Example sentences of "[art] long period [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time . |
| 3 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 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 | The panel also proposed retaining the controversial renewable seven-year presidential term , the longest period in office for a western elected ruler . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | At some stage in the long period of hero-making , he became semi-divine , the progeny of a tribal king and the female titular deity . |
| 9 | During the long period of growth , management had gradually stripped production workers of responsibility for product quality and process operations by creating an elaborate technical hierarchy . |
| 10 | But this preoccupation can do little to illuminate the long period of non-divorce and tends in the end to convey a linear development , implied also by the title of the book , notwithstanding Stone 's concern to stress the variability in the meanings of divorce , marriage , and morality . |
| 11 | This was viewed as crucial to end the long period of disruption in schools and to deal with the problems of student demotivation . |
| 12 | Clarkson 's account of his entry into his antislavery role stressed the long period of crisis in which he indecisively debated with himself and James Ramsay what to do . |
| 13 | The long period of domination by municipal socialism is said to have produced a dependence on the local authority , especially through provision of council housing . |
| 14 | In South America , too , there were no true dogs or cats during the long period of isolation that we are discussing but , as in Australia , there were marsupial equivalents . |
| 15 | All of them were ready for action after the long period of training , but when they arrived they found that a gale had brewed up . |
| 16 | This sister , Elisabeth , was to count for a good deal in Nietzsche 's later life , favourably and otherwise : she eventually became the custodian of all his surviving works during the long period of incapacity that preceded his death and continued in that influential role , which she executed in a highly questionable way , for thirty-five years afterwards . |
| 17 | The long period of gestation of the new legislation which began in the climate of reform typical of the 1970s but became entangled then in the fiscal and ideological retrenchment of the 1980s , reveals the complexity of the political debate and the variety of interests that had to be reconciled in drafting a new legal reference point that would modernize Germany 's approach to all questions of youth while at the same time express continuity . |
| 18 | This is often impossible to obtain , however , as many of the torture techniques leave few visible injuries , or only superficial injuries which disappear during the long period in police custody . |
| 19 | The longer period of separation would have given time for the birds there to evolve as separate species and to have lost all connection with their original parent stock in India . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | After a century there began a long period of sea warfare and skirmishing over the north of Ulthuan . |
| 22 | Others in the government were opposed to such a long period of withdrawal , favouring instead two to six years . |
| 23 | I have been through a long period of psychotherapy dealing with this abuse and continue to find internal examinations traumatic . |
| 24 | What distinguishes the companies still with us after a long period of recession is that they are lucky — they do not seem to have been hit by the unexpected . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The foundations were now securely laid for a long period of prosperity rising to a peak in the early fourth century , if one can judge from the mansion-type houses in the towns and countryside . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |