Example sentences of "[conj] in the long [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , if we conclude that other presuppositions are not true , we can be sure that in the long run they will not prove satisfactory either , and we should root them out . |
| 2 | You can erm by word of mouth recommendations it means that we , we have to spend less money on advertising , now that means that in the long run we can pass that on to the client like yourself |
| 3 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 4 | There were , moreover , many commercial men within the Boards who felt that in the long run it would be desirable and economic to win the space heating load . |
| 5 | She had not intended to bring this out into the open in quite this way , but she was left with little option , and she had a vague instinct that in the long run it might reap results . |
| 6 | A and the , the justification for doing this would be that in the long term we will need the coal therefore it 's ne it 's necessary to keep er a viable coal industry going . |
| 7 | Although the number of cars registered in Wales fell slightly during 1992 , there was little reason to think that in the long term we will not be faced by an unsustainable surge in the number of private vehicles using Welsh roads . |
| 8 | What is particularly frightening is that in the long term it may cause irreparable brain damage . |
| 9 | We never asked for these technologies , and in the long run they give us fewer choices , not more . |
| 10 | Forest fans gave it to that slag Clough and in the long run they got a bitter reward . |
| 11 | This is humanity 's oft-repeated experience , and in the long run it is experience which really teaches , and no amount of scriptural citation of divinely allocated land will ever alter that . |
| 12 | In those instances I 'd force myself and in the long run it turned out better . |
| 13 | Robin Dew equalled his personal best time of 15.4 secs. in the colts 100 metres , taking fourth place , and in the long jump he was also fourth in an excellent 4 metres 15 , the BAF standard for this event and close to his personal best . |
| 14 | They have no chance of winning the title this season and in the long term they 'll struggle to win the Premier League because they ca n't compete with Blackburn , Arsenal , Leeds and Manchester United … not only on the playing field but on the financial front . |
| 15 | Resident Simon Halliwell says ‘ This place is a gift for a person with a big ego and a big wallet and in the long term they wo n't be of any use to the island . ’ |
| 16 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 17 | Er , but in the long run we 're on the lookout to continue to build both organically and by acquisition where appropriate er , on , on the main sectors . |
| 18 | But in the long run it only makes me feel worse about myself . |
| 19 | It seems certain that Louis-Napoleon would have preferred a prolongation of his power by legal means , but in the long run it was equally clear that he would not shrink from a confrontation with the opposition . |
| 20 | Weber notes that ‘ Property as such is not always recognized as a status qualification , but in the long run it is , and with extraordinary regularity ’ . |
| 21 | In the short run capital or plant capacity is fixed but in the long run it is variable . |
| 22 | Of course one must put a lot of effort into marginal seats , but in the long term you must not forget the safe ones too . |
| 23 | Teaching does indeed take time , but in the long term it is a great time saver . |
| 24 | But in the long term it could be predicted that Vietnam also would lose interest in a South Asian neutralisation since it was an ascending regional power . |
| 25 | You can adjust them , but in the long term it does damage them . |
| 26 | But in the long term he opened the way to the great revolution in industry that came with the advances on his original idea , made by such as James Watt and Richard Trevithick ( qq.v . ) . |
| 27 | The main reason for the better than expected results appeared to be a delay in expenditure by the regional governments but in the longer term he said that cuts in public expenditure had helped to reduce the budget deficit from a peak of almost 13 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) in 1982 to 7.8 per cent in 1988 and 6.6 per cent in 1989 . |
| 28 | Well when , that 's what I said to , er Paula people should always go to that village shop because in the long run I know it might cost you more , but the hassle and everything , the only thing is they have n't got the variety |
| 29 | Every scrap of understanding you can glean about the dynamics of bereavement will , of course , be valuable ; but never try simply to ‘ play it by the book ’ — this or any other , for in the long run it will be the way you use your heart , not your head , that will count most . |