Example sentences of "[subord] a long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a longer period of time is allowed ( say , 14 days ) the rate of discount will be lower ( say , 2.5% ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After a long period of soothing and occasional stroking he managed to get his arms round her . |
| 5 | ‘ After a longer period , donors and patients sometimes meet and some have become great friends . ’ |