Example sentences of "[prep] [art] long term " in BNC.

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1 The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term .
2 For the long term benefits of the ‘ loyalty share bonus ’ together with a first year 's yield of around 20 per cent makes the investment an attractive income stock .
3 A government committed to the disciplines of the market had had a salutary lesson : the market did not care a damn for the long term , or strategic thinking into the middle of the next century , or , quite possibly , sustainable development .
4 Today 's investor with a bent for history — and therefore an appreciation for the long term — would not be nearly as cheerless as his short-term friends .
5 It buys them , sells some bits quickly , but then keeps the rest to manage for the long term .
6 And it should give managers an incentive to invest — both in themselves and in their company 's strategy — for the long term .
7 They punt for the long term , but protect incumbent management .
8 However , there is no point investing for the long term at the risk of being caned in the short term .
9 More significantly , for the long term future of the industry , it has launched into a series of alliances , including a development partership with long-time rival Apple , with chip maker Motorola thrown in for good measure , and former IBM allies Intel and Microsoft left out in the cold .
10 This spring , however , there really are a few green shoots of recovery , and in a more confident climate , where people are once again prepared to plan for the long term , they could blossom rapidly .
11 As a cautious start , British Telecom is a good choice to buy for the long term .
12 Britain is failing to invest for the long term .
13 This failure to invest for the long term can be seen also in innovation , the development of new ideas and products .
14 Only when these key steps have been taken will government and individuals alike be able to plan for the long term , instead of focusing on the short term and the next election .
15 Take the most effective actions for the long term [ Sammon ( 1984a ) , p 70 ]
16 ‘ One-play competitively as much as possible … two — learn from your matches … three — go back and practice for the long term future of your game .
17 The opening of the European Community telecommunications markets needs to be controlled , otherwise manufacturers could suffer , Georges Paricard , chairman of French telecommunications industry body SIT , told the lobby 's annual conference — if deregulation was done in an uncontrolled way , telephone operators would be reluctant to invest for the long term , leaving equipment makers deprived of orders .
18 The old certainties that ruled computer industry analysis over the past 30 years are tumbling like autumn leaves , and commercial realities are now eating away at the traditional determination of Japanese companies to forget the bottom line and stick with major product sectors for the long term : Sony Corp says it is considering pulling out of Japan 's competitive word processor market to save the cost of developing and manufacturing new models , Reuter reports from Tokyo ; Sony began making word processors in 1985 and production reached a peak of 10,000 a month ; NEC Corp , Toshiba Corp , Fujitsu Ltd and Sharp Corp now dominate the market and Sony currently makes just 500 of the things a month , a drop in the 1992 market ocean of 2.6m machines .
19 O2 Technology SA , the Versailles-based object-oriented database system developer , and Overseas Bechtel Inc have signed a distribution agreement whereby Bechtel will market a Japanese version of 02 , the company announced : Yoshie Hashima , director general of Overseas Bechtel in Tokyo , said in a statement , ‘ O2 responds to the needs of the Japanese market for object-oriented database systems , that is very promising — the collaboration with O2 will enable Bechtel to attain a leadership position in the distribution of tools for open systems ; ’ the alliance with Bechtel ‘ is for the long term , ’ said Francois Bancilhon , the managing director of O2 .
20 Residential institutions lost favour and became associated with , if not blamed for , the lack of professional vision and determination to plan for the long term future of children .
21 The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term .
22 What this illustrates is that , notwithstanding the progress made in the past two years , the reforms in themselves have done little to compensate for the long term underfunding of the NHS .
23 It can provide special help for the long term unemployed and also for disabled people .
24 An essential element in job creation is the provision of training for school leavers and retraining for the long term unemployed .
25 A company is treated as an associated undertaking when the group holds a substantial interest in it for the long term , and exercises a significant influence over its operating and financial policy decisions .
26 Living off paw-paw ( papaya ) , mango and pineapple might sound delicious , but is not practical for the long term .
27 But for the long term , for me to let her carry on thinking that way would be stupid , I 'd be starting another one all over again .
28 The use of the New Workers ' Scheme ( discontinued in 1989 ) which subsidised employers who agreed to take on young workers at low rates of pay and the similar effect of the Jobstart Scheme for the long term unemployed .
29 The official definition of long-term unemployment is more than twelve months without work , although employment training , which is designed for the long term unemployed , requires entrants to have been on the register for more than six months .
30 But it would probably be a mistake to draw any such sweeping conclusion , either for the short or for the long term .
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