Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] long period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | The teacher 's relation with a child is much more intense and long-lasting than for a teacher of a normal child , since they will be together in close contact during a longer period of growth . |
| 34 | In these respects , there has been a general and continuing decline in prison conditions over a long period of time ( King and McDermott , 1999 ) . |
| 35 | Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time . |
| 36 | Despite my closeness over a long period to Harold Wilson , I was certainly not close to his publicised cronies . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 40 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 41 | The best businesses over a long period of time have been the ones with a single thrust . |
| 42 | This may apply to a particular period or it may be concerned with changes over a long period of time . |
| 43 | Simulation has been used to predict population changes over a long period of time and for charting space-satellite trajectories . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | Under the latter system arable land was put under grass for a long period after which it was returned to arable . |
| 46 | Unlike the 1991 Rugby World Cup , which took place over a whole month , not to mention the three months build-up , thereby allowing the sponsors to develop their marketing strategy over a long period of time , the World Sevens tournament is a three-day event , with the commercial potential of a ‘ Market blink ’ , as he puts it . |
| 47 | For example , there may be evidence for a sequence of buildings being constructed and going out of use over a long period of time . |
| 48 | The problem of consistency of measurement techniques over a long period of time will have to be faced and may not have a satisfactory solution . |
| 49 | In Britain these are in a state of flux although there has been much discussion about the role of the inspector over a long period of time . |
| 50 | Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | The results they obtained suggested a close relationship between changes in the United States ' money supply and changes in money national income over a long period of time . |
| 53 | However , at Cosmeston the archaeologist has the opportunity to excavate a large portion of the settlement over a long period of time and to use the results to shed light on sites where the excavators have not been so fortunate . |
| 54 | The length of time it has been operation will determine how much money she gets back , but it is unlikely to have made much of a profit , because endowments are designed to make money over a long period of time . |
| 55 | It means you have to keep club staff there for a lot longer , till about 6.30 , and that people spend their money over a longer period of time . |
| 56 | the nature of the caring relationship is likely to be based on love and mutual support over a long period of time . |
| 57 | In the Covermaster Plan , Andrew , there 's something called waiver of premium , what this means to you is that if you 're off work through illness for a long period of time , Abbey 's going to pay the premiums for you . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | Thus the death of Catherine I of Russia in 1727 and the changes it produced in Russian policy in the Baltic brought about a reconciliation with Britain after a long period of antagonism ; the death in 1762 of the Empress Elizabeth meant Russia 's immediate withdrawal from the Seven Years War ; and the accession to the throne of Frederick II was an essential preliminary to the Prussian attack on Silesia in 1740 . |
| 60 | Two years of stability after a long period of severe hyperinflation have meant that Argentine publishing has begun to show some solidly healthy results . |