Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [art] long time " in BNC.

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1 In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history .
2 Given that many of these theories require extremely detailed specifications of grammar rules and lexical entries this has for a long time formed an obstacle to the production of general systems .
3 This continued for a long time during which he shuffled his feet uncomfortably , controlling his immediate impulse to shout at her to be quiet .
4 We seem to have two kinds of ‘ existenceworthiness ’ : the dewdrop kind , which can be summed up as ‘ likely to come into existence but not very durable ’ ; and the rock kind , which can be summed up as ‘ not very likely to come into existence but likely to last for a long time once there ’ .
5 The Possessed looked for a long time like losing its way , and Dostoevsky would surely concede that in so far as the design was , to use his own word , tendentious , this was bound to be so .
6 They are likely to stay for a long time with one organisation , and indeed many organisations seek to bind them to them by offering fringe benefits , particularly in the form of " loyalty bonuses " to encourage them to return at the start of each new banqueting season .
7 The last has for a long time been the argument most favoured by political theorists .
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