Example sentences of "[prep] a long period [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give judgment upon these presentments , the ancient machinery of the Forest Eyre was once more set in motion after a long period of general disuse . |
| 2 | After a long period of such government , an accumulation of demands for reform may build up , creating the possibility of a crisis based on unrealizable expectations . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Two years of stability after a long period of severe hyperinflation have meant that Argentine publishing has begun to show some solidly healthy results . |
| 5 | By then the ethnic composition of its native population was multifarious and complex , being the result of a long period of prehistoric development . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The warrant boom of 1987–89 was the last phase of a long period of dramatic change for Japanese companies and their bankers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Bankruptcy proceedings must be commenced in the High Court ( in London ) if : ( i ) the petition is presented by a Government department , and either in the statutory demand an indication to petition in the High Court is stated or the petition is based upon an unsatisfied execution ; or ( ii ) the debtor by or against whom the petition is presented has resided or carried on business within the London insolvency district for the greater part of the six months immediately preceding the presentation of the petition or for a longer period during those six months than in any other insolvency district ; or ( iii ) the debtor is not resident in England and Wales ; or ( iv ) the petitioning creditor is unable to ascertain the residence of the debtor ( tr 6.9(1) and 6.40 ) . |
| 11 | Perhaps the attitude developed during a long period of established practice and little change . |
| 12 | Many of the submerged banks and the bottoms of the lagoons of the atolls seem to be at a remarkably uniform depth , as one would expect if they represent an important phase of planation during a long period of preglacial stability . |
| 13 | In general , the mountain areas of the Auvergne experience a much colder winter climate with a long period of Permanent snow . |
| 14 | A timetable for an orderly sale with a longer period for developing relationships with purchasers than may be necessary in a rushed sale is included in Section 1102.5 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It also prevents one from churning out the same stuff of conversation over a long period to different people ( to use words at people ) which is using those people as hard reflective surfaces and not , as I feel properly , soft digestive reflective surfaces . |
| 17 | With a solar-type star , however , the temperature rises to ten million degrees or so , and nuclear reactions are triggered off , so that the star settles down to a long period of stable existence . |
| 18 | King Edward VII and his Consort , Alexandra , were able to influence international events , particularly in Europe , which continued to be the predominant continent and Britain looked forward to a long period of peaceful influence . |
| 19 | Their congregations of ‘ Independents ’ were justly named in a society settling down to a long period of outward conformity and growing indifference to religion . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |