Example sentences of "used [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is frequently used for long distance tows , because there is less of a tendency to get a slack rope during level flight in the low tow position . |
| 2 | A chemical sprout inhibitor should be used for long term storage . |
| 3 | The term programming is used for long term changes in the body 's structure , physiology , or metabolism brought about by environmental influences acting at critical stages of early life . |
| 4 | Small generators might put in 0.2 amp/hour ( 2.4W ) and are easy to use as they can be left charging indefinitely , even when the yacht is not being used for long periods , without damaging the battery . |
| 5 | Alert 's flying tour of Britain brought home to us that the new GRP planing hulls could be used for long range patrols when required and that they were not just " hot rods " for use in sheltered waters . |
| 6 | Creams or ointments containing steroids often help reduce the inflammation and itching in the skin but should n't be used for long periods of time . |
| 7 | Illustrations of the vehicles used for long distance services linking London with the West Country and the North , are shown and mention is made of these services being operated under control by several operators and then , by BRS . |
| 8 | For these high speeds very specialised equipment is used with long narrow boards often less than a foot wide and with specially reinforced camber-induced sails . |
| 9 | Today , mixed herbs , including chicory , yarrow , burnet , rib grass , and sheep 's parsley are becoming widely used in long ley mixtures . |
| 10 | Fleet standard is well illustrated with many photographs of the Dennis vehicles operated on local deliveries together with examples of the AFC flats and tankers used on long distance services when these were operated by Whitbread of which I can recall observing on their journey between London and the depots at Ashton-Under-Lyne and Stockport . |
| 11 | We are not used to long poems these days , and we no longer expect poetry to do the work of history , psychology and the novel , or to find ‘ the spirit of the age ’ expressed in poetic medium . |
| 12 | A clamour of conflicting emotions warred within her while her treacherous body arched greedily to every movement he made , answering each speaking gesture as fluently as if used to long practice . |