Example sentences of "long period [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was Arsenal , where Chapman had spent his longest period as manager , who held the limelight in the last years of peace . |
| 2 | The longest period of peace was the twenty-six years between the end of the War of Spanish Succession in 1713 and the outbreak of that of the Austrian Succession in 1739 . |
| 3 | It was the second longest period of party power , uninterrupted by either an election or a change of leadership , of this century . |
| 4 | The percentage of time at pH<4 , the minutes at pH<4 , the number of episodes of reflux , those lasting longer than five minutes , and the duration of the longest period of reflux were calculated with Esophogram 9802 Version 5.10 ( Synectics Medical , Stockholm ) . |
| 5 | Overnight exposure of the oesophagus to acid , the number of reflux episodes longer than five minutes , and the duration of the longest period of reflux were significantly greater in patients with impaired peritalsis . |
| 6 | Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time . |
| 7 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 8 | The panel also proposed retaining the controversial renewable seven-year presidential term , the longest period in office for a western elected ruler . |
| 9 | The broad branching heads of large , ragged yellow daisies appear over a long period during summer ; a large patch is a magnificent spectacle . |
| 10 | Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | However , the considerations given earlier on overflow area size and the need to allow for a relatively long period between reorganizations will guide the designer to a reasonable compromise . |
| 13 | Following surgery to the heart or lungs , or any operation requiring a long period under anaesthesia , some patients fail to regain the ability to breathe independently and require mechanical assistance . |
| 14 | However , where the assumption is a letting for a term expiring after the actual term on the terms of the actual lease , the hypothetical lease may have a long period without review . |
| 15 | These measures had resulted from a long period of maturation and fitted into Morrison 's 1944 vision of a ‘ legislative programme of social reconstruction ’ after the war had ended . |
| 16 | Freud thought that the need for a long period of education for young men and women in the ‘ civilized ’ sections of modern societies was linked with the development of neurotic illness because of the deferment of sexual gratification necessary while education took place . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Finally , from whatever defence line was established and after a long period of mobilization , Nato 's forces ( presumably mostly Anglo-American ) would launch the great counter-offensive . |
| 19 | Second , a large proportion of the older workers had a long period of service with the same company before being made redundant . |
| 20 | More sophisticated weapons like throwing sticks and bows and arrows came only after a further long period of brain development . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | What each of us does over a long period of trial and error is to acquire a set of tools with which we are comfortable and which we can apply in different ways to the myriad problems which we need to solve . |
| 23 | After a century there began a long period of sea warfare and skirmishing over the north of Ulthuan . |
| 24 | It was the relatively long period of life from birth to the end of physical dependence on the parents that built into the human being , an eradicable awareness of his vulnerability and a deeply-rooted instinctive expectation that his needs will be met from a source outside himself . |
| 25 | But the long period of non-use can be said to amount to a custom , and to create a reasonable expectation that the pattern of restraint should continue in the future ( O'Brien , 1967 , pp. 79–80 ) . |
| 26 | After a long period of depression , and a short period of training , he had taken on a new career — one which also demanded dexterity with the hands : that of a mortician . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The human being ( a far more complex creature inhabiting a far more complex world ) needs to be highly adaptive and has a long period of play in which to build up a vast repertoire of behaviours . |
| 29 | Wigan chairman Jack Robinson said : ‘ We have had a long period of success under a lot of good coaches and we are confident John can do a great job for us . ’ |
| 30 | We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment . |