Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scientists are concerned that a special event , such as a sunspot or supernova might occur during this long period of communications blackout . |
| 2 | Nearly four years have passed since The Satanic Verses was declared blasphemous by the late Ayatollah Khomeini , and during this long period of internal exile there must have been times when Rushdie , experiencing deep changes and wrenches in the soul , has wondered at the prescience of those words . |
| 3 | A glance at the sketch map above will show the general limits of the Byzantine Empire ( which fluctuated greatly during this long period ) , but the influence of the style was exerted over a much greater area : north to Russia , north-west to southern France , east to Armenia and Georgia . |
| 4 | If the long and complex passage of Athenaeus 6 ( 273a–275b ) , which Felix Jacoby gives as fragment 59 , can be considered a trustworthy summary of Posidonius ' views about Roman civilization , two features emerge : ( a ) the Romans preserved for a long time their extreme simplicity of life ; ( b ) in that long period they learnt many techniques from various foreigners ( Greeks , Etruscans , Samnites and Iberians ) and their constitutional principles from the Spartans . |
| 5 | Where a bankruptcy order has been made other than on the debtor 's petition , the bankrupt must submit to the official receiver a statement of his affairs within twenty-one days of the bankruptcy order or within such longer period as the official receiver may allow ( s 288(1) and ( 3 ) ) or the court may allow ( r 6.62 ) . |
| 6 | After this time they were never really separated for any long period , and the course of Dorothy 's life can be regarded as the same as Wordsworth 's . |