Example sentences of "[verb] a [adv] long [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | sorry , erm this budget has a very long gestation period er I 'm on version twelve I think at the last count and I hope there is n't gon na be a version thirteen . |
| 2 | However , current consumption must be kept sufficiently low to provide an acceptably long battery life . |
| 3 | But it is t it is erm very good they 've got a very long waiting list I was helping |
| 4 | An alternative policy advocates a single large daily dose of aminoglycosides , such as 240 mg instead of 80 mg eight hourly , since the antibacterial activity is related to the dose and these agents exert a relatively long antibiotic effect , at least in vitro . |
| 5 | This assumes that the bathroom is next to or above the kitchen ( as is usually the case ) ; if running hot water to another room ( a bedroom , say ) will create a very long pipe run , it might be simpler to install a separate instantaneous or small storage heater . |
| 6 | A basic foodstuff , such as the common loaf of bread or a packet of ground coffee , will have a relatively long life cycle . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not a gambler , I look at ten year careers not ten minute careers and I believe Kylie has all the potential necessary to have a very long life span in this business , ’ he said . |
| 8 | The knife he slid towards her and into the butter had a menacingly long shadow blade . |
| 9 | He says please do what no British government has done since the war — take a very long term look at it . |
| 10 | You must then use these few seconds of relief from your negative thoughts to employ a more long term means of distraction to prevent the thoughts returning . |
| 11 | One of the problems they face , however , is that hotels have a relatively long pay-back period . |
| 12 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |
| 13 | The size of the palazzo , and the intricacy of its design ensured a very long building period , the main staircase being completed only at the end of the century , after Alessi 's death . |