Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a long period " in BNC.
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| 31 | In addition , income security for a long period decreases the risks associated with the investment . |
| 32 | Freud thought that the need for a long period of education for young men and women in the ‘ civilized ’ sections of modern societies was linked with the development of neurotic illness because of the deferment of sexual gratification necessary while education took place . |
| 33 | The Teleuts , however , had been sovereign in their own domains for a long period before the Russians arrived on the scene . |
| 34 | In general , the mountain areas of the Auvergne experience a much colder winter climate with a long period of Permanent snow . |
| 35 | The majority of the work shown was very recent , but several of the pieces date back as much as 10 years revealing her fascination with the themes from classical mythology over a long period . |
| 36 | The explanation is that , given a totally unvarying diet over a long period of time , especially if it is from kittenhood right through into adult life , a cat 's ‘ food variety mechanism ’ gets worn down and is finally switched off altogether . |
| 37 | Poor timekeeping over a long period usually amounts to misconduct . |
| 38 | To know that there 's someone going to buy your crop over a long period of time , or part of your crop , ideally , over a long period of time , does help people to plan ahead . |
| 39 | On the other hand , in certain other areas of our bulk chemicals we have been very successful in maintaining a good margin business over a long period of time . |
| 40 | Iron fittings could replace wooden components gradually , allowing major alterations to take place over a long period . |
| 41 | It had to take place over a long period , in the face of a prodigious number of uncontrolled variables which were likely to confuse the outcome . |
| 42 | The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … . |
| 43 | Those few casual workers in the catering industry who do seem to work on a more or less continuous , almost full-time basis over a long period for a single organisation ( the plaintiffs in the oft-cited " O'Kelly case " ) , tend to possess skills which that organisation , and indeed other potential employers , value . |
| 44 | If that 's the case , then we could argue , an and will do , that now is a good time to borrow on a fixed term basis over a long period . |
| 45 | When some sociologists talk of the ‘ socialization function of the family ’ , therefore , they are not talking of a family deliberately and consciously performing a function assigned to it from outside by ‘ society ’ , but rather of a more subtle process that arises out of the facts of being married , of sharing a residence over a long period of time , and of parenthood . |
| 46 | Thus you will already be aerobically fit , that is able to sustain a relatively low work-load over a long period . |
| 47 | The stimulating article Some library costs and options by Brown ( an economist ) concludes ‘ it seems to be worth acquiring and providing storage for , books likely to be wanted more often than , once in about 1.7 years over a long period ’ . |
| 48 | One after the other was called to report why he had not been to the police court for a long period , and threatened that if he did not do more work in the future he would lose pay . |
| 49 | Mrs Mary Whelan , who lived next to the mine , said she was unable to use her tap water for a long period due to cyanide contamination . |
| 50 | In these respects , there has been a general and continuing decline in prison conditions over a long period of time ( King and McDermott , 1999 ) . |
| 51 | Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time . |
| 52 | Despite my closeness over a long period to Harold Wilson , I was certainly not close to his publicised cronies . |
| 53 | These data suggest that the selection of a relative who gives moral support is related partly to the composition of the kin group and partly to the quality of a particular relationship over a long period of time . |
| 54 | The officer must indeed be prepared to sustain his attempts at persuasiveness over a long period of time , a matter which can pose problems , for he must be able to sense when a less conciliatory performance is warranted and a show of force , however discreet , would be appropriate . |
| 55 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 56 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 57 | The best businesses over a long period of time have been the ones with a single thrust . |
| 58 | A table ( see below ) comparing opening and closing equity book value helps to summarise the main changes over a long period . |
| 59 | This may apply to a particular period or it may be concerned with changes over a long period of time . |
| 60 | Simulation has been used to predict population changes over a long period of time and for charting space-satellite trajectories . |