Example sentences of "[art] long [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.

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1 During the long dry periods between floods debris accumulates in the valleys as a result of weathering and also is probably swept in by wind action , so that the streamfloods have an enormous amount of readily available load .
2 Nevertheless , it is an early maturing variety well suited to the long ripening period of a northern wine region .
3 Over the long historical period since the Industrial Revolution , the focus of industrial development has shifted a number of times .
4 Land cultivation in the Auvergne uplands is extremely limited because of the long cold period in winter when sward re-establishment would be difficult , a dry summer climate , and because of thin soils which are anyway generally quite fertile .
5 Typically there is a long latent period between radiation exposure and detection of a tumour , which is because of the time required for sufficient increase in the size of the tumour to make it detectable , and may also be due in part to a form of induction period before the initially affected cell or cells start to divide and form a tumour , or before the tumour assumes ‘ malignant ’ characteristics of growth and spreading .
6 Its surface bears some evidence for an early period of crater erasure , and for a long subsequent period of slight internal contraction , presumably the result of cooling .
7 Customers signing new life policies will have a longer cooling-off period of 14 days ( instead of 10 ) in which to cancel .
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