Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of these solutions would take a long time to implement . |
| 2 | Fan assisted cabinets have a very rapid recovery following an air change , whereas plate evaporator designs can take a long time to return to the correct storage temperature . |
| 3 | Since very small , light animals can fall a long way without being hurt , it 's quite likely that it survived in the forest world under the tree and had the second most interesting experience any tree frog has ever had . |
| 4 | Aristocratic rivalries might go a long way to explain the ineffectiveness of English armies , as one of the chronicler 's few detailed descriptions of internal affairs indicates . |
| 5 | PLANTS should come a long way down the list of priorities for the novice gardener . |
| 6 | Those days must seem a long time ago . |
| 7 | Local conditions must go a long way to explaining why some villages were vulnerable to enclosure and others were not , and these variations could occur within the limits of a single shire . |
| 8 | The plan 's changes should go a long way to drag Lloyd 's up to the standards of other financial markets . |
| 9 | The new directives should go a long way to ensuring that employers do not abuse their employees in terms of unsafe working practice , practices . |
| 10 | The erm difference in cer some things can seem a long time ago and some are relatively recent . |
| 11 | ‘ The scars will take a long time to heal . ’ |
| 12 | The young kilted boys and tartan-dressed girls used to run a long distance on the canal bank in healthful rivalry , and were oftentimes rewarded by having money thrown to them . |
| 13 | Good stakes can last a long time , but it does help if they are cut some months before they are used , and well seasoned . |
| 14 | Now there 's two important things , first thing is your notes will take a long time to get up there maybe up to three months . |
| 15 | Well-designed signs are expensive , but this expense is a good investment in that the signs will last a long time and help overcome the physical barriers of the library . |
| 16 | But the message that bad behaviour no longer brings rewards will take a long time to get through because of its history of being occasionally ( i.e. intermittently ) reinforced . |
| 17 | Lukanov presented to the National Assembly on March 29 , 1990 , a package of crisis management measures and first steps towards a market economy , to last until a new government formed after the forthcoming multiparty elections could produce a long term economic strategy . |
| 18 | The first thing they 'd do if they captured one would be to hack off the two forefingers of each hand , the very ones our archers used to pull a long bow . |
| 19 | If you are not , the sheets will take a long time to reassemble if they are accidentally dropped . |
| 20 | Happy couples can take a long walk , without a word spoken , for the quality of silence says it all . |
| 21 | Not making judgments about the lifestyles and sexual practices of others will go a long way towards encouraging honesty and trust . |
| 22 | The others will take a long time to recover . |
| 23 | But genes can act at a distance ; extended phenotypes can extend a long way . |