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

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1 They tell us what our world was like during the long periods of time before recorded history , and the collection and investigation of fossils is therefore of importance to anyone interested in our prehistory .
2 During the long periods between revaluations , distortions in the relative valuations of different properties occurred and , of course , new property had to be valued at the notional figure that would have obtained at the date of the previous revaluation .
3 Consequently , although pressure forces are important in collimating gas onto closed orbits , they are unimportant during the long periods in which the gas drifts from one closed orbit to the next .
4 During the long period of her recovery , Dawn understandably had bouts of severe depression , so at one stage she was referred to a clinical psychologist for counselling .
5 The chapters of this book recount the way in which Home Secretaries from both of the main parties handled their assignments between 1947–79 and , in more detail , during the long period of Conservative Administration between 1979–92 .
6 During the long period of growth , management had gradually stripped production workers of responsibility for product quality and process operations by creating an elaborate technical hierarchy .
7 This sister , Elisabeth , was to count for a good deal in Nietzsche 's later life , favourably and otherwise : she eventually became the custodian of all his surviving works during the long period of incapacity that preceded his death and continued in that influential role , which she executed in a highly questionable way , for thirty-five years afterwards .
8 I left him in charge of the whole of my affairs during my absence from England , with a perfect conviction that he would zealously exert himself for my interest , and the confidence I reposed in him has been fully realised , not only during my absence , but during the long period of eighteen years . ’
9 In South America , too , there were no true dogs or cats during the long period of isolation that we are discussing but , as in Australia , there were marsupial equivalents .
10 This is often impossible to obtain , however , as many of the torture techniques leave few visible injuries , or only superficial injuries which disappear during the long period in police custody .
11 Perhaps the attitude developed during a long period of established practice and little change .
12 It is fortunately in the hands of such a man as Captain Vidal , R.N. , who has steadily devoted himself , during a long period of ill-health , to complete this unpopular work , and to connect with it a minute examination of the Canary Islands . ’
13 Many of the submerged banks and the bottoms of the lagoons of the atolls seem to be at a remarkably uniform depth , as one would expect if they represent an important phase of planation during a long period of preglacial stability .
14 Throughout her marriage , and during a long period as a single parent , she was a journalist , editing magazines such as Honey , Over 21 , and Working Woman , as well as being Woman 's Page Editor on the Sunday Times and The Independent .
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