Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a longer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although these children were potentially a lot more intelligent than the rest of society , they still feared something and this is what suppressed them for a longer period of time . |
| 2 | The explanation seems to be that consecutive measurements have been found to be very consistent , whatever variation exists manifests itself over a longer period corresponding to several averaged measurements . |
| 3 | For many freshwater hobbyists , invertebrates are a whole new departure ; we know little about many species , but one with a longer history of captive care is the Apple Snail . |
| 4 | A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s . |
| 5 | Fishing Lines : The staring eyes have it for a longer life |
| 6 | The chemist can use just such a matrix to trap a species whose normal lifetime is just fractions of a second , and subject it to a longer , closer scrutiny than would otherwise be possible . |
| 7 | So what I was wondering was er the scheme is in it 's infancy this and I 'm all in the favour of the decentralising in principle , but I think we ought to perhaps look at it a bit closer , and I would suggest that we have an up-to-date report at the next meeting of this committee so we can compare it over a longer term so , as that we might then reflect on a if we 're doing the right thing or not . |
| 8 | a cast iron logical argument you could you could then even phase it over a longer period |