Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases , with your manager 's prior permission , you may make long distance calls or calls to directory enquiries but you will have to pay for these . |
| 2 | ‘ Honour your father and-mother ’ — which is the first commandment with a promise — ‘ that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth . ’ |
| 3 | Here is the promise : ‘ Honour your father and mother that it may go well with you , and that you may enjoy long life on the earth . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Honour your father and mother that it may go well with you , and that you may enjoy long life on the earth . ’ |
| 5 | Customs said that while in many cases a final answer can be sent within this deadline , letters requesting advice on more complex issues ‘ may need longer consideration ’ and in such cases it may only be able to send an acknowledgement within the ten days . |
| 6 | ‘ This may have seemed like a good idea when the rink was being built because it should give long term durability , but when a problem like this arises then the whole rink has to be closed and dug up . |
| 7 | ‘ They should have longer prison sentences for drink drivers . |
| 8 | As the effects of training increase in an S shaped curve and plateau in about 13–14 weeks , patients leaving supervised programmes should continue long term exercise after adequate counselling . |
| 9 | Patients bleed from large submucosal veins within the small bowel and although surgical excision of the affected segment may provide long term relief , recurrent bleeding can occur as further adhesions are formed . |
| 10 | Some preliminary spadework could reap long term benefits — friendly relations with the daytime Head Teacher and staff of the school where you teach ( or your children attend ) would help if the school decided to run its own evening classes or if you needed to negotiate low cost hire of the premises yourself what about a Junior Award Scheme for the school 's children ? |
| 11 | The authorities also believe if these mercy missions continue it could present long term problems . |
| 12 | A shift to simple wholesome living could bring long life to many more . |
| 13 | In addition , there is now much evidence that a brief episode of pain may induce long term changes in the excitability of spinal nociceptive neurones . |
| 14 | I would emphasize first , here speaking as one who has in the past given evidence on behalf of the Government , that the value of the scrutiny process is in part that it forces those with more direct power to consider their positions and their arguments carefully and to defend them in the face of public questioning by a Committee whose members may have long experience of the subject-matter involved . |
| 15 | These relatively low interest rates make it an attractive source of finance to borrowers , and the fact that it is a non-profit-making organization means that it can involve itself in socially oriented projects which may have long pay-off periods . |
| 16 | But the big record companies say they need elaborate long term contracts to invest in new talent . |
| 17 | On this theory some potencies would contain more shape-specific molecules than others and some would contain longer chain polymers than others , so some potencies might be expected to be more efficacious than others in treatment . |
| 18 | But but they looked wild because they would have long hair beards a and and all oh my word they were wild looking but er . |
| 19 | Only Heath , John Biffen and Paul Channon would have longer service on the Conservative benches . |
| 20 | The resulting contention and potential instability will hinder long term health care planning . |
| 21 | Despite the interference in short term memory , the overall increase in information sampled will improve long term memory . |
| 22 | I can not even tell you how my work will be though I know very certainly that it will demand long attention if I am to pass Responsions and get a scholarship . |
| 23 | A ceasefire , let alone lasting peace , will take long negotiation . |
| 24 | Species that can utilise long chain fatty acids and alcohols ( up to C6 ) have also been isolated by chemostat enrichment . |
| 25 | David Roper , marketing executive , said : ‘ Car exhaust emissions are a major source of lead pollution in the atmosphere , which can have long term effects to health , particularly young children . |
| 26 | The E-culture has only been raving since 1986 , so perhaps it is too early to tell if it can cause long term mental changes . |