Example sentences of "[prep] a long period [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And subsequently after a long period of time , the opinions of our members generally was that we should change the , the procedure . |
| 2 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 3 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
| 4 | Part of this dependence is simply being used to being ‘ under the influence ’ or ‘ stoned ’ for a long period of time and drugs such as cannabis and amphetamines may go some way to overcoming this problem . |
| 5 | The first step in achieving this objective is to guarantee a place on Employment Training ( ET ) for everyone who has been out of work for a long period of time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It then lends the money to house purchasers for a long period of time by granting mortgages ( typically these are paid back over 20 to 30 years ) . |
| 8 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 9 | Andrew , is there a feature in this plan called waiver of premium , what these means to you is that if you 're off ill for a long period of time , through accident , ill-health , whatever , Abbey will actually still pay them for you , until you 're well again . |
| 10 | In the Covermaster Plan , Andrew , there 's something called waiver of premium , what this means to you is that if you 're off work through illness for a long period of time , Abbey 's going to pay the premiums for you . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We have had a problem for a long period of time now on high conductivity . |
| 13 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 14 | for a long period of time |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The best businesses over a long period of time have been the ones with a single thrust . |
| 17 | Thus , over a long period of time , stone , glass and metals acquire a distinctive patina which the faker must try and imitate . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Your own , personalized weight control programme has not been a sudden thing but has evolved over a long period of time . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 22 | There are few other industries in which , over a long period of time , revenues have covered less than half of costs . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The father , Mr P , also an English incomer to Orkney , had carried out various forms of abuse over a long period of time . |
| 30 | 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 . |