Example sentences of "[det] long period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , there is another long period before this new technology appears in the market-place in products , processes , or services . |
| 2 | Scientists are concerned that a special event , such as a sunspot or supernova might occur during this long period of communications blackout . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This was typical of the suety coverage of the War Before the War , that long period of waiting before the January 15 deadline . |
| 5 | And only two amazing misses , one of those candidly coming er just before scored the second Notts goal , with a headed chance headed wide when er had come and missed it , and when on forty four minutes on the watch but not a minute before the end of half time if you get the meaning because we had that long period of extra time , er missed the chance completely , he 'd made the er Pisa goal brilliantly with a cross from the right hand side , deep cross , pulled back brilliantly , but left with a chance , the number eleven in front of the post , well what was he doing ? again had come and again he 'd missed it and left with an open goal was wide of the target . |