Example sentences of "length of time the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story of the Sunday School has been recorded elsewhere but it is interesting to note the length of time the Superintendents served . |
| 2 | The digestive enzymes , however , do not appear to be the main agents producing bone modification , and it is the level of acidity combined with the length of time the food is in the stomach that are the main determining factors . |
| 3 | The particles of resin act as an acid resist , the acid attacks the plate between the resin granules producing minute irregular dots bitten into the plate , the tone of which can be controlled by the length of time the plate is allowed to remain in the acid . |
| 4 | This is determined by the burn-up of the original uranium and varies with the reactor type and the length of time the fuel remains in place . |
| 5 | THE PLANTS growing on urban waste ground not only reflect local conditions , but also the length of time the land has lain waste . |
| 6 | This is not too strong and if the ferret should by any chance be lost for any length of time the muzzle rots through and , instead of starving , the ferret is able to hunt and kill for itself . |
| 7 | The regression itself will last approximately twenty minutes — the maximum length of time the human mind is able to concentrate sufficiently to allow it to take place . |
| 8 | the length of time the obstruction continued ; |
| 9 | The size of such settlements can easily be overestimated as the number of buildings must be viewed as a factor of the length of time the site was occupied and the frequency with which buildings were replaced . |
| 10 | It seems simple , just switching on and off , but the length of time the lighting is on ( the photoperiod ) affects the success of the aquarium . |
| 11 | North Wales MP John Marek is to meet Home Office minister Lord Ferrers next week to express his concern at the length of time the North Wales child abuse inquiry is taking and the fact that no outside police force is overseeing it . |
| 12 | Moreover , he is told that the date of the first review is related to the length of time the Secretary of State decides he must serve for retribution and deterrence , and that the judicial view as to this period is a factor taken into account in making the decision . |
| 13 | Using the simple controls you can adjust the length of time the light remains on ; the high level at which the device will come on ; and the distance over which it will operate ( up to 16 metres ) . |
| 14 | One of the strongest indications of class throughout the world came to be the length of time the travellers were prepared to spend at the station and the quantity of baggage which they had with them when they passed through it . |
| 15 | One is that if the coordinate r is held fixed for any length of time the interval is negative and space-like . |
| 16 | For high values of the viscosity , the retardation time is long and this represents the length of time the model takes to attain or 0.632 of the equilibrium elongation . |
| 17 | This was assessed by two independent investigators by observing ( a ) the cell appearance and their ability to attach the plate in the first 24 hours and ( b ) the length of time the culture required to reach confluency from the same starting number of cells per well . |
| 18 | It does no harm at all to have a specialist brochure dealing with personal injury work , addressing the common questions which clients ask about Legal Aid , recovery of costs , length of time the case is likely to take to proceed and the great unknown for the public , what constitutes damages . |