Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] long period [prep] " 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 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Perhaps the attitude developed during a long period of established practice and little change . |
| 5 | For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest . |
| 9 | Shale sections benefit from a long period with 0.25 µm powder , as this gives very slow removal of material without plucking of quartz grains . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 14 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 15 | Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 19 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 22 | ‘ … and the pathetic thing was that he thought he had just recovered from a long period of madness . ’ |
| 23 | Figure 18.4 shows , by means of five-year moving averages of deaths per million in England and Wales , how the disease has behaved over a long period in relation to other serious illnesses . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I went through a long period of thinking of having him adopted . |
| 27 | Added to these was another important element , for the period of the festival was a time of licence : this was a necessary outlet in the community for the tensions repressed after the long period of hard physical toil . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | British case at least , the problem of national or ethnic difference was masked for a long period by development occurring in the peripheries at the same rate and in similar ways to development in industrial England . |
| 30 | The Communist Party was able to maintain its progress throughout 1939 , having passed through the longest period of continuous growth in its history . |