Example sentences of "with [noun] [prep] a long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | This applied to many houses in the street , presumably brought about by the making up of the road with gravel over a long period . |
| 2 | But if we turn to consider the [ … ] supply price with reference to a long period of time , we shall find that it is governed by a different set of causes , and with different results . |
| 3 | This may apply to a particular period or it may be concerned with changes over a long period of time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The reason may lie in what happens to the teachers themselves when they first encounter it , rather than in the use they make of it directly with children over a long period . |