Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If society 's resource could be used to make more output , even the poor might be better off in the long run . |
| 2 | But we should be further on in the long march from paternalism . |
| 3 | One does not get a sense of a strong need for support from parents to children to be reciprocated — certainly not in the short term , and possibly not in the long term either . |
| 4 | The original pirate radio ship Mi Amigo eventually drifted helplessly on to the Long Sand Head where she sank . |
| 5 | He laid it carefully out on the long table whilst waving Corbett over . |
| 6 | " I always thought that gardens , " said Clara , as they progressed slowly back along the long stretch of grass , and down the steps to the lower level , " I always thought that gardens were for growing flowers in . |
| 7 | It seems to even out in the long run , although sometimes one has to give a wry smile when a customer dithers over one of ‘ hers ’ and one of ‘ mine ’ — then chooses ‘ hers ’ . |
| 8 | While people down south are still lying out in the sun and enjoying their holidays , up here we have to start planning well ahead for the long winter to come . |
| 9 | Strangely , she was no longer in the long room with the little door , but outside in a wood . |
| 10 | Ruthless and totalitarian , of necessity , yet also in the long run cherishing the human race , although it must needs manacle the minds of men ; absolutely , as never before . |
| 11 | Gazzer rolled off the drum and lay , flat out in the long grass . |