Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] for [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small size of the private-rented sector and the difficulties which council house tenants face in moving between local authority areas have for a long time constituted major barriers to long distance migration by lower-income workers ( Robertson , 1979 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1981 ; OPCS , 1983 ; Hamnett , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |
| 3 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |
| 4 | Does this snow stuff stay for a long time ? ’ |
| 5 | The Gold Ninety Account is a very high interest ninety day notice account for the longer term investor . |
| 6 | ‘ I have n't played guitar synth live for a long time , but what I use is a Photon MIDI converter , which I actually got about two weeks ago ; I put it on one of my Steinberger guitars . |
| 7 | As was noted in Chapter 4 , local education authorities have for a long time had a duty to provide special education for handicapped children . |
| 8 | Libraries and librarians have for a long time sought to play a role in the educational development of young children in the formative and primary years , particularly in the simple stimulation of the reading habit . |