Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for the long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No cliff-hanger ending for the long saga of the Guinness fraud trials . |
| 2 | Early departure for the long run south to Datcha . |
| 3 | THE FOLLOWING day is Saturday , and the Inspirals rise at some unearthly hour for the long drive to San Francisco . |
| 4 | What the right hon. Gentleman should bear in mind , if he cares about real prosperity for this country , is making sure that we get the economic basics of inflation and the exchange rate correct so that we can get sustainable investment for the long term , not the short-term gimmicks that the right hon. Gentleman embraces . |
| 5 | So I hope , very much , that erm , at the end of the current financial year , I shall be able to give a even more optimistic erm , report , that not only have we brought the current account deficit under control , but that in fact , the organisation is in a much healthier financial position for the long term . |
| 6 | It can provide special help for the long term unemployed and also for disabled people . |
| 7 | On the basis of these figures , the authors suggest that any test score can be regarded as falling within seven points of the true score for the short form , and within five points of the true score for the long form of the test . |
| 8 | WHEN TEA was taken at 3.10 on the final afternoon of the first Test , even the more fervent student for the long game could have been forgiven for switching to automatic pilot . |