Example sentences of "[noun pl] for a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hilda Lodge ( Kent ) has hung up her teaching cap , but will continue to wear her Executive and Publicity Committee hats for a very long time to come , we hope . |
| 2 | Warming occurs so slowly that the descending lithosphere retains its high density characteristics for a very long time . |
| 3 | Except for the fact that they have the boat , they do n't seem to be obvious candidates for a really good time . |
| 4 | If the farmer could eliminate all other factors and concentrate only on managing his leys ( and the soil on which they grow ) he might succeed in minimizing the effect of the ‘ years of depression ’ and maintain the new grasses and clovers for a very long time . |
| 5 | It has become the drug of choice for the American armed forces and for the World Health Organization , and has survived against the threat of resistant strains for a surprisingly long time . |
| 6 | It would evidently be impossible to resume normal living conditions for a very long time after fallout of the assumed density . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Like that , ’ he said , continuing to hold her hands for a peculiarly long time . |
| 8 | The plants were moved to chilling temperatures for a fairly short time , and any resulting decline in growth was probably less than the variation . |
| 9 | THE PROBLEM WAS TRICKY : AT BEST IT was going to concentrate minds for a very long time indeed . |
| 10 | This has , of course , been the case in the advanced industrial societies for a very long time , but with the difference that the food and beverage industry today is concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of TNCs ( see Clairrnonte and Cavanagh , 1988 ) . |
| 11 | A brine crock is great for storing runner beans for a really long time . |
| 12 | You are likely to be sleeping on the streets for a very long time . |
| 13 | They seemed to stare into each other 's faces for a very long time . |
| 14 | Lowland areas were not only important for pasture ; seasonal flooding of such areas attracted large numbers of wildfowl which were an important source of food in such localities for a very long time . |
| 15 | But frankly it 's not likely to irritate your skin anyway because er you are n't industrial users of this you would only ever touch these chemicals for a very short time so the any possible side effects they might er have on you will be greatly diminished by the fact that you did n't use them very much . |