protracted period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprotractedandperiod
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protracted
adjective
uk/prəˈtræk.tɪd/us/prəˈtræk.tɪd/
lasting for a long time or made to last longer ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofprotractedandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It may be assumed, then, that the process of lexical reorganization extends over aprotractedperiod.
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In a couple of cases, theprotractedperiodof wear away amounted to the equivalent of freezing the old plan.
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Although it is mastered by adulthood, children experience aprotractedperiodof development of this syntactic class.
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A similarprotractedperiodof development is suggested by animal studies of the neurotransmitter systems mediating prefrontal activity.
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The sugar recovery rates associated with the moreprotractedperiodof the harvest were the lowest of the 1950s.
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Objections to this method include the risks of sac rupture, infection and aprotractedperiodof hospitalisation.
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It may well prove aprotractedperiod.
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It might be for aprotractedperiod.
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No doubt aprotractedperiodof peace negotiations will follow.
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The change has lasted over aprotractedperiod.
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Unloading progressed slowly because of mechanical breakdowns and damage to the landing craft, and the ship had insufficient fuel to remain for aprotractedperiod.
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Rather, their resolution will require considered and skilful approaches with continuity of care provided by a person or a team over aprotractedperiod.
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The mostprotractedperiodof voluntary abstinence was and is post-partum abstinence, traditionally based on a fear of danger to the infant from intercourse.
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Adaptive control of action requires adequate exploratory movements to generate the requisite information and aprotractedperiodof learning to differentiate the relevant information structures.
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Although both accounts acknowledge that there is aprotractedperiodof development associated with control structures, they posit two different means of accounting for this delay.
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Thus, aprotractedperiodof learning is required for infants to identify the relevant control variables for each posture in development and to master their on-line calibration.
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The services have been through a difficult andprotractedperiodof change.
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Naturally, over such aprotractedperiodmany properties have been blighted.
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I welcome the fact that thatprotractedperiodof uncertainty has now ended.
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Experience suggests that both these trials take place over aprotractedperiod.
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The unemployability allowance is paid only for aprotractedperiodof unemployment.
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It is theprotractedperiodof grim stagnation and continuously high unemployment with which we are concerned.
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That would be a complete nonsense because we would have aprotractedperiodof debate and discussion with no action.
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I am thinking, in particular, of soap, which is very often kept in a small shop for aprotractedperiod.
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I am not suggesting that we could move immediately, or even over a comparativelyprotractedperiodto that situation.
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