Example sentences of "[conj] a long period " in BNC.

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1 He did not believe that a long period of purdah was necessary , and the general rule that such a record could not be published until thirty years after the event was indeed ridiculous , since it has been honoured only in the breach .
2 It sought a socialist majority in its own right , but most of its leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary before that majority could be secured .
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 It is significant that a popular monarch , making war at the very start of his reign , after a long period of peace , could only raise such inadequate sums .
5 After a long period of soothing and occasional stroking he managed to get his arms round her .
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