Example sentences of "on [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , though , they vary from long-oval in shape to almost globular , are borne on rather long peduncles and , by now , will have almost entirely lost the wizened remains of the flower 's calyx . |
| 2 | The cave was several hundred yards across and just as high , dimly lit by lamps that stretched down from the indistinct ceiling on impossibly long cables . |
| 3 | Talks dragged on so long that some doubted whether the project — an aircraft maintenance joint venture with Lockheed and CAAC , China 's national carrier — would ever materialise . |
| 4 | This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard . |
| 5 | A lot will depend on how long referees give for the ball to appear . ’ |
| 6 | How much the employer pays depends on how long you were in that scheme . |
| 7 | Depending on how long you are with a particular employer , the GMP. can be bought back into the state scheme , preserved , and to some extent be inflation-proofed , or transferred to a new employer . |
| 8 | Time limits may be set on how long employees can leave their goods in storage and receive reimbursement from their employers . |
| 9 | Betting pools are forming on how long president Roel Pieper stays with USL . |
| 10 | By the late thirteenth century armies had very largely to be paid for , the feudal element being both small and hedged about with inconvenient restrictions on how long and where the cavalry might serve . |
| 11 | He studied how seeds could be carried in the mud clinging to the feet of birds , and also experimented on how long seeds could remain immersed in salt water and still be fertile . |
| 12 | Depending on how long we 're gon na have to cook it , well I mean , , oh well what I can still you 'll have to fish and chips |
| 13 | Eight authors and seven illustrators have been placed on unusually long shortlists for the Carnegie and Greenaway Awards . |
| 14 | The situation has gone on too long and I 'll have to make changes . |