Example sentences of "but in the [adj] run [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 2 | Er , but in the long run we 're on the lookout to continue to build both organically and by acquisition where appropriate er , on , on the main sectors . |
| 3 | But in the long run it only makes me feel worse about myself . |
| 4 | It seems certain that Louis-Napoleon would have preferred a prolongation of his power by legal means , but in the long run it was equally clear that he would not shrink from a confrontation with the opposition . |
| 5 | Weber notes that ‘ Property as such is not always recognized as a status qualification , but in the long run it is , and with extraordinary regularity ’ . |
| 6 | In the short run capital or plant capacity is fixed but in the long run it is variable . |
| 7 | The cathedral clergy were to take the profits from the mint they ran , but in the short run they were evidently short of cash . |