Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [to-vb] long " in BNC.

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1 Many animals need to make long journeys over unfamiliar country during the normal course of their lives .
2 Many people with AIDS have to spend long periods of time in hospital unless there is someone at home who can help and look after them .
3 In addition , she also stresses the institutional freedom which Japanese firms have to plan long term as well as their emphasis on quality control in the actual production process .
4 Since borrowers prefer to borrow long and lenders prefer to lend short , investors have to be compensated by a liquidity premium to forgo liquidity , and this increases with term to maturity .
5 If risk-averse hedgers are going to transfer risks effectively to risk-averse speculators , speculators will on average have to hold long futures positions .
6 As a consequence , people have to travel long distances in search of health care .
7 However , despite this law and despite the publicity following the Hussainara case , many magistrates continue to authorize long extensions at the request of the police .
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