scientific matters , and to discover , what may well be the case , that girls are just as capable of ‘ scientific thinking ’ as boys .
12 Previously , investigations like this had been done mainly from the outsider 's point of view , and it was men like Evans-Pritchard ( 1902–73 ) , Radcliffe-Brown ( 1881–1955 ) , and , particularly , Malinowski ( 1884–1942 ) , who determined that the only really effective way of understanding the way of life of these peoples was to go and live among them for an extended period of time , learning their language , and becoming accepted as a member of their social groups .
13 P. J. Lawless ( unpublished work ) suggested that it might imply an extended period of volcanic activity , but if the low-temperature mica age is correct , the older age for the zircon megacrysts can be reinterpreted as the true mean age of their formation , close to but significantly before eruption .
14 Other freeholders , however , were less career-motivated , and often showed considerable loyalty to a particular political interest over an extended period of time , and as a generalisation it might be suggested that they were less likely to jump from one interest to another than were the lawyers with judicial preferment in mind .
15 Miller observed that penal institutions ‘ can not sustain their decency over an extended period of time .
16 After an extended period of neglect the decorative arts in Rome are about to have new homes .
17 There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time .
18 Predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion although with a substantial Roman Catholic ( Uniate ) minority , Kievan Rus had been the origin of the Russian state in the ninth century and enjoyed an extended period of independence , but then came under Lithuanian , Polish and ( from the seventeenth century ) Russian control .
19 Young people from working-class backgrounds , for instance , are more likely to spend time with a boy/girl-friend whereas young people from G middle-class backgrounds continue to move around in mixed sex groups for a longer period , perhaps anticipating an extended period of dependence on parents as they head for further or higher education .
20 Whereas in the home market sales and production are likely to be financed from existing working capital , the extended period of credit which is possible in the export trade may necessitate additional forms of finance .
21 Like just about everything , they had a history and , like most other phenomena based on biological processes — for the ego and superego , although purely psychological agencies , nevertheless require a brain in which to function — evolved over an extended period of time .
22 ‘ In view of this the prisoner was advised that he would now be eligible for an extended period of 24 hours Compassionate Home Leave to attend the funeral , whenever it was arranged , ’ it said .
23 ( 1 ) Do not study for an extended period on one subject .
24 Yet British Rail says that it will have to offer temporary rehousing for an extended period to many people who will be next door to the works because of the extent and nature of the noise and vibration that they will experience .
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