Example sentences of "long [adj] period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1975/6 , the wettest September for 58 years followed England 's longest overall period of drought . |
| 2 | Over the long historical period since the Industrial Revolution , the focus of industrial development has shifted a number of times . |
| 3 | Land cultivation in the Auvergne uplands is extremely limited because of the long cold period in winter when sward re-establishment would be difficult , a dry summer climate , and because of thin soils which are anyway generally quite fertile . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it is an early maturing variety well suited to the long ripening period of a northern wine region . |
| 5 | Typically there is a long latent period between radiation exposure and detection of a tumour , which is because of the time required for sufficient increase in the size of the tumour to make it detectable , and may also be due in part to a form of induction period before the initially affected cell or cells start to divide and form a tumour , or before the tumour assumes ‘ malignant ’ characteristics of growth and spreading . |
| 6 | Its surface bears some evidence for an early period of crater erasure , and for a long subsequent period of slight internal contraction , presumably the result of cooling . |
| 7 | Customers signing new life policies will have a longer cooling-off period of 14 days ( instead of 10 ) in which to cancel . |