Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] a long period " in BNC.
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1 | For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century . |
2 | If on the other hand , a stress is applied slowly over a longer period the material flows like a viscous liquid so that the spherical shape is soon lost if left to stand for some time . |
3 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
4 | Thus there was a confusing number of elements on earth , above it and below it which contributed to the afterlife , representing ideas which had been brought together over a long period of time . |
5 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
6 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |
7 | Had this apparently contradictory programme been worked out over a long period , it might have seemed more logical . |
8 | ‘ But poisons that would only kill if taken regularly over a long period of time , do they exist ? ’ |
9 | However , this is an aspect that must be studied closely over a longer period , for there is a danger in some of the inner-city schemes of officially-induced gentrification . |