Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for [art] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 2 | Some have been living for a disconcertingly long time in museums ; but once doubted , the evidence of inadequacy in a fake is quite often soon in coming . |
| 3 | It 's been known for a very long time that from these cases you can isolate this organism C diphtheria bacterium which you saw in the practical classes and has this distinctive stayed property where er certain granules can be stayed up and also the arrangement of the cells is rather reminiscent of what called Chinese lettering . |
| 4 | McKellar argued that while more than 70 per cent of people answering a questionnaire reported at least one hypnagogic experience the actual incidence may be even higher , as " it can be overlooked for a very long time even by those who subsequently realize that they have the experience frequently … |
| 5 | Some of the landforms , especially if they are depositional , may be quickly destroyed , but forms cut into resistant rocks may be preserved for a very long time . |
| 6 | Therefore , before a conclusion is reached , tests must be continued for a sufficiently long time to demonstrate an adequate shelf-life in the market concerned . |
| 7 | Mr Deukmejian , who was elected governor in 1982 , has been trying for a mighty long time to get the death penalty enforced in California . |
| 8 | Woodland has , therefore , been managed for a very long time and we shall examine this further in a moment . |
| 9 | But councillors are lokking for a more long term , solution … they 're to petion the county council for money for full time youth workers . |
| 10 | That was calculated for an infinitely long line charge too . |
| 11 | The Mass and Vespers nicely illustrate the stylistic dichotomy of church music which was to last for a very long time and which Monteverdi had already distinguished in the foreword to his Fifth Book of madrigals as prima and seconda pratica . |