Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [art] [adj] 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 second is any child under the age of about five , who is unlikely to be able to concentrate for the necessary time — although it must be said that older children probably make the best subjects of all , as they are still at the stage where their imagination is in good working order and they have not become weighed down by the need to earn a living or the problems of bringing up a family . |
| 8 | He told me before she came that she was asking for somewhere secret to stay for a short time . |
| 9 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 10 | The last has for a long time been the argument most favoured by political theorists . |