Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commonly , sales forecasting for a period of up to one year ahead is differentiated from sales and market forecasting for longer periods . |
| 2 | The alternative , according to response competition is : ‘ Ricky will remain for longer periods in his place doing what he is supposed to ’ . |
| 3 | The third was connected with a new awareness of history , of the fact that human societies and institutions have developed through long centuries and have taken on many different shapes at different times and in different places — an awareness which was especially sharply focused by the work of Gotthold Lessing . |
| 4 | It is not so much thinking and reason that spring to mind as involvement , a sense of intimacy and harmony with the materials at hand , developed through long experience and commitment . |
| 5 | Again some instincts have been developed through long continued and inherited habits . |
| 6 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 7 | Long sentences , which can stand plenty of repetition or extension , will make for long themes . |
| 8 | This is obviously a strong incentive to go for long periods . |
| 9 | She had few friends in the locality , preferring to go for long walks in the nearby countryside with the family dog , until , that is , Ronald Travis took up his duties in the signal box . |
| 10 | Long service awards for trio of Terriers THREE part-time soldiers with nearly 70 years in uniform between them have been honoured for long service . |
| 11 | Another problem is that if the remedies are given for long periods , as they often are , the patient may start to prove the remedy , developing a new set of symptoms . |
| 12 | Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods . |
| 13 | Second , it is sometimes of interest to know if price changes ( or returns ) have a symmetric or skewed distribution ( a skewed distribution , for example , would mean that the risk of margin calls differs between long and short positions ) . |
| 14 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 15 | As time passed she could be halted for longer and longer intervals , and eventually she forgot her rearing habit altogether . |
| 16 | For reasons of compliance it was not possible to plan for longer experiments ( our experiments lasted approximately eight hours from start to end ) . |
| 17 | If you wish to drive for longer than 12 months you must apply for a UK licence within 12 months of becoming resident . |
| 18 | It is never a good idea to sit for long periods but , if this is essential , get up from time to time in order to move the body . |
| 19 | But , wading through long grass and nettles in country churchyards , they found nothing . |
| 20 | It is indeed true that balance of payments deficits can be sustained for longer than they could a generation ago ; we would have never got this far without a much worse sterling crisis if that were not the case . |
| 21 | On the other hand , though , it 's quite possible for Vulcanian eruptions to continue for long periods , with fresh viscous magma constantly being supplied . |
| 22 | The oxygen consumption of an insect may rise a hundredfold when flight begins and if it is to continue for long periods a reserve of oxidizable respiratory material is needed . |
| 23 | If these remedies are being taken , it is undesirable to continue for longer than three weeks unless the patient is under medical supervision . |
| 24 | In the event it was to continue for longer than could possibly have been envisaged . |
| 25 | I have found that the pupils designated as having moderate learning difficulties that I have worked with can : concentrate for long periods of time ; sustain protracted investigations ; be systematic ; reason logically ; find patterns and relationships ; make and test predictions ; generalise ; record and explain their findings . |
| 26 | There is no reason to suppose that these beautifully caparisoned vessels were in use only round the coast of Thera ; they were probably not intended for long voyages on the open sea , but we can imagine that very similar passenger ships plied round the coasts of Crete , gliding elegantly from bay to bay . |
| 27 | In religious organizations reconciliation can persist for long periods of time . |
| 28 | And he says he enjoys walking ; he often goes for long walks by himself . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He goes for long walks , ’ said Betty mundanely . |
| 30 | ( Not many calls exceed twenty seconds , but if for any reason you should need to transmit for longer , you can override the cut-out by simply releasing the PTT for an instant , then pressing it again ) |