Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a long [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two broad categories : ( 1 ) where the object is to generate more work by some system of cross-referral in particular fields , though such arrangements are difficult to sustain over a long period if member firms wish to retain their independence and separate profitability . |
| 2 | and the problem of access to the flats , and sometimes the necessity to walk quite a long way before you can get out onto the street , which would be a problem for young mothers with , with , with small children , as equally it would be a problem for elderly people or disabled people . |
| 3 | You 've got to start back a long way before you get to the final decisions on costs and budgets . |
| 4 | And er then it seems to keep quite a long time if er if you do that . |
| 5 | Now , after that , you was er taught all the parts of the waggons , and er this took quite a long while because we did n't know anything about them , and er where they all went and the parts they went . |
| 6 | This is where some fault or other has manifested itself sufficiently to affect the flight , though the critical event might have happened quite a long time before and been ‘ cooking up ’ until the divergence took place . |
| 7 | Where production extends over a long period as in construction industries and shipbuilding , measurement of work in progress has to be achieved by other means . |