Example sentences of "[prep] long period of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequent leave was recommended ‘ in order to regain sanity of outlook after long periods of loneliness ’ , and it was later added that : ‘ Intellectual geniuses are not required , nor anyone with ‘ nerves ’ or who is likely to become ‘ Masai-astic ’ … i.e. regard themselves as specialists ' . |
| 2 | All they ever saw of their guide was a faint distant tail-light , and then only rarely , at irregular moments after long periods of doubt when it seemed that they had lost the scent , made the wrong decision at some unmarked junction up in the stormy darkness . |
| 3 | A number of borough councils agreed to appoint workers with specific lesbian and gay responsibilities and , after long periods of consultation , Camden and Haringey agreed to set up their own lesbian and gay units . |
| 4 | Gold appears either in its parent rock or in placer deposits in which the products of long periods of erosion are concentrated in the alluvium of existing river systems or buried under later sedimentary or igneous rocks . |
| 5 | In other words , the history of any one part of the earth , like the life of a soldier , consists of long periods of boredom and short periods of terror . |
| 6 | St'lyan had an organ which acted like a supercharger , so that they were capable of long periods of exertion , and like the Yek they were able to endure remarkable extremes of heat and cold . |
| 7 | There is plenty of ‘ scriptural ’ evidence that the viciousness of evolutionary dominance was , for long periods of history , and among many of the peoples of the earth , in no wise eschewed . |
| 8 | Ear defenders may be advisable for long periods of work , but we found the low exhaust tone quieter than that on average-sized petrol mowers . |
| 9 | As far as chartered accountant trainees are concerned , Mr Jones argues , ‘ you have all the aggravation of training them on high salaries and the disruption to a small office with their going off for long periods of study leave , and at the end you do n't keep them . |
| 10 | This enables underwater operation for long periods of time . |
| 11 | Can you share the same confines , for long periods of time , and where does your tolerance level lie ? |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | They are full of fun and not a breed that you can leave for long periods of time , as they are so human orientated . |
| 14 | Her parents lived in another part of the country and her husband was in the army and away for long periods of time . |
| 15 | In addition to the mobility required of them as deputies in battle for the king , they were also kept in attendance at their father 's court at Aachen for long periods of time . |
| 16 | Contact with other nations ( Egypt in the case of Herodotus ) led to a greater awareness of the past , because of the evidence for long periods of time presented , for example , by the pyramids . |
| 17 | And it does n't tie up your money for long periods of time . |
| 18 | The most obvious clue to its presence is its movement , so in order for its camouflage to work it must be prepared to remain very still for long periods of time , or at least to alter its position very slowly and gently . |
| 19 | The acid fragrance upsets their delicate nasal passages and they avoid anything smeared in it for long periods of time . |
| 20 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 21 | By the following weekend , Ned had begun to lose interest in his lover and within two weeks , much to her distress , he began leaving her alone for long periods of time while he chased after a very attractive Border Collie who had just moved into a neighbouring street . |
| 22 | This type of palette is designed to keep acrylics workable for long periods of time , which eliminates the worry of them drying too quickly . |
| 23 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 24 | Nothing is worse than walking in wet trousers for long periods of time , so the overtrousers you select should give as good a service as your jacket . |
| 25 | By plotting the areal distribution of marine strata and making reasonable inferences from facies distributions about the location of former shorelines , it has been established that for long periods of time in the Phanerozoic , especially in the early Palaeozoic and late Cretaceous , the continents have been inundated by up to two thirds of the present area by epicontinental seas . |
| 26 | A fast processor helps , but it is n't the secret of great file server performance — for long periods of time , a file server 's processor will be idle , waiting for the hard disk to do its work . |
| 27 | If a search for money and/or an avoidance of stress are two indicators of strong arousals from this goal category , then it is clear that some people can be motivated for long periods of time either by stress avoidance or by accumulating more and more money . |
| 28 | In religious organizations reconciliation can persist for long periods of time . |
| 29 | She still sees Bailey often , gets on extremely well with Catherine , Bailey 's current wife , and if he is out of town for long periods of time , they speak on the telephone . |
| 30 | The trauma underlying religion , which has been for long periods of time forgotten , remaining latent in the unconscious , was also a mixture of sexuality and aggression . |