Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In corporate finance , a small group of colleagues can be expected to work long hours together under considerable pressure and conditions of secrecy . |
| 2 | It will also cut training needs at a time when people no longer want to serve long apprenticeships . |
| 3 | Dana Gillespie : ‘ This was about the time The Beatles were just starting and they were considered to have long hair , but if you look at the pictures of them in those days , they had almost crew-cuts compared to David 's which was honestly long , bright yellow , bleached blonde from a bottle . |
| 4 | teachers are highly-trained , well motivated and prepared to work long hours ; |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Hatters were said to have long hours — " a man goes early and stays late " — but no fixed hours . |
| 7 | I think there is a tendency erm for local authority planners to have horizons set by the end date of the current plan period , and work , try and work in that , sort of around the real world I think , where nothing happens , or nothing is conceivable , beyond that time period , erm , this particular approach , er does not work in the case of new settlements , there is no need when having established your design size for a new settlement that it necessarily all has to be built within current plan period , and I think this sort of approach is recognized in Cambridgeshire where , in case of the A forty five new settlement , a view was taken at an early stage that a new settlement of three thousand dwellings was needed to meet long term development needs in Cambridgeshire , an area where the planning issues and problems where very similar to those of York , and the approved structure plan in policy proposed that new settlement to be designated as three thousand , of which two thousand portion would be built within the current plan period , so it seems to me that the the question of size need not be an impediment to erm designation of a new settlement if the existing requirement and need are adjudged not to require the sort of new settlement size that we are creating . |
| 8 | With more resources needed to remedy long neglect , let alone raise quality of environment to modern standards , and with government bearing down on public expenditure , it is the North of England with its inherited urban-industrial burdens that suffers the most . |
| 9 | The lucky ones had bikes but most had to walk long distances to meet up with their friends . |
| 10 | Two animal rights campaigners have been told to expect long jail sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit arson . |
| 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 | Infrared spectroscopy can be used to characterize long chain polymers because the infrared active groups , present along the chain , absorb as if each was a localized group in a simple molecule . |
| 13 | There is a tendency of course for some old people to expect to have long telephone calls of even an hour or more with their |
| 14 | AT&T Co reports from its base in Morristown , New Jersey that it has agreed to supply long distance carrier Teleway Japan Corp with intelligent network software and equipment , in a deal worth over $20m . |
| 15 | So if I 'm going to think long term I 've got to got to work |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Without such third party activity , CDTV can not hope to have long term success . |
| 19 | In your do-it-yourself practice you can try to spot long vowels by contrasting two of them with each other in sentences . |
| 20 | You 'll have to wear long tops . |
| 21 | Mind you , there was a lot of us , but still we did have to work long hours . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | GEMMA IS SET TO WIN LONG BATTLE |
| 25 | People are having to do long journeys . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Recently , one of the Orandas started to spend long spells at the water surface . |
| 28 | Tertiary , prevention … would aim at avoiding the worst consequences of a child actually having to spend long periods in substitute care . |
| 29 | To this day , despite periods of extreme repression , they have survived , often having to spend long periods underground . |
| 30 | 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 . |