Example sentences of "[prep] [art] long [noun] of time " in BNC.
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1 | They tell us what our world was like during the long periods of time before recorded history , and the collection and investigation of fossils is therefore of importance to anyone interested in our prehistory . |
2 | And subsequently after a long period of time , the opinions of our members generally was that we should change the , the procedure . |
3 | Since the framework gave no hint of the long periods of time during which tool types were in use , sites that were originally considered to be contemporary were subsequently found to be separated by hundreds or thousands of years . |
4 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
5 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
6 | Part of this dependence is simply being used to being ‘ under the influence ’ or ‘ stoned ’ for a long period of time and drugs such as cannabis and amphetamines may go some way to overcoming this problem . |
7 | The first step in achieving this objective is to guarantee a place on Employment Training ( ET ) for everyone who has been out of work for a long period of time . |
8 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |
9 | It then lends the money to house purchasers for a long period of time by granting mortgages ( typically these are paid back over 20 to 30 years ) . |
10 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
11 | Andrew , is there a feature in this plan called waiver of premium , what these means to you is that if you 're off ill for a long period of time , through accident , ill-health , whatever , Abbey will actually still pay them for you , until you 're well again . |
12 | In the Covermaster Plan , Andrew , there 's something called waiver of premium , what this means to you is that if you 're off work through illness for a long period of time , Abbey 's going to pay the premiums for you . |
13 | Now reference was made to the police finance working party which met for a long period of time , and unfortunately made no progress whatsoever in zero base budgeting . |
14 | We have had a problem for a long period of time now on high conductivity . |
15 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
16 | for a long period of time |
17 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
18 | The main disadvantage of the method lies in the long periods of time required to reach equilibrium . |
19 | The best businesses over a long period of time have been the ones with a single thrust . |
20 | Thus , over a long period of time , stone , glass and metals acquire a distinctive patina which the faker must try and imitate . |
21 | Also the junction between the uncorroded metal and the applied patina is very sharp , whereas a patina which has developed over a long period of time will have eaten into the metal in a very irregular and quite characteristic manner that is very difficult to imitate . |
22 | Your own , personalized weight control programme has not been a sudden thing but has evolved over a long period of time . |
23 | However , over a long period of time and association , horses and ponies can alter their thought patterns and learn to think more like each other , and to become more empathic . |
24 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
25 | There are few other industries in which , over a long period of time , revenues have covered less than half of costs . |
26 | However , at Cosmeston the archaeologist has the opportunity to excavate a large portion of the settlement over a long period of time and to use the results to shed light on sites where the excavators have not been so fortunate . |
27 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
28 | What was less obvious was the effect on the system as a whole , which had evolved over a long period of time influenced by a variety of political and economical pressures , and not necessarily in a methodical manner . |
29 | In fact the opposite seems to have occurred because Grevy 's zebra is in other ways a very different animal from the common zebra and it appears that in their stripes the two species have converged rather than diverged , over a long period of time . |
30 | If we find that magnets attached to cats will upset their ability to find their way home , then we are beginning , very dimly , to understand the amazing homing abilities that the animals have evolved over a long period of time . |