Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [prep] a long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on ‘ improving ’ this poem over a long period of years so that the text usually printed shows many alterations from the original . |
| 2 | The Teleuts , however , had been sovereign in their own domains for a long period before the Russians arrived on the scene . |
| 3 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 4 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 5 | Involvement with the same client over a long period of time , the paper says , could result in a lack of objectivity and ‘ detraction from the regular and robust consideration ’ of issues associated with the audit . |