Example sentences of "[verb] a long period [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | From 1981 to 1985 the figure had fallen to about 0.33 per cent per annum , and London actually gained population in 1984 , thus reversing a long period of decline . |
| 4 | After a century there began a long period of sea warfare and skirmishing over the north of Ulthuan . |
| 5 | The document also contains a clause stating that each EC country can continue to give a longer period of maternity leave , which must be paid at 80% of women 's wages . |
| 6 | Following surgery to the heart or lungs , or any operation requiring a long period under anaesthesia , some patients fail to regain the ability to breathe independently and require mechanical assistance . |
| 7 | There then followed a long period of muddle and confusion not helped by the fact that no one had a recent photograph of Blake and that it was a Saturday evening . |
| 8 | There followed a long period of explanation of what we did followed by negotiations on what we would have to do to meet the standard . |
| 9 | However , where the assumption is a letting for a term expiring after the actual term on the terms of the actual lease , the hypothetical lease may have a long period without review . |
| 10 | Mr Ball urged the Government not to whittle away mortgage relief and to have a neutral Budget to allow a longer period of stability . |
| 11 | This has created a long period of uncertainty , but in fact it now appears that they do not grant core funding ( and inside information indicates that the NCC element is the dominant one ) . |
| 12 | Second , a large proportion of the older workers had a long period of service with the same company before being made redundant . |
| 13 | It seems natural to assume that as in the twenty-first century more people live to be very old , more of them will necessarily make heavier demands on health and social services ; that people who die in their nineties experience a longer period of dependency and illness before death than those who die in their seventies . |