Example sentences of "[noun] of [art] long period [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently many Greek writers of the fifth century and later realized that their own society was the end-product of a long period of advance . |
| 2 | In any case , a study of neolithic Early Minoan buildings very strongly implies that the temples were not an implant but the result of a long period of indigenous development . |
| 3 | By then the ethnic composition of its native population was multifarious and complex , being the result of a long period of prehistoric development . |
| 4 | Professor John in a seminal article stressed the great importance of the coincidence of a modest rate of population growth , putting no general pressure on a food supply expanded by a generation of agricultural improvement , with the bounty of a long period of good harvests . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , he condemned that same deluded world for its previous exclusion of Spain from the European Recovery Programme , thereby exacerbating the effects of a long period of exceptionally low rainfall . |
| 6 | At the very moment when Hurd was preparing to unveil the fruits of a long period of gestation in the form of a White Paper on criminal justice , Lawson resigned as Chancellor . |
| 7 | Above all , he established a rapport between himself and the leading noblemen , his companions in arms , which formed the basis of the longest period of political stability the country had known since the early years of Edward I. These achievements , however , had their price . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The view that the major industrial nations are in a period of transition — at the end of a long period of industrialism and entering a new phase of post-industrialism — pre-dates the onset of deindustrialization and the debates around the issue . |
| 11 | By the 1690s , at the end of a long period of exceptionally rapid growth , London was by far the largest urban settlement in Europe , and poised to assume its later role as a metropolis . |
| 12 | We 're seeing the end of a long period of Cold War which effectively the West have won because they have kept their defences up , er and I think as Tom King , he was out here last week , has said we need to keep a strong force here to make sure that the Soviets keep their side of the bargain and er start a withdrawal at some stage . |
| 13 | Should we dump everything down onto a long-term storage medium and select at the end of a longer period of time with the benefit of historical hindsight , say after 25 years ? |
| 14 | The warrant boom of 1987–89 was the last phase of a long period of dramatic change for Japanese companies and their bankers . |