Example sentences of "[prep] [art] long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which of you is responsible for the long periods of separation , or are they merely dictated by your careers ? ’ |
| 2 | They tell us what our world was like during the long periods of time before recorded history , and the collection and investigation of fossils is therefore of importance to anyone interested in our prehistory . |
| 3 | Consequently , although pressure forces are important in collimating gas onto closed orbits , they are unimportant during the long periods in which the gas drifts from one closed orbit to the next . |
| 4 | During the long periods between revaluations , distortions in the relative valuations of different properties occurred and , of course , new property had to be valued at the notional figure that would have obtained at the date of the previous revaluation . |
| 5 | During the long period of her recovery , Dawn understandably had bouts of severe depression , so at one stage she was referred to a clinical psychologist for counselling . |
| 6 | This is often impossible to obtain , however , as many of the torture techniques leave few visible injuries , or only superficial injuries which disappear during the long period in police custody . |
| 7 | The chapters of this book recount the way in which Home Secretaries from both of the main parties handled their assignments between 1947–79 and , in more detail , during the long period of Conservative Administration between 1979–92 . |
| 8 | During the long period of growth , management had gradually stripped production workers of responsibility for product quality and process operations by creating an elaborate technical hierarchy . |
| 9 | This sister , Elisabeth , was to count for a good deal in Nietzsche 's later life , favourably and otherwise : she eventually became the custodian of all his surviving works during the long period of incapacity that preceded his death and continued in that influential role , which she executed in a highly questionable way , for thirty-five years afterwards . |
| 10 | I left him in charge of the whole of my affairs during my absence from England , with a perfect conviction that he would zealously exert himself for my interest , and the confidence I reposed in him has been fully realised , not only during my absence , but during the long period of eighteen years . ’ |
| 11 | In South America , too , there were no true dogs or cats during the long period of isolation that we are discussing but , as in Australia , there were marsupial equivalents . |
| 12 | All of them were ready for action after the long period of training , but when they arrived they found that a gale had brewed up . |
| 13 | Added to these was another important element , for the period of the festival was a time of licence : this was a necessary outlet in the community for the tensions repressed after the long period of hard physical toil . |
| 14 | After a long period of deliberation , during which Craganour 's owner Charles Bower Ismay was seen to become ever more pale , the official announcement was given : the race went to Aboyeur . |
| 15 | To give judgment upon these presentments , the ancient machinery of the Forest Eyre was once more set in motion after a long period of general disuse . |
| 16 | What distinguishes the companies still with us after a long period of recession is that they are lucky — they do not seem to have been hit by the unexpected . |
| 17 | It is something that many people would not like to see , but there is no question that a high proportion of animals which are shot will carry lead shot for a while , will die after a long period — in many cases days or weeks — and there is a substantial amount of suffering when this happens . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Young people , the unemployed and women returning to work after a long period at home will have to show extra ingenuity to extract evidence of their work skills and potential from their life history . |
| 20 | Other reasons for returning after a long period away include : |
| 21 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 22 | 1976 ) , is being revived after a long period of disrepute . |
| 23 | After a long period of such government , an accumulation of demands for reform may build up , creating the possibility of a crisis based on unrealizable expectations . |
| 24 | On the other side is the organised working class : by the end of the 1960s , after a long period of relatively full employment , the trade unions were in a strong position both in terms of wage bargaining and in terms of the defensive ‘ veto power ’ which they were able to exercise over changes at the point of production seen as threatening workers ' interests . |
| 25 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 26 | It said ‘ Many of the smaller hard drives available , especially old ones , use Stepper Motor actuators and it is these that really require that a low level format be carried out on them at least once a year , as after a long period of heating and cooling it is more than possible that the heads are out of alignment with the tracks . |
| 27 | Two years of stability after a long period of severe hyperinflation have meant that Argentine publishing has begun to show some solidly healthy results . |
| 28 | And subsequently after a long period of time , the opinions of our members generally was that we should change the , the procedure . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | President Vieira on Nov. 6 returned abruptly after a long period abroad , during which time he had received medical treatment and visited the United States and Taiwan . |