Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a long period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now reference was made to the police finance working party which met for a long period of time , and unfortunately made no progress whatsoever in zero base budgeting . |
| 2 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 3 | Perhaps the attitude developed during a long period of established practice and little change . |
| 4 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
| 5 | It is widely accepted that the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century was preceded by a long period of gradual economic growth , but when the upturn began remains uncertain . |
| 6 | In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest . |
| 7 | It was to lead to a long period of self-confessed misery for her , including beatings by her tranquilliser-addicted mother and spells of being locked naked with her sister in cupboards . |
| 8 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 9 | In this type of study , trend values of consumption and income are collected over a long period of time so that most cyclical fluctuations are smoothed out . |
| 10 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 11 | A behavioural response is strengthened when it has an increased probability of occurring ( frequency ) or when it is likely to be performed for a longer period of time ( duration ) . |
| 12 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ … and the pathetic thing was that he thought he had just recovered from a long period of madness . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Also , employers are constantly employing new staff so the return on selection has to be calculated over a longer period of time to get a true picture of the effects of selection methods . |
| 17 | I went through a long period of thinking of having him adopted . |
| 18 | As in most parts of Britain the Hercynian movements at the end of the Carboniferous were accompanied and followed by a long period of erosion . |
| 19 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |
| 20 | 1976 ) , is being revived after a long period of disrepute . |
| 21 | Similarly , events arising out of long-standing difficulties would increase risk of depression : where , for instance , a husband left home after years of arguing and discord ; a child was arrested for burglary after a long history of behavioural problems at home and school ; or a substantial fine was incurred after a long period of extreme financial difficulty ( Brown et al. , 1987 ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | An additional incentive is that a garden , in contrast to its associated historic building , does not always need substantial sums for major fabric repairs at the outset and can be revived over a longer period of time . |
| 24 | By the last decade of Henry VIlI 's reign , if not before , England was beginning to recover from a long period of population decline . |
| 25 | What each of us does over a long period of trial and error is to acquire a set of tools with which we are comfortable and which we can apply in different ways to the myriad problems which we need to solve . |
| 26 | Complex adaptations have developed because in certain circumstances the same selection pressure has been maintained over a long period of time . |
| 27 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 28 | But what I am saying in context , no this has a deal to do with the co boundaries , as you know erm the honourable member well knows , the essence of this this is wholly inappropriate in terms of erm trying to latest citizenship through an arrangement of six additional boundaries into a erm union and a political state and I think that that is the profound objection that this side of the house has expressed over a long period of time now , is a reflection of the public mood in the country in respect of this election and the way the boundaries er are are erm apportioned and all I say in conclusion is that this is an evidence further of the irrelevance of this house in reflecting and attesting to public opinion outside . |
| 29 | The performance of the housewife role in adulthood is prefaced by a long period of apprenticeship . |
| 30 | Your own , personalized weight control programme has not been a sudden thing but has evolved over a long period of time . |