"Long periods" refers to a significant amount of time passing, usually a duration that is more extended than what is considered as "short" or "brief."
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Raw meaty bones can sit for
long periods in the stomach, which may lead to vomiting bone, or worse still, an obstruction.
Notice if you always have to leave a message or if your partner only returns calls
after long periods of time.
With a name like mine, I can guarantee that waiting for someone to get your name right before answering leaves you silent for
VERY long periods of time.
She's kept indoors supposedly for the sake of her health, and left alone for
long periods with nothing to do and no one to talk to.
Other baby car seats are designed with materials that tend to heat up making your baby feel warm and sweaty especially
during longer periods of time.
Because they have a very high pack drive and crave company, these dogs are not well suited for
spending long periods alone.
Remember, a small puppy's bladder is physically very small and they actually can't hold their toilet movements in for
long periods at a time.
It is, right now, illegal to store the DNA of innocent people over
long periods on the DNA database, but as of today, the Government are still doing that.
It has developed after years of concentrated effort, during
long periods when nothing was satisfactory to him.
The pain is usually the worst with the first few steps after awakening, although it can also be triggered
by long periods of standing or rising from sitting.
One problem is that citations can take years to accumulate, and so it can
take long periods for even stellar papers to receive recognition.
But to the spider it's just life, and they have evolved to be able to survive
through long periods without food.
For example, over
relatively long periods of time, investors in general expect to receive higher returns from stock investments (riskier) than from bond investments (less risky).
Each member of the pair tended to often, but not always, be in the same stage of sleep for
longer periods if they slept together.
It also wants workers hired after this contract is signed to contribute more to pensions and health care than current workers do and to work for
longer periods before receiving automatic pay raises.
The company heard from customers that they don't like having to
wait long periods at home for delivery, he said.
In her own work on hip fracture, she found that Canadian hospitals held patients for
longer periods because there was no incentive to discharge them.
Eventually she started waking up later and sleeping for
longer periods so she doesn't come in until very early morning now.
Studies
covering longer periods and other regions of the globe will require both the continuation of current measurement systems and improved observations in regions that are now poorly observed.
Should the owner have to spend
long periods away from the home this can cause the cat stress.
I was never interested in long term travel because I hated the thought of extra baggage, now I can see that I can travel for
longer periods while still keeping it very light.
Moreover, you need to pay annual payments for a
quite longer period in case of life insurance plans.
I don't
like long periods of eating slightly less and trying to keep ahead of the metabolic slowdown.
If the ice horizon drops and lets more sun energy in for
longer periods then there is more melt!
«We have had periods of fast private sector job growth - but that's often over a
fairly long period of growth,» he said.
Student Debt Consolidation can help you spread your payments
into longer periods to give you enough time to develop your career and improve your income.
The one thing we know for sure is that stocks will go down as well as up, although the overall trajectory will likely be upward over
sufficiently long periods of time.
It instead increases testosterone levels meaning you can train harder and for
longer periods meaning you ultimately burn more fat stores and generate more lean muscle.
It will give me a
really long period away from distractions to build on and develop new work.
After a sufficiently
long period under pressure it would be expected to stabilize at a level below that in the original bubbles.
The managers of the schemes were interviewed twice over a
year long period and two rounds of consumer workshops were undertaken.
Developing a game takes a significant investment upfront, with
long periods until revenue streams begin to flow, and little guarantee of success or return.
What many men discover is that the total sexual experience is much more satisfying and pleasurable to them if they allow themselves to
enjoy longer periods of play.
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