Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is why Kenneth Baker has promised longer franchises for operators prepared to install systems that rely on switched-star technology . |
| 2 | But as important as our joint interests are our shared values and I think a very good example of this is our common approach , er er , to the question of the Social Chapter for which the Labour opposition led , I may say , by two leading G M B spokesmen Jack and George the Labour opposition has fought long and hard for this in parliament , indeed , we have secured a vote on the question er , after the Queen 's ascent , and last month , I myself , as a guest of the Danish social democrats , took the argument to the continent in the Danish referendum , in the second Danish ref referendum , which I 'm very glad to say was won ! |
| 3 | ‘ One of my clients has got long hair and there 's no way I 'd let anybody cut it . |
| 4 | The Cabinet were much less happy about this , as were Mountbatten 's own staff : however , General Slim , in command of 14th Army , showed more understanding , declaring ( 19 April ) : ‘ Help already given by BNA has gone long way towards expiation of political crimes . ’ |
| 5 | Once collected and properly packaged , these precious cargoes had to survive long voyages , often in the intimate care of the ship 's captain . |
| 6 | His diffidence with secondary art teachers , he intimated , was because he believed that these folk had had longer formal training and more paper qualifications than himself . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When dogs have spent long periods living outside , they do n't know indoors from outdoors , and must be taught the difference . |
| 9 | These problems can be addressed by studies where individuals have conducted long term studies of their own memories . |
| 10 | Mr Thompson said butchers would be unhappy if their meat had to travel long distances . |
| 11 | The day had seemed longer than usual , Claudia thought as she let herself into her flat with a sigh of relief . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Development of an All Wales Strategy has involved long discussions at county level between social services department personnel , representatives from voluntary organisations , parents and sometimes consumers . |
| 14 | Her father had worked long hours for the convent in his time , he had paid many times over in advance for his child to be housed and educated , had he but known it . |
| 15 | The remaining operating staff had to work long hours preparing and implementing an evacuation programme for school children , an exercise in which the trams played their part in getting them to the main line railway stations on the first part of their journey away from London . |
| 16 | If risk-averse hedgers are going to transfer risks effectively to risk-averse speculators , speculators will on average have to hold long futures positions . |
| 17 | As a consequence , people have to travel long distances in search of health care . |
| 18 | In the past year , 35 sites which were of ecological importance due to their plant and animal populations have suffered long term damage . |
| 19 | Already the refs have had long meetings working out just how strict or just how lenient they are going to be . |
| 20 | In the years prior to the Second World War , a small group of pioneers had spent long periods exploring the Libyan desert in vehicles . |
| 21 | The revolution was so anarchical and disorganized that the Duma had to think long and hard before agreeing to support it . |
| 22 | ( While the Factory Acts did not usually greatly affect book-printing , it sometimes happened with legal or government work that compositors had to work longer hours than normal to meet deadlines . ) |
| 23 | Well her daughter 's got long boots on that has n't she ? |
| 24 | ‘ Remarkably , people tend to think that doctors have had long training , ’ he says . |
| 25 | But after university , despite our protestations of eternal friendship and vows to get together , the gaps between our meetings and our phone calls had got longer and longer . |
| 26 | Blanche wished her patience had lasted longer but she shrugged stoically . |
| 27 | Inevitably , the rationalising of 16–19 provision , has led to more students having to travel longer distances . |
| 28 | Others have spent long summer holidays there . |
| 29 | Medical science and prosperity have brought longer life to our parents , and , inevitably , greater costs to the rest of society . |
| 30 | Now all the women have got long skirts and all the blokes have got really sensible haircuts , they all do oil painting and the music they like is shite . |