Example sentences of "not [verb] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extreme reductionism is usually a sign of restricted outlook and it seems safe to say that sociobiology will not remain long in so puritanical a stage . |
| 2 | He also wrote some incidental theatre music for a play by Gebler , Thamos , König in Ägypten ( Thamos , King of Egypt ) , which , however , did not remain long in the repertory . |
| 3 | Those who do not fancy long haul can share short flights between two or three budding pilots . |
| 4 | West Germany provides another example , with provision overall being unimpressive to date , but with some exciting demonstration projects showing recently that cycling ‘ traditions ’ do not need long histories , but may be created overnight by political will and imaginative innovation . |
| 5 | It extends in places up to a metre or so above the level of the reef flat due to the fact that Porolithon can survive in the splash and spray zone and does not need long periods of immersion . |
| 6 | Most are vulnerable to the cold , since they can not grow long hair and a thick insulating coat . |
| 7 | As a general guide , sensible limits for drinking which do not carry long term health risks for fit and healthy people are as follows : |
| 8 | Balderton Hospital in Newark , the old mental handicap hospital for the county , is set to close this year , and Bassetlaw 's small inpatient unit can not provide long term intensive care . |
| 9 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 10 | Although Valerie Eliot did not like long sea voyages since she suffered from seasickness , and Eliot complained to friends like Marion Dorn about the expense involved , they travelled to the West Indies regularly over the next five years . |
| 11 | ‘ Thirty-five , he is , and he 's just been told he 's not got long to live . |
| 12 | That 's not to say that it can not create long documents , far from it , just that equal emphasis is given to each page by the program . |
| 13 | CARTER have not worn long trousers since March 1989 . |
| 14 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
| 15 | They did not have long to wait . |
| 16 | EXPATRIATES in Hong Kong , homesick for real fish and chips do not have long to wait . |
| 17 | She did not have long to wait . |
| 18 | She did not have long to wait . |
| 19 | A factor to be considered was that the leases were short term and therefore often did not have long to run by the year end ; this reduced the difference between a valuation with vacant possession and one with a tenant in occupation . |
| 20 | Sadly , he did not have long to bask in the glory of that epic flight , he was killed while delivering a Vickers Viking in France . |
| 21 | It appears that we may not have long to go . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . ’ |
| 23 | In the south , it was to be a different story and with Vietminh claims recognized neither by the British/Indian forces who arrived first nor by the French who followed not long after , and with Japanese forces for the most part under much tighter control , the reassertion of French sovereignty , at least in so far as this might be done through the possession of Saigon , did not have long to wait . |
| 24 | We did not have long to wait . |
| 25 | She says at her age , she might not have long to enjoy it . |
| 26 | He did not have long to wait for his answer . |
| 27 | She did not have long to brood because Harbury began talking to her about the MacQuillan case . |
| 28 | To our pleasant surprise we did not have long to wait before hearing that my application for transfer to Felixstowe had been successful . |
| 29 | ( Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . |
| 30 | He will not have long to wait for another diet of his own words . |