Example sentences of "a longer period " in BNC.
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| 31 | And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period . |
| 32 | For a longer period than in years gone by they can expect to be on their own together . |
| 33 | Many of the debts sued for , all undefended , had been outstanding for three , four , five and six years , or even for a longer period . |
| 34 | However , this is an aspect that must be studied closely over a longer period , for there is a danger in some of the inner-city schemes of officially-induced gentrification . |
| 35 | This is not wanted to there has to be a circuit arrangement which does not respond to a short pulse from the batting l.e.d. but acts only if this l.e.d. remains on for a longer period , that is , when the batsman has correctly intercepted the ball . |
| 36 | It takes time for UV to penetrate all the way through the etch-resist , so a thicker coating of sprayed-on resist will require a longer period of UV exposure . |
| 37 | Light : Requires plenty of bright light over a longer period than is required by most other plants . |
| 38 | Light : Requires bright light over a longer period than is required for most aquarium plants . |
| 39 | Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F . |
| 40 | The results are uneven and one wonders what the result would have been if Mr Smith had examined all the companies covered by the original report for a longer period . |
| 41 | The next case might appear to be a bit shorter , but in fact it asks you to consider rather more factors , over a longer period , and from a rather higher management level . |
| 42 | Luke , even though his order of material is basically the same as Mark , tries to give the impression that it was a longer period of time ( see Luke 19:47 ; 20:1 ; 21:38 ; 22:1 , 7 ) . |
| 43 | But obviously a place not already converted would cost less initially , and the price of rebuilding would be spread over a longer period . |
| 44 | Other families need help over a longer period , although the group is careful not to overlap with the work of professional staff from the social services . |
| 45 | A behavioural response is strengthened when it has an increased probability of occurring ( frequency ) or when it is likely to be performed for a longer period of time ( duration ) . |
| 46 | can the children go to foster parents for a few hours , a longer period , or indefinitely ? ( see page 14 ) |
| 47 | It is often preferable to offer the necessary quantity of food as two meals , morning and evening , so the dog 's stomach remains fuller over a longer period . |
| 48 | This can be less stressful for the dog , because its stomach will probably contain food for a longer period . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | Similar strategies have been pursued in most Western European and Australasian democracies for a longer period , notably in the UK , where limits on what parties can spend in local constituencies are remarkably stringent . |
| 51 | Despite the behind-the-scenes politics , the most likely outcome of a redesigned Freedom is a slowing of ESA 's programme to spread the costs over a longer period . |
| 52 | Pre-emptive local anaesthetic field block for inguinal herniorrhaphy resulted in reduced pain scores and a delay in requests for analgesia during the six hours studied by Ejlersen et al , but similar work detected no pre-emptive effect over a longer period . |
| 53 | These included offering customers with a repayment mortgage the option of extending the term up to 35 years , while endowment customers were told that they could spread the excess ( the difference between the amount borrowed and their present balance ) over a longer period . |
| 54 | He held the leadership of the Conservative Party , to which he was unanimously elected ( proposed by Curzon ) immediately following his accession to the premiership , until 1937 , a longer period than any of his predecessors since Salisbury , and a longer period too than any but one ( Churchill ) of his seven successors has since attained . |
| 55 | He held the leadership of the Conservative Party , to which he was unanimously elected ( proposed by Curzon ) immediately following his accession to the premiership , until 1937 , a longer period than any of his predecessors since Salisbury , and a longer period too than any but one ( Churchill ) of his seven successors has since attained . |
| 56 | Each period of observation or each sequence of periods of observation , possibly on different days ( or over a longer period ) will provide a longitudinal ‘ case ’ study of six pupils ' affective responses to computer-assisted learning and non-computer-assisted learning . |
| 57 | The small girl who was once told to be a little lady need now only be a girl and , indeed , boyish behaviour is smiled upon in girls for a longer period than the opposite is approved in boys . |
| 58 | Complex carbohydrates on the other hand , e.g. pasta , release energy over a longer period of time . |
| 59 | The changes that occurred in the City 's international role over the 1960s and '70s are explained and discussed in J. Coakley and L. Harris , The City of Capital ( Oxford , Basil Blackwell ; 1983 ) ; the international role of the City over a longer period is discussed in depth in L. Harris , T. Evans , J. Coakley and M. Croasdale , New Directions in the Financial System ( London , Croom Helm ; 1988 ) . |
| 60 | The charge that higher education has over a longer period contributed to an anti-industrial ethos among the educated classes in Britain has been laid by Wiener ( 1981 ) and countered in different ways by Sanderson ( 1972 ) who points to manifold examples of involvement with industry , and Shattock ( 1987 ) who tends to lay the blame elsewhere , at the door of government and industry itself . |