Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what do the Germans offer those women who do n't want to wear longer lengths ? |
| 2 | In fact the staff tend to work longer hours , midweek and weekends , serving breakfast , lunch and evening meals to delegates , as well as function buffets , often working from 7.00am until late at night . |
| 3 | In corporate finance , a small group of colleagues can be expected to work long hours together under considerable pressure and conditions of secrecy . |
| 4 | It will also cut training needs at a time when people no longer want to serve long apprenticeships . |
| 5 | teachers are highly-trained , well motivated and prepared to work long hours ; |
| 6 | He was made to work long hours as a farm labourer and , like thousands of others , he was classed as ‘ Untermensch ’ ( subhuman ) by the soldiers . |
| 7 | A major exception to the principle of proportionality relates to the sentencing of offenders for violent and sexual offences , in respect of whom courts are empowered to pass longer sentences than are ‘ commensurate ’ if they consider it necessary ‘ to protect the public from serious harm from the offender ’ ( section 2(2) ( b ) ) . |
| 8 | In the lead mines of the northern Pennines the use of young boys underground seems to have decreased after 1750 when mining practice came to favour longer levels , putting the drawing of ores beyond the strength of children . |
| 9 | Hatters were said to have long hours — " a man goes early and stays late " — but no fixed hours . |
| 10 | The lucky ones had bikes but most had to walk long distances to meet up with their friends . |
| 11 | When the flaking is done skilfully , only light hand pressure with a piece of wood is needed to detach long slivers of material which can themselves be used as knives . |
| 12 | The fact that many prisoners have routinely had to spend long periods in their cells without access to a toilet , having to use chamber pots and queue up to ‘ slop out ’ , has been a potent symbol of the squalor of British prisons . |
| 13 | We can not afford to overlook the cruel irony enacted by the racist regime of freeing one generation of fighters from the sixties and seventies , while proceeding to serve long sentences on a new generation of fighters of the eighties . |
| 14 | ‘ She is bound to have longer legs , a sexier smile and better bedroom manners ’ |
| 15 | A phantom is bound to have longer legs , a sexier smile and better bedroom manners than a real person . |
| 16 | In your do-it-yourself practice you can try to spot long vowels by contrasting two of them with each other in sentences . |
| 17 | You 'll have to wear long tops . |
| 18 | Mind you , there was a lot of us , but still we did have to work long hours . |
| 19 | But with the resurgence in business , those who are left are having to work long hours to ensure that the quality of service to clients is not affected , and she believes that she will have to start recruiting again before long . |
| 20 | When choosing this item bear in mind that you may have to walk long distances , so check the padding on the harnesses and straps for comfort . |
| 21 | People are having to do long journeys . |
| 22 | Solitary dolphins have been known to spend long periods around human settlements , encounters which attest to their humour , playfulness , curiosity and gentleness , and their readiness to help humans in distress . |
| 23 | Recently , one of the Orandas started to spend long spells at the water surface . |
| 24 | Tertiary , prevention … would aim at avoiding the worst consequences of a child actually having to spend long periods in substitute care . |
| 25 | To this day , despite periods of extreme repression , they have survived , often having to spend long periods underground . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Those in the States may have to travel long distances for tournaments but it 's still in their own country . ’ |
| 28 | Those in the States may have to travel long distances for tournaments but it 's still in their own country . ’ |
| 29 | Health watchdogs fear the Government 's NHS reforms could mean hundreds of hospital patients will have to travel long distances for treatment . |
| 30 | Inevitably , the rationalising of 16–19 provision , has led to more students having to travel longer distances . |