Example sentences of "[prep] such a long period " in BNC.
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1 | Even the most saintly of people would drift towards complacency and arrogance after such a long period . |
2 | No one could believe this had happened to us at Lyneham especially after such a long period of accident-free flying |
3 | The absence of a member of staff for such a long period of time has , expectedly , resulted in some ‘ slippage ’ in the area of curriculum development . |
4 | Er , you have a sexualization of such a long period , Wilson , er , did n't seem to have , sort of , being recorded to his sexual fantasies of that nature . |
5 | Inevitably , over such a long period , I became less institutionalized , more able to function as an individual in relation to belief and action and not merely accept the organization 's definition of things ; and this is a profoundly un-police like state of affairs ! |
6 | But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government . |
7 | Added to his faithful representation was his own flavour of the area which no one else has been able to maintain over such a long period . |
8 | If it seems odd to devote a chapter to one book , however important and significant , it must be appreciated that numerically it is by far the most commonly found book and one which has been published over such a long period that the collector will see it more frequently than any other . |
9 | As the ITVA 's rules on comparative whiteness claims in detergent ads have tightened , the ( by now ) several Persil products have not always been able to use this theme , but its development over such a long period was an astonishing piece of consistency by client management and virtuosity by the agency . |
10 | Others in the government were opposed to such a long period of withdrawal , favouring instead two to six years . |