Example sentences of "[art] long period [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any other case , bankruptcy proceedings must be begun in the county court for the insolvency district in which the debtor has resided or carried on business for the longest period during the six months immediately preceding the presentation of the bankruptcy petition ( r 6.9(2) ) . |
| 2 | In a formal sense at least , the long period in the wilderness was over . |
| 3 | The styles of learning in Koranic schools and catechist classes have predictable effects on the way children learn in school , but the missionary tradition in education is responsible for so much else besides , ( over a long period of the history of formal education the great majority of schools were missionary schools ) . |
| 4 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 5 | There is nothing at all romantic about this sympathy for the underdog : as a midshipman , we are told , Aubrey had been disrated for an unsavoury escapade and had served a long period on the lower deck , an experience which he never forgot . |
| 6 | The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations . |
| 7 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 8 | For a long period before the 1970s they were Fordist ; in the 1970s/1980s period of structural change neo-Fordism came to dominate . |
| 9 | The Teleuts , however , had been sovereign in their own domains for a long period before the Russians arrived on the scene . |
| 10 | The large increase in coastal shipping after 1760 was built on a transport facility which had already proved itself over a long period among the most valuable of the country 's natural assets . |
| 11 | Staggered working hours would spread travelling times over a longer period of the day and in many cases allow more efficient use of factories , offices , schools and the equipment therein . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State has power to allow a longer period for the giving of a notice of appeal but he will not normally be prepared to exercise this power unless there are special circumstances which excuse the delay in giving notice of appeal . |
| 13 | For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) . |