Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless physicists have known about these effects for a long time ; indeed , measurements of splitting using radio frequency techniques ( with correspondingly low-energy photons ) provided the first direct evidence of non-spherical nuclei . |
| 2 | ‘ They will also prevent me from selling these pieces for a long time to come ’ , he said . |
| 3 | And I have n't had these dreams in a long time , and I used to never do anything like that . |
| 4 | And that 's rather a pity because we 've been doing these holidays for a long time now , and I think , those people have enjoyed themselves ? |
| 5 | Concepts of people with learning difficulties as sub-human ; as a menace to society and to the genetic make-up of the race ; as eternal children ; or as objects of pity , are all beliefs with a long history which still have some currency today . |
| 6 | However , she realised the wisdom of his words , but hunger and the sound of the lunch bell caused her to discard all thoughts of a long soak , and instead of running a bath she stood beneath the soothing waters of a hot shower . |
| 7 | The grass is either permanent or it remains for several years as a long ley . |
| 8 | The Teleuts , however , had been sovereign in their own domains for a long period before the Russians arrived on the scene . |
| 9 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 10 | My own efforts over a long period of time , plus correspondence and telephone calls to various bodies have met with no success . |
| 11 | Do n't ask a babysitter to look after several children for a long time — for example , a whole day . |
| 12 | Hundreds and hundredal arrangements persisted in most areas for a long time , eventually emerging as the administrative units of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ( until 1974 ) . |