Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb infin] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Apart from ERA 's determination to find and fund a long term solution to the dampness problem and to prove that their living conditions were more suited to the health of the fungus families than human families , they were equally determined to get Public Health on the political agenda and to dispel the myth that smoking , diet and lack of exercise were solely responsible for Glasgow 's award winning heart disease record . |
2 | Indeed , I 'd probably sympathise and go a long way towards agreeing with those propositions if they were put to me . |
3 | Cable said yesterday the company would eventually upgrade and operate the long distance and international communications systems . |
4 | The more entrenched feeding problems can be very difficult to treat and take a long time to show improvement . |
5 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
6 | This uneven set of responses reflects the tension between the need for union negotiators to defend their members ' interests against perceived threats and their ability to generate and implement a long term strategy . |
7 | Between 1630 and 1646 Sir George Horsey had attempted to dam and drain the long tongue of water which still lies between Chesil Beach and the Dorset mainland . |
8 | I have to stop and let a long line of trolleys go by . |