Example sentences of "a long period [prep] [noun pl] " 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 committee was ‘ particularly concerned about the relatively slow progress of the Home Office ’ and felt that it would be ‘ a long period of years ’ before systems in the Ministry of Defence could be relied on . |
| 3 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh , Pentlands ( Mr. Rifkind ) has made it unequivocally clear over a long period of years that he is wholly opposed to unilateral devolution , which is what the Bill proposes . |
| 4 | Cyclical fluctuations in the level of economic activity in an economy can be observed by examining annual changes in real national income ( or real output ) over a long period of years ; these changes are inversely related to variations in the rate of unemployment . |
| 5 | Starting a trip that was once only the stuff of his dreams and prayers , the Pontiff said Lithuanians could now enjoy freedom ‘ after a long period of sufferings , trials and martyrdom . ’ |