Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | These Chelsea-supporting , three-minute Johnnies have been taking the piss out of ordinary folk for too long , indulging their libidos at our nation 's expense , laughing while communities crumble , hospitals are shut and the economy goes down the pan . ’ |
| 2 | It is not a recent development ; there have been mentally handicapped people for as long as there have been people , and efforts to cope with their presence have been proceeding since the last century . |
| 3 | There have been mentally handicapped people for as long as there have been people but , before the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century , public awareness was low . |
| 4 | Counselling is concerned with maintaining the quality of life of older people for as long as possible . |
| 5 | The truth is Mr Chairman that community care had as it 's major objective extending choice , give the chance to stay at home to many people for as long as possible , to eliminated the unwanted percentage of residential placements . |
| 6 | But A&R people do not stay A&R people for very long if they do n't have an eye on both money and art simultaneously . |
| 7 | ‘ He had to be to fool so many people for so long . |
| 8 | But is it not the only fair way to describe a policy that deceived so many people for so long ? |
| 9 | The drop in school leavers means that employers are anxious to keep existing staff for as long as possible . |
| 10 | An SVR4-on-Alpha plan has been in the works for as long as a year ( UX No 386 ) and was made all the more likely when Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA announced it would implement SVR4 on the high-end Alpha AXP systems it is to market . |