Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is clearly not the case where some very frail old people are concerned but reciprocity can be viewed over a long time scale . |
| 32 | Capital allowances deducted from the taxable income may be higher in the early years ( and therefore lower in the later years ) thin book depreciation , which may be charged over a longer period . |
| 33 | Those benefits may be continued for a long succession of generations upon deserving objects , let us strenuously support our own undertaking : and may our children , and our children 's children feel an ardour even greater than our own in the cause of humanity ; so that as long as the County of Bedford exists , its Infirmary may be one of the chief objects of care , and one of the principal sources of its honest pride . ’ |
| 34 | An additional incentive is that a garden , in contrast to its associated historic building , does not always need substantial sums for major fabric repairs at the outset and can be revived over a longer period of time . |
| 35 | But I discard that idea , for the water is too shallow over the sand and once a fish is hooked the fishing would be finished for a long time while the rest of the shoal got over the scare . |
| 36 | We know that Eworth can be associated with a long series of signed pictures bearing his monogram HE . |
| 37 | The picture was not seen as ‘ a moment of time ’ but the wings were assumed to be spread for a long period ( Goldsmith , 1984 , pp.2–3 ) . |
| 38 | But obviously a place not already converted would cost less initially , and the price of rebuilding would be spread over a longer period . |
| 39 | It faced substantial protests , however , from water suppliers , notably in the UK ( see pp. 36903 ; 37159 ) and in West Germany , who objected that the massive costs involved would need to be spread over a longer period . |
| 40 | It has to be cooked for a long time because of its size , but it will still be pink in the middle and have a succulence to it . |
| 41 | If an experiment produces animals that are to be kept for a long period , or that are to form the basis of a breeding colony . |
| 42 | In a hospital or a bank , where records have to be kept for a long time , the files would not be deleted routinely , but stored in archives until the expiry of the prescribed storage period . |
| 43 | The cost need not be very high and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that the finished result will be kept for a long time , if not forever , by the recipient . |
| 44 | These can be kept for a long time and are likely to breed . |
| 45 | The results will be implemented in a long term interpretation programme for the Park , a programme which hopefully will be adopted elsewhere . |
| 46 | Debt due for repayment within two years could be paid within five years , and debt due to be repaid over a longer period could be paid within eight years . |
| 47 | This explains how the disease can be misdiagnosed over a long period and stresses the need for biopsy specimens whatever the type of gastric lesion . |
| 48 | Would not it be a disaster for business throughout the country suddenly to be confronted by a long list of new regulations and constraints ? |
| 49 | Sometimes truth may be suppressed for a long time but while it is imprisoned it gathers to itself more and more power so that on the day that it is finally released it explodes , blowing everything asunder . |
| 50 | Russia 's history can be read as a long battle with geography and climate . |
| 51 | Her husband Alex , 45 , said : ‘ Hopefully , when he is dealt with at a magistrates court later for driving with excess alcohol he will be banned for a long time . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ Hopefully , when he is dealt with at a magistrates court later for driving with excess alcohol he will be banned for a long time . ’ |
| 53 | These real arts of the field man 's work can only be acquired over a long period , and they must be practised and refined by an officer on his own in the course of his work . |