Example sentences of "it [prep] [adj] [noun] of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The acid fragrance upsets their delicate nasal passages and they avoid anything smeared in it for long periods of time . |
| 2 | Other European countries use prison sentencing much less than Britain , and use it for shorter periods of time . |
| 3 | Any new food regime has to be simple to follow if you are to stick with it for any length of time . |
| 4 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 5 | ‘ But I bring that up because you were asking about how you get back into it after that length of time . |
| 6 | He had lived with his past for the best part of fifty years , and his book tells what he had come to know of it over that interval of time , with help from the theories of Marx and Freud . |