Example sentences of "long the period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will notice that the greater the interval between wage payments , the longer the period during which the firm is in debt to its employee and , correspondingly , the greater the security of tenure of the employee . |
| 2 | Generally speaking , the longer the period of planning for an escape the more satisfactory it was for the prospective escaper . |
| 3 | The longer the period of separation , the more unfamiliar the environment , the more frequent the change of people offering alternative care and attention , and the more discomfort the child was in , the greater the trauma of the separation . |
| 4 | The sooner an agreement is notified the longer the period of protection from fines is likely to be , since such protection does not exist for any period of operation of an agreement prior to notification . |
| 5 | While it is true that the longer the period of time over which the child 's language is sampled , the more representative that sample will be of the child 's underlying linguistic knowledge , in practical terms the length of any recording will be constrained by the time available for transcription and coding . |
| 6 | The longer the period of detention the greater is the need for creating in the prison conditions which will keep alive the prisoner 's mental interests and social instincts . |