Example sentences of "long the period of " in BNC.

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1 Generally speaking , the longer the period of planning for an escape the more satisfactory it was for the prospective escaper .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
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