Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun pl] of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager produces a whole hospital work-level profile for specific periods of time for a 7-day period . |
| 2 | These animals possess the remarkable ability to withstand intense heat and drought for prolonged periods of time . |
| 3 | Studying the body clock for extended periods of time |
| 4 | There are occasional reports in the medical journals of people not sleeping for extended periods of time when suffering from illnesses interfering with brain function . |
| 5 | If there was not a ‘ ceiling ’ to potency level then serial dilution would not be needed to make a remedy , one could simply shake any dilution for different lengths of time as in the example give above . |
| 6 | They are the culminations of a whole life which , as Malcolm Johnson puts it , ‘ sculpted their present problems and concerns ’ ; a life itself built around many different ‘ life-threads ’ — education , work , marriage , children , hobbies , and so on — so that it is best understood , both in psychological and social terms , ‘ as a complex of strands running for different lengths of time throughout a life biography and moulding its individuality ’ . |
| 7 | Towards the end of the research most of the children referred had been in care for shorter periods of time and were still in more or less meaningful contact with members of their natural families . |
| 8 | Moreover , manual workers tended to be paid benefits for shorter periods of time and they received smaller amounts than non-manual workers . |
| 9 | Other European countries use prison sentencing much less than Britain , and use it for shorter periods of time . |
| 10 | As accuracy and speed increase , the pad is shown for shorter intervals of time . |
| 11 | This inhibits her sexual cycles for varying periods of time depending on the species it 's about two years . |
| 12 | The plug remains in the vagina for varying lengths of time ( up to I 8 h ) . |
| 13 | It must be emphasised that tics , the essential feature of Tourette 's syndrome , are ‘ involuntary , sudden , rapid , recurrent , nonrhythmic , stereotyped , motor movements or vocalizations ’ which , though experienced as irresistible , can be suppressed for varying lengths of time . |
| 14 | Subjects will have been infected for varying lengths of time , which may affect these findings . |
| 15 | Secured and unsecured personal loans — loans are provided for fixed periods of time , often at fixed rates of interest and equal instalment payments . |
| 16 | This also implies a positive relationship between volume and volatility for fixed intervals of time , as argued by Clark ( 1973 ) . |
| 17 | Most of the motility studies on irritable bowel syndrome patients have been conducted for brief periods of time in the very distal portions of the viscus . |
| 18 | For the reason given above this might well be totally wrong for large values of time . |
| 19 | b ) Will doctors , particularly surgeons , be away for predictable periods of time ? |
| 20 | Anyone who has drunk one of the bottles of Fred Leroux 1920 at Le Vigneron in Reims ( in the days when it was an unpretentious little bistro , not the big , brash restaurant it is now ) will know that some wines of Chigny are capable of maturing for great periods of time . |
| 21 | ‘ Long periods of racial oppression ’ , he writes , ‘ can result in a system of inequality that may persist for indefinite periods of time even after racial barriers are removed ’ ( p. 146 ) . |
| 22 | An obviously desirable situation is for a country to have a sufficiency of well educated and trained teachers working for reasonable lengths of time in areas where they are familiar with the people and their culture . |
| 23 | Past gradients seem unlikely to have fallen much lower than this for substantial periods of time . |
| 24 | We postulate that the alternation of homogeneous gabbro and graded layers is produced by a magma chamber that remains below the critical concentration for substantial periods of time and generates a steady accumulation of crystals on the floor in the cotectic proportions . |
| 25 | The virtues of granting immunity from prosecution for substantial periods of time are questionable . |
| 26 | This enables underwater operation for long periods of time . |
| 27 | Can you share the same confines , for long periods of time , and where does your tolerance level lie ? |
| 28 | Depending on the nature of the defect , electrons may remain trapped for long periods of time ; such a trap would be referred to as ‘ deep ’ . |
| 29 | They are full of fun and not a breed that you can leave for long periods of time , as they are so human orientated . |
| 30 | Her parents lived in another part of the country and her husband was in the army and away for long periods of time . |