Example sentences of "[art] length [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biggest changes are in the length of time people ill with the disease are now surviving and in the nature of the illnesses themselves . |
| 2 | The length of time for these processes to occur is very short ( up to 6 seconds ) . |
| 3 | The length of time spent stretching depends on the sport you are training for and the degree of flexibility you wish to attain . |
| 4 | Not too much has been done in the mountains , hardly surprising given the length of time they have been dry , but Dai Lampard snatched a great ascent with Mother of Mercy E5 6a . |
| 5 | It is a very gentle process and the length of time required to complete the smoking depends on the size of the fish or meat to be processed . |
| 6 | Doubts arose over the length of time which might elapse before the child ceased to be regarded as ‘ newly born ’ , and the Infanticide Act 1938 extended the definition to the killing of a child within twelve months of its birth by a mother whose mind is disturbed either by reason of her not having fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to the child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the child . |
| 7 | The length of time for which the earth had been at a temperature suitable for life was estimated at not more than a million years . |
| 8 | The length of time they spent there and the types of homes involved are shown in Table 1 . |
| 9 | Apart from whether or not these exercises are effective ( they are certainly found to be enjoyable and relaxing by many pupils ) , they have given the teacher a secure base from which to work , for the teacher can be very much in charge , dictating the choice of exercise , controlling the length of time for each , selecting the background music where felt to be appropriate or even dictating the moment-to-moment activity within the experience . |
| 10 | We will introduce a 110-day limit on the length of time for which a prisoner may be held before trial , repeal the broadcasting ban , and provide for the videotaping of police interviews with terrorist suspects . |
| 11 | With reference to War Office letter of 3rd March 1945 regarding your husband Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , I am directed to inform you that in view of the length of time which has elapsed since Lieutenant Cairns was reported missing , during which no news of him has been received from any source , the Department has reluctantly , and with deep regret , reached the conclusion that he lost his life . |
| 12 | Don Eigler , one of the IBM researchers , said last week that he was sceptical about IBM 's technique being useful for data storage because of the length of time it takes to move atoms . |
| 13 | The length of time during which the frontiers of the Christian and Moorish regions continued to shift , meant that there was ample opportunity for cultural and religious exchange . |
| 14 | Obviously one influence here is the length of time that has elapsed since that part of the stock was last revised . |
| 15 | Slote 's method of predicting future use from past use is based upon analysis of the ‘ shelf time period ’ — i.e. the length of time a book remains upon the shelf between successive uses . |
| 16 | Inaccuracies leading to queries can double the length of time consumed by accessioning routines . |
| 17 | The length of time for which the warning stays on record depends in most cases upon the seriousness of the offence . |
| 18 | The funny thing was that Uncle George had made no remark about the length of time she 'd been away . |
| 19 | It would be gratifying if the question of the project 's ability to delay institutional care could be approached simply by comparing the length of time spent at home following referral to the psychiatric services by control and action sample clients . |
| 20 | Or one can focus on relatively homogeneous subgroups in both action and control samples , and compare the length of time each was sustained at home . |
| 21 | It can be concluded therefore that the action project appears to make a difference in terms of the length of time people are sustained at home , but only to a certain type of dementia sufferer , and the numbers affected are likely to be small unless a wide geographical area is covered . |
| 22 | Using a number of different types of analysis , in order to create well-matched subgroups , comparisons were drawn between action and control samples on the length of time sample members were sustained at home following referral to the psychogeriatric service . |
| 23 | There are also numerous problems arising out of the broader political situation : as of 1990 these include the possibility of reintegrating all or some of the homelands into a national education system ; the outcome of the bid for national political status by the Natal-based Inkatha movement , with attendant violence which has severely disrupted life in the Transvaal as well as Natal ; and the length of time it takes to dismantle the apartheid system completely . |
| 24 | The story of the Sunday School has been recorded elsewhere but it is interesting to note the length of time the Superintendents served . |
| 25 | First , they can be situated in any part of the UK , which makes access difficult and the length of time to get the information can be long . |
| 26 | And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram . |
| 27 | The digestive enzymes , however , do not appear to be the main agents producing bone modification , and it is the level of acidity combined with the length of time the food is in the stomach that are the main determining factors . |
| 28 | The length of time you need to spend on your survey depends on how busy your shop is . |
| 29 | The particles of resin act as an acid resist , the acid attacks the plate between the resin granules producing minute irregular dots bitten into the plate , the tone of which can be controlled by the length of time the plate is allowed to remain in the acid . |
| 30 | So it looks as though the length of time their eyes are closed determines the amount of active sleep in birds . |