Example sentences of "[prep] much [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some kill on contact and are then rendered ineffective , whereas systemic ( translocated ) chemicals are absorbed into the plant 's system and remain active for much longer , which could delay the harvest of fruit and vegetables . |
| 2 | But not for much longer . |
| 3 | The problem , for instance , of Pound 's admiration for Brancusi , and of how that fits or does not fit with his other proclivities and principles , can not for much longer be left where Alexander leaves it . |
| 4 | The early modern transvestite and the post/modern gay ( anti ) sensibility suggest some of the ways in which transgressive reinscriptions have been around for much longer than post-modernism has been fashionable . |
| 5 | You see the same thing in our kind of business , but we 've really been operating in international markets for much longer and it 's a slower process . |
| 6 | But she 's noticed among her friends that women carry on trying for much longer . |
| 7 | British filmmakers would not for much longer feel free to look behind the placid surface of English life . |
| 8 | But not for much longer . |
| 9 | They may not be so for much longer . |
| 10 | Today , with highly mobile international capital , large deficits can be sustained for much longer . |
| 11 | America can not afford to let down its blacks for much longer . |
| 12 | I ca n't work for much longer . |
| 13 | ‘ I sha n't be able to do that for much longer . |
| 14 | Although they have apparently been happening for much longer , abductions first started coming to light in the late Sixties , but they 've really taken over UFO culture since the publication of Communion in 1987 . |
| 15 | Because the fuel used in PWRs is comparatively compact , it can in fact be stored on site after use for much longer than in previous British designs — up to seventeen years . |
| 16 | In Germany it continued for much longer . |
| 17 | The reason for the hair loss is that during pregnancy hormone levels are higher and keep the hair in its growing phase for much longer . |
| 18 | By now her hiding-place had become far too dangerous for her to remain in it for much longer . |
| 19 | He wondered if he would be able to stand the lodging house for much longer . |
| 20 | There is going to be much greater scope for people to continue in their careers for much longer , and greater value will be placed on their experience than ever before . ’ |
| 21 | Arsenal , having won the Cup and two Championships in four years , could not go on for much longer with the same team , and in 1933 Chapman 's major concern was to find replacements to keep the club on top . |
| 22 | No-one 's ever in for much longer than four days altogether . ’ |
| 23 | As the article correctly acknowledges , generally magnox fuel must be reprocessed within a few years of discharge from a reactor , from an advanced gas-cooled reactor ( AGR ) , fuel may be stored underwater for somewhat longer periods and for much longer in a dry store . |
| 24 | This is where the prey can score , because they can keep going for much longer . |
| 25 | Except that it if it involved waiting in this corridor for much longer , one of the security cameras might start to register her despite all diversionary moves , and she should therefore now take a break of at least six hours before coming back here . |
| 26 | The finch has just crashed to the floor of its cage with its wing clasped in its beak ( not for much longer , chickabiddy ) and I take it as an omen . |
| 27 | ‘ He would not have survived for much longer in the Arctic conditions , ’ said a spokesman for Gwent Police . |
| 28 | ‘ We may be 16th now , but we wo n't be there for much longer , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ I feel that we have been working together for much longer , ’ says Sandra , ‘ because even when we had our own businesses we would ring each other up for advice . |
| 30 | I wonder how many of you battled on for much longer than the allocated time or got demoralised and gave up ? |