Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] long period [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In religious organizations reconciliation can persist for long periods of time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | He was very tired and found it hard to concentrate for long periods of time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Because we are realising what television can not admit ; that nothing much happens for long periods of time . |
| 9 | What we are saying there are other emergencies and I get down to the word loneliness now is there any reason why senior citizens should n't have the facility whereby they can make telephone calls if those , they so desire , to members of the family who in many instances they have n't seen for long periods of time ? |
| 10 | Unlike conventional spring-loaded shears , which are heavy to use , and which work through a linkage which becomes worn with use , the Master and Multi Shears are lightweight , and can be operated for long periods without hand strain , even by people with limited hand strength . |
| 11 | The tape recorders were supplied by the British Ferrograph Company of South Shields , who made an extremely high-quality and tough recorder capable of operating for long periods without attention . |
| 12 | It partly corresponds to the asthenosphere , the plastic-like properties of which permits slow ‘ flow ’ of material in response to forces applied over long periods of time ( Fig. 2.7 ) . |
| 13 | Creams or ointments containing steroids often help reduce the inflammation and itching in the skin but should n't be used for long periods of time . |
| 14 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 15 | In contrast , the adjustable peg system was characterized by long periods of crisis in deficit countries such as the UK with exchange rate adjustment occurring infrequently and belatedly , e.g. the devaluations of 1949 and 1967 . |
| 16 | They are said to relieve cramp In the forearm which can arise from long periods of practice flying : but here another caution should be observed . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Since the Great War , 1914–18 , it has been practiced by wage-earners , suffering from long periods of unemployment and underemployment , so drastic that it seemed abject folly to produce children who could neither be adequately nourished nor sufficiently educated to secure a satisfactory livelihood . |
| 19 | Ideals have always been developed over long periods of time as the result of historical evolutions and through exceptional personalities . |
| 20 | They are full of fun and not a breed that you can leave for long periods of time , as they are so human orientated . |
| 21 | He can go for long periods without food ; I can go for long periods without sleep . |
| 22 | He can go for long periods without food ; I can go for long periods without sleep . |
| 23 | Most of the legendary tales about the camel ‘ s ability to survive for long periods without water are true . |
| 24 | In addition to their role as refuse removers , these crustaceans also provide a valuable food source for some fish , particularly Mandarins , which are next to impossible to maintain for long periods in aquaria which are not well stocked with inverts and living rock . |
| 25 | In the 1970s Portugal and Spain both emerged from long periods of dictatorship and established parliamentary-electoral systems with remarkable smoothness . |
| 26 | A shorter half-life of lymphocytes expressing the lower- M r isoforms has also been observed in sheep , whereas cells with a ‘ naive ’ phenotype persist for long periods in mice after adoptive transfer . |
| 27 | and they 're just jailed for long periods of time , because he wants to assert , Saddam wants to assert , er his authority and show how erm , tough he is . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | AGR fuel is clad in stainless steel , which corrodes and so can not be kept for long periods under water . |
| 30 | His rise to prominence in political leadership was punctuated by long periods of withdrawal enforced by the colonial government : in this respect he was like Nehru during these same years , also held incommun-icado by the colonial power . |