Example sentences of "[prep] [art] long time [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was for a long time a small and cheap organisation . |
| 2 | For a long time the only way in which a truly selfless behaviour could arise seemed to be through a differential advantage accruing to groups of individuals that showed sacrifice in relation to their companions to a degree greater than in other groups . |
| 3 | It was , for a long time the only cultural input into my life . |
| 4 | Some of the larger aircraft were transferred to the parking area at Amman airport , for a long time the only point from which Iraq could be entered from abroad , as foreign airlines were hesitant about using traditional air corridors which ran close to a war zone . |
| 5 | For a long time the industrious Bavarians had been preparing for such an attack . |
| 6 | For a long time the furious rhythms of the storm and the grunting of the exhausted men around them were the only sounds to be heard inside the hut . |
| 7 | For a long time the dominant view in anthropology was that the State was a beneficial institution . |
| 8 | In the garden of Burleigh Court , situated near the present Ulster Bank , there stood for a long time an old pear tree known as ‘ King William 's pear tree ’ . |