Example sentences of "after a long period of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long period of deliberation , during which Craganour 's owner Charles Bower Ismay was seen to become ever more pale , the official announcement was given : the race went to Aboyeur . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What distinguishes the companies still with us after a long period of recession is that they are lucky — they do not seem to have been hit by the unexpected . |
| 4 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 5 | 1976 ) , is being revived after a long period of disrepute . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On the other side is the organised working class : by the end of the 1960s , after a long period of relatively full employment , the trade unions were in a strong position both in terms of wage bargaining and in terms of the defensive ‘ veto power ’ which they were able to exercise over changes at the point of production seen as threatening workers ' interests . |
| 8 | It said ‘ Many of the smaller hard drives available , especially old ones , use Stepper Motor actuators and it is these that really require that a low level format be carried out on them at least once a year , as after a long period of heating and cooling it is more than possible that the heads are out of alignment with the tracks . |
| 9 | Two years of stability after a long period of severe hyperinflation have meant that Argentine publishing has begun to show some solidly healthy results . |
| 10 | And subsequently after a long period of time , the opinions of our members generally was that we should change the , the procedure . |
| 11 | Thus the death of Catherine I of Russia in 1727 and the changes it produced in Russian policy in the Baltic brought about a reconciliation with Britain after a long period of antagonism ; the death in 1762 of the Empress Elizabeth meant Russia 's immediate withdrawal from the Seven Years War ; and the accession to the throne of Frederick II was an essential preliminary to the Prussian attack on Silesia in 1740 . |
| 12 | After a long period of depression , and a short period of training , he had taken on a new career — one which also demanded dexterity with the hands : that of a mortician . |
| 13 | After a long period of drafting and redrafting , a European Merger Control Regulation ( Council Regulation 4064/89 ) finally came into force on 21 September 1990 . |
| 14 | Finally , from whatever defence line was established and after a long period of mobilization , Nato 's forces ( presumably mostly Anglo-American ) would launch the great counter-offensive . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |