Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex Ferguson has tied Giggs to a long contract and keeps him under his wing . |
| 2 | If S > E the investor starts to earn profits on the long investment before making losses on the written call . |
| 3 | The length of time it has been operation will determine how much money she gets back , but it is unlikely to have made much of a profit , because endowments are designed to make money over a long period of time . |
| 4 | I should like to ask Mick regarding the long service ambulance personnel . |
| 5 | Jacquie , who can be contacted on 0483 301831 for information — or for a fundraising pack that could be used by clubs , pubs and organisations — told the Herald : ‘ Politics and now the general election have tended to dominate newspapers for a long time , squeezing out reports on stories about Africa — good as well as bad . |
| 6 | Whatever stage we have reached and whatever the problems with cancellation charges , given the running costs of the fourth Trident submarine , we are bound to save money in the long run . |
| 7 | He told a Coombe Lodge conference that he hoped for a curtailment of the role of the CNAA , and that the polytechnics would be bound to have Charters in the long run . |
| 8 | JE : Though this role was written for you , in a sense , did you find it difficult having to sing Britten after a long career in the standard repertoire ? |
| 9 | Third process teaching and learning styles should vary as widely as possible in order to provide maximum stimulation for both teachers and pupils and care should be taken to plan programmes with a long term rhythm of change or variety the element of chance and serendipity |
| 10 | A young woman called Simone Thiroux had eyed Modigliani for a long time . |
| 11 | I 've had Duck for a long time . |
| 12 | I merely wish to draw attention to the long chain of wrongly dated groups of pottery , each in turn dependent on the other , all the result of the false assumption that a few coins were contemporary with this deposit , whereas they were either residual or still in circulation , and in neither case have a relevance in establishing a terminus post quem . |
| 13 | West Bromwich boss Ardiles , an enthusiastic 15-handicap golfer , said : ‘ I 've known Vicente for a long time . |
| 14 | But , since you 're so interested , I 've known Nicole for a long time . ’ |
| 15 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
| 16 | Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser . |
| 17 | The other , even more revealing letter , was written early in 1945 , after Walter had spent part of a long leave with Viola and the children ( now alone , with divorce a matter of months away ) in their London flat . |
| 18 | Previously they had to remove embers from the long fire-pit to lay on corrugated metal sheets , then embed the breadpans in the cinders and replace the hot sheets over the hole . |
| 19 | Min Chong had also lived in China for many years and had taken part in the Long March . |
| 20 | He remembered how Bigwig had chased Hawkbit through the long grass , forgetting the quarrel of the previous night in the joy of their arrival . |
| 21 | It had to take place over a long period , in the face of a prodigious number of uncontrolled variables which were likely to confuse the outcome . |
| 22 | The British banks have attracted criticism for a long time over their failure to provide long-term finance to industry , and to develop lasting relationships with industrial customers . |
| 23 | I know a lot of us have done terms for a long term , but to be together closely and observe each other reacting and doing things it gives a better idea of how people think , being in this together . |
| 24 | Neil Greatorex says they refused to answer questions on the long term future of the industry . |
| 25 | Aids dementia is more common in those who have had AIDS for a long time , and in some instances the dementia is probably due to other organisms attacking the brain . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I have known Graham for a long time but there will be no sentiment when he picks the England team . |
| 27 | I have loved Rose for a long time , and nothing will ever change that . ’ |