Example sentences of "[prep] be [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That sort of partnership can not be built up over a few years , it has to be through a long term commitment by both parties . ’ |
| 2 | Alas for them , Faber was not in Santa 's sack this year , and is unlikely to be for a long while . |
| 3 | As mortgages tend to be for a long term and in view of the fact that 75% of the amount originally borrowed is still outstanding it is reasonable to classify this as a long-term liability . |
| 4 | If they are to occur , it is likely to be in the long run when economic actors can adjust to the new situation . |
| 5 | Research studies , however , including ( … ) those of Wolkind and Kozaruk ( 1983 ) on children placed through the Adoption Resource Exchange , and Reich and Lewis ( 1986 ) , and Maca-skill ( 1985a ) concerning the agency Parents for Children , indicate that children who have been placed against their parents ' wishes seem to be settling quite well , but there are insufficient numbers , followed up for insufficiently long , for us to know what the impact of adoption of older children without consent is going to be in the long term . |