Example sentences of "[art] long [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time . |
| 2 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 3 | They tell us what our world was like during the long periods of time before recorded history , and the collection and investigation of fossils is therefore of importance to anyone interested in our prehistory . |
| 4 | Since the framework gave no hint of the long periods of time during which tool types were in use , sites that were originally considered to be contemporary were subsequently found to be separated by hundreds or thousands of years . |
| 5 | The main disadvantage of the method lies in the long periods of time required to reach equilibrium . |
| 6 | As Syme has remarked , ‘ Rome 's peculiar greatness was due not to one man 's genius or to one age , but to many men and the long process of time . ’ |
| 7 | The second is to place that direct experience of a particular generation against the longer perspective of time . |
| 8 | She wore a dark grey hat taken from the store on her last day as owner , and that was 17 years ago , and a plain grey scarf round her throat , and leather gloves that had stood a long test of time . |
| 9 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 10 | But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government . |
| 11 | The best businesses over a long period of time have been the ones with a single thrust . |
| 12 | Thus , over a long period of time , stone , glass and metals acquire a distinctive patina which the faker must try and imitate . |
| 13 | Also the junction between the uncorroded metal and the applied patina is very sharp , whereas a patina which has developed over a long period of time will have eaten into the metal in a very irregular and quite characteristic manner that is very difficult to imitate . |
| 14 | Your own , personalized weight control programme has not been a sudden thing but has evolved over a long period of time . |
| 15 | However , over a long period of time and association , horses and ponies can alter their thought patterns and learn to think more like each other , and to become more empathic . |
| 16 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |
| 17 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 18 | There are few other industries in which , over a long period of time , revenues have covered less than half of costs . |
| 19 | However , at Cosmeston the archaeologist has the opportunity to excavate a large portion of the settlement over a long period of time and to use the results to shed light on sites where the excavators have not been so fortunate . |
| 20 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
| 21 | What was less obvious was the effect on the system as a whole , which had evolved over a long period of time influenced by a variety of political and economical pressures , and not necessarily in a methodical manner . |
| 22 | In fact the opposite seems to have occurred because Grevy 's zebra is in other ways a very different animal from the common zebra and it appears that in their stripes the two species have converged rather than diverged , over a long period of time . |
| 23 | If we find that magnets attached to cats will upset their ability to find their way home , then we are beginning , very dimly , to understand the amazing homing abilities that the animals have evolved over a long period of time . |
| 24 | The explanation is that , given a totally unvarying diet over a long period of time , especially if it is from kittenhood right through into adult life , a cat 's ‘ food variety mechanism ’ gets worn down and is finally switched off altogether . |
| 25 | The father , Mr P , also an English incomer to Orkney , had carried out various forms of abuse over a long period of time . |
| 26 | Unlike the 1991 Rugby World Cup , which took place over a whole month , not to mention the three months build-up , thereby allowing the sponsors to develop their marketing strategy over a long period of time , the World Sevens tournament is a three-day event , with the commercial potential of a ‘ Market blink ’ , as he puts it . |
| 27 | One of the tasks of a sponsor of such an event is to maximise on its appeal over a long period of time . |
| 28 | This perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the colonial legal system because the post-independence practices evolved over a long period of time . |
| 29 | Involvement with the same client over a long period of time , the paper says , could result in a lack of objectivity and ‘ detraction from the regular and robust consideration ’ of issues associated with the audit . |
| 30 | Much research and attention to artists ' requirements has led to a new breed of synthetic brushes which are highly appropriate for use with acrylics , among other uses , which hold their shape well over a long period of time , are delightfully responsive to use , are superbly controllable , allowing precision work , and are durable enough to resist occasional misuse . |