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

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1 The styles of learning in Koranic schools and catechist classes have predictable effects on the way children learn in school , but the missionary tradition in education is responsible for so much else besides , ( over a long period of the history of formal education the great majority of schools were missionary schools ) .
2 It was as if our vision was a piece of elastic which was being stretched for the first time after a long period in a drawer .
3 The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations .
4 The Teleuts , however , had been sovereign in their own domains for a long period before the Russians arrived on the scene .
5 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 .
6 The Secretary of State has power to allow a longer period for the giving of a notice of appeal but he will not normally be prepared to exercise this power unless there are special circumstances which excuse the delay in giving notice of appeal .
7 For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) .
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