Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Please yourself But it 's the best offer you 're likely to get in a long time . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A horse that is fit for hunting may be unable to cope with a long schooling session . |
| 4 | At first some of the monks were loath to enter on a long and expensive case before the pope , but they had among their number a man of mature years , called Thomas of Marlborough , who had been at the schools of Paris and who had taught at Oxford . |
| 5 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 6 | This will tend to reduce the price that a trader is prepared to pay for a long position , and increase the price required for a short position . |
| 7 | In schematic form : The arrows indicate an order of determination which is supposed to operate on a long historical time scale . |