Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 3 | They bridge the gap between the desire of lenders to be able to get their money back quickly , and the desire of borrowers to borrow for a long period . |
| 4 | If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Perhaps the attitude developed during a long period of established practice and little change . |
| 7 | " I love foliage and I think you have to rely a lot on that in small gardens because you do n't have room to leave dormant areas where nothing is happening for a long period , " she says . |
| 8 | At a buffet you ensure that elderly and infirm guests , and those who have travelled long distances , have seats near the buffet table so that they are not obliged to stand for a long period . |
| 9 | Other reasons for returning after a long period away include : |
| 10 | The main disadvantage of the method lies in the long periods of time required to reach equilibrium . |
| 11 | For a start , it allows spreading to be carried over a longer period during the winter months ( Table 1 ) . |
| 12 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
| 13 | The charge that higher education has over a longer period contributed to an anti-industrial ethos among the educated classes in Britain has been laid by Wiener ( 1981 ) and countered in different ways by Sanderson ( 1972 ) who points to manifold examples of involvement with industry , and Shattock ( 1987 ) who tends to lay the blame elsewhere , at the door of government and industry itself . |
| 14 | It is widely accepted that the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century was preceded by a long period of gradual economic growth , but when the upturn began remains uncertain . |
| 15 | Some were more active than any predecessor against some particular organism , and some had special merits in use , such as working when given by mouth , or acting for a longer period than usual . |
| 16 | In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest . |
| 17 | Shale sections benefit from a long period with 0.25 µm powder , as this gives very slow removal of material without plucking of quartz grains . |
| 18 | It was to lead to a long period of self-confessed misery for her , including beatings by her tranquilliser-addicted mother and spells of being locked naked with her sister in cupboards . |
| 19 | Brussels Cathedral ( 490 ) was built over a long period . |
| 20 | This was built over a long period — both Peter Parler and Rejsek worked on it . |
| 21 | As the ice slowly melts the plants are watered over a long period . |
| 22 | There are plenty of other collections with which to compare this one that do seem to have been written over a long period , and , indeed , the possible Eckard autograph F-Pn D 14218 ( see n.5 ) , with its much more disparate contents , its fragments , and its changes of hand toward the end , is such a source . |
| 23 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 24 | In this type of study , trend values of consumption and income are collected over a long period of time so that most cyclical fluctuations are smoothed out . |
| 25 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 26 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 27 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 28 | Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch . |
| 29 | A behavioural response is strengthened when it has an increased probability of occurring ( frequency ) or when it is likely to be performed for a longer period of time ( duration ) . |
| 30 | The major factors requiring the enactment of legislation on liability for nuclear incidents were the risk of widespread damage , possibly involving losses of millions of pounds , from a single emission of ionising radiations and the possible injustice in the Limitation Acts owing to the long periods which might elapse between the impact of ionising radiations on the plaintiff and his suffering ascertainable damages . |